10 Biggest Naval Guns ever mounted on a Warship (By Caliber)

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Massive artillery pieces have been designed in an effort to surpass one another's capabilities on the battlefield. Some of these massive pieces are used on land while some are mounted on a warship. This videos presents the 10 biggest Naval guns ever mounted on a warship.
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  • @davidpietarila699
    @davidpietarila699 Жыл бұрын

    As an American, you just know when you click on this video that the US was either going to own the biggest gun or have sunk the biggest gun.

  • @scruffyface1291

    @scruffyface1291

    Жыл бұрын

    Or both

  • @TM_2024GO

    @TM_2024GO

    Жыл бұрын

    Yamato is still better than us ships

  • @34scot

    @34scot

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TM_2024GO At what being a anchor

  • @rider4440

    @rider4440

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TM_2024GO not really, yeah it was bigger and had more armor, but it had a very basic (even for the time) radar set, visual only fire director, horrible aa guns, japan didnt at the period have all of the necessary requirements to keep it completely battle effective, its steel was also not as good as american steel, and its final major problem is that it could never in its lifetime fit through the panama canal meaning if they ever wanted to go to the atlantic (for some reason) they would either have to go past africa or south africa which were both guaranteed to sink the ship due to the high presence of allied ships.

  • @DOOMF1928

    @DOOMF1928

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rider4440 All true. American battleships were simply faster and had better technology overall

  • @stupidburp
    @stupidburp Жыл бұрын

    These days, 8 inch (203mm) guns are the biggest of practical use. Post WW2 analysis of the effects of various shore bombardments also found the 8 inch guns to be the most efficient overall, with 6 and 8 inch guns in the sweet spot between volume of fire and impact effects for shore targets. Very few targets required hits by larger guns but the impacts of 16 inch shells was nevertheless impressive. Larger guns of the time did suffer from reduced accuracy however and often made massive craters off target, partly due to firing from extreme ranges away from shore. Smaller guns of less than 6 inches were also used but had to get fairly close to shore to be in effective range, putting them in range of artillery on land to shoot back. They also frequently failed to penetrate fortified bunkers.

  • @justincooper5189

    @justincooper5189

    Жыл бұрын

    I wonder if an LLDR which is " laser locator designator range finder" could bring a big gun like any on this list, inline with an intended target and get the crater to be the target. I'm not talking about " during the war" I'm just talking about as a current tech meets old tech mashup. Danger close for 8 inch guns is1,000 meters. Bigger means double that distance. It would be one HELL of a show for sure.

  • @Orinslayer

    @Orinslayer

    10 ай бұрын

    Heavy cruisers could make a comeback and basically take the old battleship roles.

  • @jellyfish1333

    @jellyfish1333

    3 ай бұрын

    Are these types of weapons not obsolete? Especially with the accuracy of today’s weapons.

  • @spark300c

    @spark300c

    5 күн бұрын

    @@jellyfish1333 nope because shells are cheaper than missiles. they have their niche uses.

  • @spark300c

    @spark300c

    5 күн бұрын

    if that was the case why didn't kept the heavy cruiser class around. modern destroyers are close to heavy cruiser tonnage.

  • @alucardgd2831
    @alucardgd2831 Жыл бұрын

    the 18 inch british gun was also on HMS Furious before it got turned into a aircraft carrier, it had 2 of the guns

  • @mrjockt

    @mrjockt

    Жыл бұрын

    Furious only ever had the one gun carried in her aft turret, her forward turret was replaced by a flying-off deck whilst she was still under construction.

  • @toothedacorn4724

    @toothedacorn4724

    Жыл бұрын

    They mentioned furious, though they used the word battlecruiser to describe her so you may have missed it

  • @bernardtimmer6723

    @bernardtimmer6723

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mrjockt as far as I know the forward turret was placed during construction but removed soon after to use the space as a temporary flightdeck.

  • @mrjockt

    @mrjockt

    Жыл бұрын

    @@bernardtimmer6723 According to my resources, mainly the Conway naval history books, the decision to convert Furious was taken whilst her forward turret was still under construction and the 18” gun still ashore and the turret was never actually installed.

  • @bernardtimmer6723

    @bernardtimmer6723

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mrjockt Thankyou, I won't argue with Conway, no doubt, you are right. And whatever source I had was wrong. It does explain why the first flightdeck was before the bridge and only after was the aft deck created...

  • @ZenkoTheGreat12
    @ZenkoTheGreat1211 ай бұрын

    Gun #4 was never mounted on a warship. They were to be installed on the South Dakota-class (1920) battleships and Lexington-class battlecruisers. However, all those ships were cancelled by the Washington Naval Treaty and all ships were scrapped early in their construction. Only Lexington and Saratoga, both of the Lexington-class, survived as aircraft carrier conversions.

  • @katherineberger6329

    @katherineberger6329

    3 ай бұрын

    And while those ships did go to sea with 8" cruiser guns, they were removed in favor of the 5"/38 dual purpose gun in Saratoga in 1942.

  • @SovietOnion111
    @SovietOnion111 Жыл бұрын

    im a war nut, so when she said "10 largest naval guns ever made" before she could even finish the sentence i said that the Yamato was gonna be number 1. cus the Yamato still to this day was and is the BIGGEST battleship ever made, with the LARGEST guns ever used in a a naval conflict. for size, the KMS Bismarck is dwarfed by the IJN Yamato. they are both Battleships, and the Yamato was so large it was classed as a "Super Battleship" only three other ships have that title. and they are again sisters to the IJN Yamato.

  • @that_silver_lly5572

    @that_silver_lly5572

    3 ай бұрын

    1 other ship her sister musashi, they only ever completed 2 of the 3 planned and the 3rd was cancelled and converted to an aircraft carrier named Shinano.

  • @jefferyriley3460

    @jefferyriley3460

    2 ай бұрын

    Thy are both shitty submarines

  • @TankDragonSherman

    @TankDragonSherman

    Ай бұрын

    ...Technically tied with a British monitor :P

  • @34scot
    @34scot Жыл бұрын

    I lean towards the 16"/50 Mark 7 since I served on the Big J BB-62 and the Mighty Mo BB-63. Here's a fact for Ya'll the average weight of 1-barrel is 237,125 Lbs

  • @nicholasmazzarella2720

    @nicholasmazzarella2720

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your service. I have been on both if these ships and they are unbelievable. The size of these vessels are staggering.

  • @34scot

    @34scot

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nicholasmazzarella2720 And I miss them every day. Thank you.

  • @metaknight115

    @metaknight115

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s amazing. Have you visited the ship since it was decommissioned?

  • @34scot

    @34scot

    Жыл бұрын

    @@metaknight115 Sadly no. I watch videos of Ryan and Libby from the Big J BB62 museum to see her.

  • @gmgg424

    @gmgg424

    Жыл бұрын

    I also served on the Big J. ‘83-‘87. G4 Div.

  • @Mantheon
    @Mantheon Жыл бұрын

    ''this list will not include guns that didn't entered service'' then proceed to list guns from the South Dakota 1920 design...

  • @S0RGEx

    @S0RGEx

    Жыл бұрын

    They were later used as shore batteries in WWII

  • @edl617
    @edl617 Жыл бұрын

    Two of My Uncles went ashore at Normandy. One on Omaha the Other Utah. Both said the sweetest thing they saw were American destroyers that looked like they were coming ashore firing those 5”38’ as fast as possible.

  • @erichammond9308
    @erichammond9308 Жыл бұрын

    Errors 1) left off the British built 17.72 inch guns mounted on two Italian pre dreadnaught battleships. 2) You left out the 20 inch Dahlgren guns built for the US Navy's monitors during the civil war. 3)depending on how you calculate biggest they're out of order. Was it mere bore diameter? That gives an edge to early and much smaller 16.25 and 17.72 inch late 1800's, and the US Navy's 20 inch guns would be the "biggest". If you calculate by bore diameter x caliber or bore diameter+caliber it's more accurate. If you add bore and caliber the US 16/50 caliber is a total of 66, the Japanese 18.1/45 caliber is a total of 63.1. factoring in caliber along with bore diameter removes the older guns. 4) the term "caliber" in naval artillery is calculated by length of barrel ÷ diameter of bore. So by caliber the highest caliber guns ever mounted on a battleship would be the 1.1/70 or the Japanese 25mm/70 since they are 70 caliber.

  • @metaknight115

    @metaknight115

    Жыл бұрын

    I think that the 18.1/45 is a little over 69 feet long, not 63

  • @erichammond9308

    @erichammond9308

    Жыл бұрын

    @@metaknight115 I was calculating "biggest" by adding bore diameter of 18.1 plus 45 caliber which gives a ranking of "63.1" call it "points". That's a better way to calculate "biggest"

  • @chrissmith2114

    @chrissmith2114

    8 ай бұрын

    Adding the barrel length does not mean the shell was a larger diameter or heavier.... Calibre is the internal diameter of the barrel.

  • @erichammond9308

    @erichammond9308

    8 ай бұрын

    @@chrissmith2114 when referring to rifle and machine gun caliber, you would be correct. (Ie. A .50 cal M2 has a bore diameter of 1/2 inch) However,when dealing with large-bore (basically anything above 1" bore diameter) cannon the term "caliber" refers to the length of the barrel. Example: a "12 inch, 50 caliber cannon" (12"/50) has a barrel 50 feet long. It's 12" diameter (1 foot) x 50 caliber. Welcome to the confusion that is naval artillery 🤣 Edit: Oh, and you are correct, the same bore diameter cannon will commonly use similar weight shells with minor variation based on their design. However, to add further confusion the 16"/45 guns used on the Colorado class ships couldn't fire the 2,700lb "super heavy" AP shells used on the North Carolina and South Dakota class ships even though the later ships also had 16"/45 guns. (It was a matter of the length of the shell and compatibility with the loading system.)

  • @akihitokoizumi2474

    @akihitokoizumi2474

    3 ай бұрын

    @@erichammond9308 It is also likely that in order to move the heavier shells that it needed higher pressure that the older mark guns were not able to safely handle without breaking or wearing out a lot quicker. But also the loading mechanism was probably not designed to handle the increased weight of the shell or worth the effort of an upgrade for it.

  • @flywheel986
    @flywheel986Ай бұрын

    Funny story concerning the 18.1" gun mounted on HMS Lord Clive. It was scheduled to bombard Turkish forces confronting the allied landing at Gallipoli. The first time the gun was fired, the over pressure created by the blast, blew out every pane of glass ( including portholes) on the ship. As well as drinking glasses and bottles in the mess and galley area It also shattered the glasses the captain was wearing. The ship stayed on station though, and managed to heave about 14 more of the monstrous shells in the enemies general direction.

  • @adam_mawz_maas
    @adam_mawz_maas Жыл бұрын

    One point of order, caliber for naval artillery is not the internal diameter of the barrel but the length. For example the Iowa class have 16" 50 Caliber barrels, which are 50 times as long as their internal diameter (ie the barrel length is 50x16"). The older 16" guns used by US Battleships are 45 caliber. this is the one case where there is such a thing as a 50 caliber gun, rather than a .50 caliber gun. Note Yamato had 46 caliber barrels, but due to the larger diameter barrel, they're still about 2' longer than the 16"/50 Mk7 gun on the Iowa class

  • @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684

    @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684

    Жыл бұрын

    Calibre DOES still refer to the internal bore of the barrel on naval guns. Barrel lengths for larger weapons across all the armed services are usually given in multiples of the gun's calibre. For example the infamous 88mm gun of the Tiger 1 is the Kwk 36 88mm/L56, meaning the barrel minus its breech block, was 56x88mm = 4928mm or 4.928 meters long.

  • @billkallas1762

    @billkallas1762

    Жыл бұрын

    Correct.

  • @akihitokoizumi2474

    @akihitokoizumi2474

    3 ай бұрын

    @@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 The caliber of the Iowa guns are 16"/50 Caliber. The diameter and the length are both part of the caliber of the gun. It is extremely important to make sure that rounds do not get sent to the wrong ship. The caliber 16"/45 of the South Dakota shells would be a problem if sent to the Iowa instead.

  • @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684

    @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684

    3 ай бұрын

    @@akihitokoizumi2474 The Barrel length is also of primary importance for the performance of the gun. Want your shell to travel faster and further? Then increase the propellant charge. Forget to lengthen the barrel at the same time? Then watch as all that lovely added explosive energy simply makes a larger bang out of the end of the barrel with resultant extra volumes of blast & smoke. For the extra energy to be imparted to the shell the barrel length needs to be increased to lengthen the amount of time that the channelled energy is focussed onto the base of the shell. The greater length of the rifling inside the extended barrel also improves the gyroscopic spin on the shell and therefore increases the relative accuracy of the shell.

  • @akihitokoizumi2474

    @akihitokoizumi2474

    3 ай бұрын

    @@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 Umm... why are you telling me this? The caliber of the gun being 16inch diameter + 50 calibers long = the size or caliber of the gun and also 16inch multiplied by 50 = the length of the gun tube. Why do you think I do not know why going from the 16"/45 to the 16"/50 made a huge improvement to range and penetration? They use both diameter and length of the gun because that defines the guns characteristics.

  • @AaronCMounts
    @AaronCMounts Жыл бұрын

    The 16"/45 Mk 6 guns had a maximum elevation of 45', and a maximum shell weight of 2700lbs.

  • @JenaveveErjmanovskiy
    @JenaveveErjmanovskiy3 ай бұрын

    You missed the German warship guns, such as the Bismarck and Tirpitz. The Bismarck's and Tirpitz's main battery consisted of eight 38 cm (15 in) SK C/34 guns in four twin turrets, Anton and Bruno in a superfiring pair forward of the superstructure and Caesar and Dora aft.[30] The turrets allowed elevation to 30°, which gave the guns a maximum range of 36,520 m (39,940 yd). The guns fired 800 kg (1,800 lb) projectiles at a muzzle velocity of 820 meters per second (2,690 ft/s).[31] The main battery was supplied with between 940 and 960 shells total, for approximately 115-120 shells per gun.

  • @pablopeter3564
    @pablopeter3564 Жыл бұрын

    EXCELLENT video, THANKS very much. Greetings from Mexico City.

  • @FltCaptAlan
    @FltCaptAlan Жыл бұрын

    Weren't the Nelsons' guns firing "light weight" shells at higher velocity (for a 16"/45), also, the barrel life issue were worked out during the interwar period, and I would consider them well performing guns, unless you don't think "well performing" includes slamming through the faceplate of Bismarck's Bruno turret (the blast blowing the back off the turret, killing the bridge staff and knocking out Anton turret and nearly setting the forward main magazine off Jutland style), as well as penetrating her conning tower and main belt armor.

  • @dancasey9660

    @dancasey9660

    Жыл бұрын

    What was the range on thar shot?

  • @MrT67

    @MrT67

    Жыл бұрын

    Standards are obviously very, very high here.....

  • @hansfitting5019

    @hansfitting5019

    Жыл бұрын

    Except the Nelson never fired at the Bismarck.

  • @DC.409

    @DC.409

    Жыл бұрын

    @@hansfitting5019 indeed it was HMS Rodney, which also holds a record of being the only capital ship to fire torpedoes at another capital ship. If I recall correctly one did hit.

  • @FltCaptAlan

    @FltCaptAlan

    Жыл бұрын

    @@hansfitting5019 Reminder, I said Nelsons' not Nelson's, I was referring to the class as a whole, which includes Rodney and her performance against Bismarck

  • @williamtauriello1581
    @williamtauriello15818 ай бұрын

    Biggest is still the Yamato’s, and its’ sister ship Musashi, that had 18” guns. Next in line is the Iowa-class with its’ 16” guns. I was able to board the New Jersey when it came to the Bay Area for a port-of-call. Those guns are flat-out huge.

  • @Andrew_Smith_Richard85

    @Andrew_Smith_Richard85

    5 ай бұрын

    USS Puritan with 508mm gun?

  • @user-yj6ul9kz3p

    @user-yj6ul9kz3p

    4 ай бұрын

    Japan was better than the United States at building ships, and its sailors were braver too, it just gave them more technology.

  • @Lemurion287

    @Lemurion287

    3 ай бұрын

    Nope, next in line is the 18" guns mounted on HMS Furious, General Wolfe, and Lord Clive.

  • @VIDEOVISTAVIEW2020

    @VIDEOVISTAVIEW2020

    3 ай бұрын

    @@user-yj6ul9kz3p for such a small country, limited industrial capacity, lacking natural resources and just started industrialization in 1868 or just 52 years before WW2, Japan did the impossible of overcoming all of these limitations and circumstances and still built the most powerful ship of them all.

  • @stephengardiner9867

    @stephengardiner9867

    3 ай бұрын

    The British mounted and used 18" guns on a couple of monitors during WWI.

  • @rheinmoses29
    @rheinmoses293 ай бұрын

    The by far biggest naval gun was the Typ 94 40-cm-cannon with a caliber of 460 mm is the Japanese Yamoto battleship class.

  • @badgermacleod2037
    @badgermacleod2037 Жыл бұрын

    Imagine the pressure inside the breech & barrel. A 2000+ pound shell being shot 25 miles or more, wild stuff.

  • @bionicsjw
    @bionicsjw7 ай бұрын

    The big whiskey is berthed in Norfolk and if you drive down the street approaching it, you stare right into those 16 inch front guns. She’s a beautiful ship and is now a museum and I’ve been on her multiple times.

  • @detroitpolak9904

    @detroitpolak9904

    3 ай бұрын

    I just visited the Iowa at the end of January. It was amazing. Hopefully I get to see the Wisconsin one day, tho N. Carolina or Alabama are next on my list.

  • @michaelpielorz9283
    @michaelpielorz9283 Жыл бұрын

    Why is the italian Duillio -class with their 45 cm guns not mentioned? simply forgotten or no space left after showing all 40,6 and 40,6 cm guns or because no british or american ship ?

  • @VRichardsn

    @VRichardsn

    Жыл бұрын

    I was wondering the same myself. Maybe because they were muzzle loaders?

  • @Golem-mo5wc
    @Golem-mo5wc Жыл бұрын

    How dare you don't mention her name! She was Warspite, the one that spites war, and she scored that very hit that made history!

  • @barrybolton1396

    @barrybolton1396

    Жыл бұрын

    As a Yank, I love that ship!

  • @johngregory4801

    @johngregory4801

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@barrybolton1396As a Yank, I rank her with CV-6 Enterprise in accomplishments... And my sadness that I can't walk the deck of either.

  • @filippomazzoli607
    @filippomazzoli607 Жыл бұрын

    Well, it seems you are focused only on UK, USA ad Japan; mentioning the HMS Victoria class, you open the door to other navy and ships, like the Italian Duilio and Italia classes. The first had 4 x 450/20 guns, the second 4x431/27.

  • @brinkwolf8813
    @brinkwolf8813 Жыл бұрын

    The mk 6 16" gun on the South Dakota class battleships were only 45 caliber they used the same guns as the North Carolina class. The only 16" 50 caliber guns were only ever mounted on the Iowa class battleships.

  • @battleship821

    @battleship821

    Жыл бұрын

    Wrong South Dakota Class

  • @toothedacorn4724

    @toothedacorn4724

    Жыл бұрын

    @@battleship821 those South dakotas were never built and the lexintons were never fitted with them so either way the gun doesn't belong in a video about guns that were mounted on warships

  • @williammacdonald3173

    @williammacdonald3173

    Жыл бұрын

    @@toothedacorn4724 it was on the colorados

  • @toothedacorn4724

    @toothedacorn4724

    Жыл бұрын

    @@williammacdonald3173 colorados only had the 16 inch 45 not the 16 inch 50 mk2

  • @michaelpfister1283

    @michaelpfister1283

    Жыл бұрын

    @@toothedacorn4724 I was also surprised to see the proposed guns for the Lexington BATTLE CRUISERS and the Pre-Washington Naval Treaty South Dakota class designs mentioned here, especially with the disclaimer up front that they were only going to do guns that were actually mounted. I guess they didn't do their research very well. I am shocked...

  • @NurkePL
    @NurkePL3 ай бұрын

    HMS Incomparable was due to have 20 inch guns mounted and was planned to make a top speed of 35 knots but never made it into production

  • @mikearmstrong8483
    @mikearmstrong8483 Жыл бұрын

    Inaccurate. Which is just what I expected. It was to be assumed that the producer would only look at the most "popular" or well known guns. Instead of claiming this was about the biggest naval guns "ever" mounted on a ship, they should have titled it "Biggest naval guns of specifically those countries that everyone assumes had big navies", or else done more research. So, what about the 17.7" mounted on the Italian battleships Duilio and Dandolo? Or the 17" mounted on Italia and Lepanto? Those were bigger than 8 out of the 10 on this list.

  • @alphazuluz
    @alphazuluz2 ай бұрын

    Anyone who is into guns is familiar with foot-pounds of energy. It’s a measurement of how powerful a handgun or rifle is. Most handguns have around 300-600 ft-lbs of energy. Most rifles have 1500-3000ft-lbs of energy. The muzzle energy on number nine, the 16” gun (just a random one I calculated) is 207,761,247 ft-lbs of energy (282,000,000 joules). That is INSANE. THEN, there’s the explosive charge. Just wild amounts of power. That cannon is about 600,000 times more powerful than a 9mm handgun.

  • @diegoviniciomejiaquesada4754
    @diegoviniciomejiaquesada4754 Жыл бұрын

    The IJN had a plan to create "Super Yamato Class BBs" called the "A-150" class. Those were planned to have 6x51cm/45 Naval Gun.

  • @richardcutts196
    @richardcutts1963 ай бұрын

    #2 was actually mount on HMS Furious. One gun was mounted in the aft part of the ship, and only removed when that area had a second flight deck added. This flight deck was unsatisfactory because of turbulence caused by the superstructure.

  • @Kami-sama.isekai
    @Kami-sama.isekai Жыл бұрын

    Don't forget that the Yamato fires her 460mm at a rate of every 27-24 sec

  • @raidenthememer4360

    @raidenthememer4360

    Жыл бұрын

    Wow, that's amazing

  • @erichammond9308

    @erichammond9308

    Жыл бұрын

    Actually their theoretical maximum was 1 round every 45 seconds (1.5 rds per minute).

  • @davidhanson8728
    @davidhanson8728 Жыл бұрын

    The German 15 inch naval gun was L51.66 caliber which was bigger than the British 15 inch gun sitting at number 10.

  • @samroconnor

    @samroconnor

    Жыл бұрын

    Not quite - German 15 inch were actually 380mm vs the true 15 inch (381mm) of the UK gun.

  • @chrissmith2114

    @chrissmith2114

    8 ай бұрын

    Stop confusing shell diameter with barrel length....

  • @pumbaalao3593
    @pumbaalao3593 Жыл бұрын

    Request: “Top 10 Modern naval gun used in warship 2022”

  • @johnnytom84k
    @johnnytom84k10 ай бұрын

    “Youll never sink this concrete ship” Meanwhile this 460mm artillery gun pointed directly at the ships hull.

  • @MaskHysteria
    @MaskHysteria Жыл бұрын

    I had the opportunity to visit Pointe Du Hoc and witness, firsthand, the ungodly damage battleship bombardments can dish out. One of the German artillery bunkers (approx. 2m thick reinforced concrete) took a direct hit from the Texas' 14" guns through the front opening which detonated the ammunition stored in the rear. The resulting crater was about fifteen feet/five meters deep with half of the bunker's concrete at the bottom. The other half was approximately 150 feet/50 meters across a field. There were hundreds of smaller craters scattered throughout the rest of the field from various bombs and naval artillery shells. It's amazing how the Germans survived enough to put up a fight against the Rangers.

  • @chrislong3938

    @chrislong3938

    7 ай бұрын

    Wow! Cool, man!

  • @paulgee8253
    @paulgee8253 Жыл бұрын

    This is great…but perhaps a single example of each type used versus an enemy and the result.

  • @benjaminrush4443
    @benjaminrush4443 Жыл бұрын

    Good One.

  • @KortKramer
    @KortKramer2 ай бұрын

    That's some guns!

  • @kokomo9764
    @kokomo97643 ай бұрын

    The caliber of artillery is determined by barrel length, not bore size. Most people are confused by this. Bore size is measured in inches or MM. Two 16-inch guns can have different calibers depending on barrel length.

  • @jon-helgramite2478
    @jon-helgramite24787 ай бұрын

    US had an 18 inch / 48 caliber naval gun. It remains on the gun line at NSWC Dahlgren, VA

  • @rayofhope1114
    @rayofhope1114 Жыл бұрын

    Fact is that the largest shots ever fired from a naval gun in anger were from the British 18 inch guns which fired the heaviest projectiles ever fired from a warship in action.

  • @jamesbugbee9026

    @jamesbugbee9026

    8 ай бұрын

    Yamato fired hers @ Taffy 3

  • @rayofhope1114

    @rayofhope1114

    8 ай бұрын

    @@jamesbugbee9026 yes but the Yamato shells were lighter than the British 18inch shells.

  • @michaelpfister1283
    @michaelpfister1283 Жыл бұрын

    I am trying to figure out how the US 16"/50 Mk2 gun, a gun that was never deployed, ranks higher than the US 16"/50 Mk6 deployed on the Iowa class??? I think someone didn't do their research...

  • @billbutler335

    @billbutler335

    Жыл бұрын

    I agree, the ships these guns were designed for were never built so they were never deployed shipboard

  • @johngregory4801

    @johngregory4801

    8 ай бұрын

    The Mk6 was the 16"/45. The Iowa Class used the Mk7 16"/50.

  • @alanmcclenaghan7548
    @alanmcclenaghan7548 Жыл бұрын

    BL 16 INCH MARK 1: This gun wasn't seen as particularly successful. HMS Rodney: Pulverises Bismarck with BL 16 INCH MARK 1

  • @ronjon7942
    @ronjon79423 ай бұрын

    Man, you don’t just carry these ‘bullets’ in your pocket.

  • @fightforaglobalfirstamendm5617
    @fightforaglobalfirstamendm5617 Жыл бұрын

    'Calibre' when used to describe Naval guns and all other large bore guns is in reference to the barrel length, so for each calibre is one bores length so a 16" 50 calibre gun means the barrel is 50x 16" so 800" long or 50 calibre.

  • @brucelytle1144

    @brucelytle1144

    Жыл бұрын

    That is what I came here to say. Sheesh! You would think folk want to make an informative video, and get the basics wrong!

  • @fightforaglobalfirstamendm5617

    @fightforaglobalfirstamendm5617

    Жыл бұрын

    @@brucelytle1144 it annoying isn't it, she does explain what calibre means about mid way but fails to address the fact they've been using the term wrong in the rest of the video and promptly continue to call the bore diameter as calibre.

  • @nerdyali4154

    @nerdyali4154

    Жыл бұрын

    Calibre still means bore diameter in that context. Saying a stick is 60cm long doesn't change the definition of a centimetre.

  • @fightforaglobalfirstamendm5617

    @fightforaglobalfirstamendm5617

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nerdyali4154 no it does when you're talking about large bore guns, this is because the gun is always referred and even named by bore diameter.

  • @brucelytle1144

    @brucelytle1144

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nerdyali4154 What? A 5" 38 Caliber rifle is a lot different than a 5" 54 Caliber! They are the same bore size, yet the barrel of a 38 CALIBER barrel is (let me do the math, stand by.. ) 190", while the 54 CALIBER barrel is 270" long! That said, I have no direct knowledge right now about the powder load or projectile weights for either, I can tell you from experience that you don't wanna drop a 5"/38 powder case or projectile on your foot, unless you have steel toed boots! My (semi educated) brain says that a 54 caliber gun will fire a higher velocity projectile than a 38 caliber gun. Bore is one thing, the other is velocity out of the barrel. It's that E=MC^2 thingy coming in to play...

  • @Achates72
    @Achates723 ай бұрын

    What about the Armstrong 100 ton guns. It was a 450mm rifled muzzle loading gun. There was the Elswick 432mm/26 guns. These were breach loads sold to Italy. There were also the BL 16.25" naval guns.

  • @sergeishabunin9469
    @sergeishabunin94693 ай бұрын

    The Yamato Gun Turret was so heavy, for comparison: A Fletcher Class Destroyer had a weight of around 2500 Tons, while the Gun Turret has a weight of 2700 Tons

  • @jamesbugbee9026
    @jamesbugbee90268 ай бұрын

    Y'all missed HMS Inflexible, 1 evil ironclad monster scaring its own crew w/ 16.25" rifled muzzle-loaders, used 2 thump on Alexandria in 1882

  • @kuroinamida4630
    @kuroinamida4630 Жыл бұрын

    and again, people forgot that Warspites Record is shared with Scharnhorst who actually has the record bc hers was couple meters longer than Warspites

  • @metaknight115

    @metaknight115

    Жыл бұрын

    And Yamato could have very well best that record by hitting the escort carrier White Plains from a distance of 33,000 yards (although this is somewhat unconfirmed, as sources vary on whether it was a hit or a damaging near miss)

  • @toothedacorn4724

    @toothedacorn4724

    Жыл бұрын

    "A couple meters" There wasn't a range finder or radar set in the world at that time that was accurate enough to tell that, until you can get someone to go back in time and measure the distance this isn't a hill worth dying on

  • @GaryJones69420

    @GaryJones69420

    Жыл бұрын

    you cant actually confirm whether its longer or shorter so its gonna stay as warspite

  • @kuroinamida4630

    @kuroinamida4630

    Жыл бұрын

    @@GaryJones69420 still doesnt change that its Scharnhorsts Record when she hit Glorious in June '40 amd Warspite only tied with her a month later. The Allies just like to deny Scharnhorst being the actual Record Holder, simply bc she's a Kriegsmarine Ship, in the end hitting a moving target while moving yourself is basically impossible and both did it anyways

  • @GaryJones69420

    @GaryJones69420

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kuroinamida4630 unfortunately for you, no one except the werhaboos will see it that way.

  • @flankerpraha
    @flankerpraha3 ай бұрын

    British 15-in naval cannon is represented but the German, French and Italian counterparts are not.

  • @jackiecheng7209
    @jackiecheng7209 Жыл бұрын

    Actually there were a 20 inch (about 500MM )naval British gun that was on the design paper after ww1 and they were going to build, but they stop the program

  • @5000mahmud

    @5000mahmud

    Жыл бұрын

    Fisher was also looking at 21 and 22-inch guns before he died.

  • @willymueller3278

    @willymueller3278

    8 ай бұрын

    Its like my dad said " we are going fishing on sunday " But we didn' t go. 🥴

  • @opvjg
    @opvjg Жыл бұрын

    The other 16 inch guns (Colorado, North Carolina, South Dakota) also fired the 2700 lb AP shell

  • @daemonknight9413

    @daemonknight9413

    Жыл бұрын

    None of the ships armed with 16 inch guns before the North Carolina class used the super heavy ap shells. The hoists for the shells couldn't handle them.

  • @Floofrer
    @Floofrer Жыл бұрын

    Scharnhorst has scored the longest naval kill on another ship

  • @johngregory4801

    @johngregory4801

    8 ай бұрын

    Her hit on Glorious was at the same range as HMS Warspite's hit on Guilio Cesare. What was said was that the hit on Guilio Cesare was the longest battleship on battleship hit... Scharnhorst (and Gneisenau) sank an aircraft carrier.

  • @justin3415
    @justin3415 Жыл бұрын

    Nelson had 16inch guns.3 in each turret.just looked it up.

  • @SuperScottCrawford
    @SuperScottCrawford3 ай бұрын

    Just messing with be numbers... 16" British gun fires 2000lb projectile It goes 22.5 miles With a hang time of 45 seconds! Nuts!

  • @williamsmith7340
    @williamsmith73403 ай бұрын

    I believe the German 15 inch, 55 caliber guns mounted on both Bismarck and Tirpitz were larger and more powerful than the British 15 inch guns in this video. However, the 15 inch dual mount British gun and turret were very efficient, with a high rate of fire, served for the longest period, and as noted, scored the longest distance hit on another battleship.

  • @HAmatelot
    @HAmatelot3 ай бұрын

    In naval guns the "caliber" relates to the length of the barrel in reference to the bore, ie a 15inch bore in a 50 "caliber" the barrel length is 15 inches x 50.

  • @bobelroy669
    @bobelroy669 Жыл бұрын

    How does the 406 mm Mark 2 gun rank above the 410 mm 3rd year gun?

  • @clubtepes2046
    @clubtepes2046 Жыл бұрын

    Can anyone verify if that photo of the Yamato class firing it's 46cm'ers is a real photo? I thought that I've seen every photo take of the Yamato's and this hasn't appeared in any publication that I've ever seen.

  • @toothedacorn4724

    @toothedacorn4724

    Жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately a lot of Japanese documents were destroyed at the end of the war to prevent them getting into allied hands, special care was given to files and pictured involving the yamatos

  • @metaknight115

    @metaknight115

    Жыл бұрын

    It is. I have seen it in most videos and articles talking about Yamato.

  • @HunterSteel29

    @HunterSteel29

    Жыл бұрын

    There's another rare photo of Musashi firing her forward guns during gunnery trials. Hard to find but impressive.

  • @metaknight115

    @metaknight115

    Жыл бұрын

    @@HunterSteel29 What’s even more impressive is a blurry photo of Yamato firing her main guns in anger against American escort carriers (most likely directly at the USS White Plains, a ship she would hit from 20 miles) during the battle off Samar

  • @darylmorning

    @darylmorning

    Жыл бұрын

    @@metaknight115 and then later ran from the Destroyers and Destroyer Escorts that didn't even outweigh it's turret.

  • @greggi47
    @greggi47 Жыл бұрын

    Please identify the large cylindrical shell in the lineup for Musashi, to the tight of antiaircraft shell.

  • @SUNNYSTARSCOUT365
    @SUNNYSTARSCOUT365 Жыл бұрын

    Khẩu pháo mà càng lớn, con tàu chiến phải càng to để chống lại lực giật của khẩu pháo.

  • @thetorturepenguin
    @thetorturepenguin Жыл бұрын

    You forgot the 18” gun on HMS Furious. Useless gun, but certainly large

  • @leeneon854
    @leeneon854 Жыл бұрын

    Pound for pound MK1 15 inch probably one of the best.

  • @urseliusurgel4365

    @urseliusurgel4365

    Жыл бұрын

    The Americans considered it the most accurate battleship main armament of WWII.

  • @metaknight115

    @metaknight115

    Жыл бұрын

    The 18.1 inch gun was definitely the most powerful ever made

  • @richardcutts196
    @richardcutts1963 ай бұрын

    #4 the 16"/50 Mk. 2 was NEVER mounted on a ship. The ships it was intended for were either never built or were converted to Aircraft carriers during the building process because of the Washington Naval treaty.

  • @mannys9130
    @mannys9130 Жыл бұрын

    The North Carolina and South Dakota class fired 2,700lb "super heavy" armor piercing 16" shells from their 16"/45 naval rifles. The older 16" guns of the Colorado class couldn't use the super heavy shells because their loading equipment couldn't accommodate their size and weight. The video is incorrect. The Iowa class also used the 2,700lb super heavy AP shells, but the Iowas had 16"/50 guns which accelerated them a bit faster.

  • @mreckes9967
    @mreckes9967 Жыл бұрын

    Something about that voice hooked me, no idea exactly what.

  • @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684

    @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684

    Жыл бұрын

    Was it the fact that it was robotic ?

  • @peterasp1968
    @peterasp19683 ай бұрын

    I would prefer the British 15-inch Mk1 in the Mk II mounting with the 30° elevation.

  • @andrewhayes7055
    @andrewhayes70558 ай бұрын

    The British 16'' guns on the Nelson class were high velocity not low!!!

  • @Brian1949
    @Brian19493 ай бұрын

    Since you included the 110-ton 16¼ inch gun of the Sans Pareil class, you should have included the 17 inch (431 mm) BL and 17.7 inch (450 mm) of the Italian battleships of the Duilio and Dandolo classes of the 1880s. They also were never fire in action, nonetheless their existence gave the Royal Navy the incentive to develop a larger piece - which became the unsuccessful 110 ton gun. Regards, Brian

  • @timerover4633
    @timerover46338 ай бұрын

    A fairly simplistic and somewhat incorrect account of large-caliber naval guns. The discussion of the 16 inch guns of the Nelson and Rodney makes no sense whatsoever, while the information on the 16"/45 caliber guns of the North Carolina and South Dakota classes is largely wrong except for the muzzle velocity of 2300 feet per second when firing a 2700 pound armor-piercing shell. The high-capacity shell weighed 1900 pounds with a muzzle velocity of either 2635 feet per second or 2525 feet per second, depending on the desire to reduce barrel wear. The 16"/50 caliber gun on the Iowa-class used the same projectiles. The 16"/50 caliber Mark 2 guns were never mounted on any U.S. Navy ship and were turned over to the U.S. Army for use as coast artillery guns. The German 38 centimeter gun mounted on the Bismarck and Tirpitz fired a light-weight 38 centimeter 1764 pound armor-piercing round at 2690 feet per second. By comparison, the British WW2 15 inch armor-piercing round weighed 1938 pounds, while the WW1 armor-piercing round weighed 1920 pounds. The British gun was also extremely accurate with its lower velocity heavy-weight round. The British gun was listed as a 42 caliber piece. It might be noted that the 14 inch guns carried on the British King George the Fifth battleships fired a 1590 pound heavy-weight armor-piercing projectile, and was a very powerful gun. The USS Massachusetts scored a hit on the French battleship Jean Bart during the North African invasion which penetrated a total of 8.82 inches of deck, including a 15 centimeter (5.9 inch) armor deck before bursting in an empty 6 inch magazine. The USS Washington and USS South Dakota engaged the Japanese battleship Kirishima during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in November of 1942 and wrecked her with at least nine 16 inch shells hits. Two of the British 16.25 inch guns still exist in the wreck of the HMS Victoria off of Tripoli, Lebanon, sunk in one of the most notorious collisions in naval history in 1893. The U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Intelligence kept a running total of the number of 16,25 inch guns that burst during practice firing. Quite simply, a very poor gun, and the British wisely did not make any more. You did miss the 450 centimeter (17.7 inch) guns of the Italian Dandolo-class battleships and the 434 centimeter (17 inch) guns of the Italia-class ships. As those guns were designed and built by the English, the English measurements are the most accurate. For those interested in a very good study of World War 2 naval armament, I would highly recommend Naval Weapons of World War Two by John Campbell. For World War One, I would recommend Naval Weapons of World War One by Norman Friedman. Edit Note: The British 16.25 inch gun was also mounted on the HMS Benbow, one of the Admiral Class of pre-dreadnoughts. The ship carried one gun forward and one gun aft in what were called open barbette mount. You can see images of the ship on Wikipedia.

  • @user-em6rj7wq2u
    @user-em6rj7wq2u2 ай бұрын

    Где-то пушка б-37 грустит ведь его забыли добавить в список

  • @user-vl6vt6so7q
    @user-vl6vt6so7q3 ай бұрын

    アメさんがモンタナ級を建造してくれていればなぁ・・・アイオワ級が走攻守のバランスのとれた最良の戦艦ですね。ガキの頃戦艦ミズーリのプラモ作って惚れ込んで、旗艦にしたなぁ。兄貴の旗艦は戦艦大和でした。

  • @MrShoki44
    @MrShoki44 Жыл бұрын

    I dont think that the Lexington class ever got Its guns mounted before their conversion into carriers

  • @Tundraviper41

    @Tundraviper41

    Жыл бұрын

    Yup, it never received its main arament I think Because the ships were still very early in its construction phase I don't think the barbetts was installed yet for lexington or Saratoga by the time the conversion order came in after the Washington naval treaty.

  • @jimb9063

    @jimb9063

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Tundraviper41 Correct. Think it got some 8" guns though weirdly at first, by the island.

  • @g.t.richardson6311

    @g.t.richardson6311

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jimb9063 yes, there are many pictures of them with 8 inch guns

  • @Will_CH1
    @Will_CH13 ай бұрын

    Missing some 17.7 inch armstrong guns

  • @bobthebuilder2967
    @bobthebuilder29676 сағат бұрын

    Realky interesting ...shame about the narration ...is it a bot ??

  • @michaelhband
    @michaelhband3 ай бұрын

    👍👍👍

  • @cp1cupcake
    @cp1cupcake Жыл бұрын

    ......caliber of a naval gun is not its bore width. Its the ratio or length of the barrel to the bore....

  • @Audictator_Zeaxxous
    @Audictator_Zeaxxous Жыл бұрын

    Before Naval Guns: Bigger than Yamato and Iowa navy guns in ww2. After Naval Guns: Gunship, Torpedoes and Missiles.

  • @patrickradcliffe3837
    @patrickradcliffe3837 Жыл бұрын

    Just addendum here the 16/45 mk6 and the 16/50 mk7 could fire the mk8 "super" heavy AP shell that weighed at 2,700lbs. 5:40 the 16/50 mk2 was never mounted on a warship.

  • @metaknight115

    @metaknight115

    Жыл бұрын

    I believe that they were used as shore batteries

  • @Ryguybuilder
    @Ryguybuilder8 ай бұрын

    :20 bruh why did you use the Turret 2 disaster on the iowa

  • @opvjg
    @opvjg Жыл бұрын

    Low muzzle velocity extends gun life

  • @kenneth9874

    @kenneth9874

    Жыл бұрын

    But may reduce vessel life due to being out ranged ! Lol

  • @mickb1214

    @mickb1214

    7 ай бұрын

    Any gun design is going to have to balance shell weight/penetration at battle range/velocity at battle range/barrel life. Differences in muzzle velocity decay at battle ranges. Relining barrels takes your ship out of service for weeks. You can't have it all, even if you're American - you have to compromise somewhere.

  • @franzheger2871
    @franzheger28713 ай бұрын

    Place 1: Shell Weight: 2998 - 1460 LB ???? Wrong around or wrong number ....?

  • @noahsawesomevids422
    @noahsawesomevids422 Жыл бұрын

    Ooooo chunky and fat guns 💪 the 365 in the uss Arizona

  • @peterkoch3777
    @peterkoch37773 ай бұрын

    You are talking about the 16" mark 7 of the Iowa class in the past tense. This is not correct. All four battleships are still preserved as museum ships and have still their guns. And these are the most recent used ones of this list, because the Iowas were reactivated in the late 80s and only decomissioned in the 90s.

  • @johnsepulveda443
    @johnsepulveda4433 ай бұрын

    The Japanese Yamato had the biggest guns at 18 inches

  • @willymueller3278
    @willymueller32788 ай бұрын

    Makes me think of kindergarden, long time ago. " I have the bigger one ! " No, I have the even bigger one. " 😵‍💫

  • @Revener666
    @Revener6663 ай бұрын

    US 16" MK2 was never mounted on a ship.

  • @filipzietek5146
    @filipzietek51462 ай бұрын

    Missing 17 inch guns used by Italia class

  • @DrBLReid
    @DrBLReid Жыл бұрын

    Info on Guns for North Carolina & South Dakota class incorrect.

  • @iowa61
    @iowa61 Жыл бұрын

    The Mark 7 16” 50 Caliber, Lightweight naval rifles mounted on the IOWA class are probably the finest artillery ever devised. Ballistically equivalent to the 18” on the YAMATOs.

  • @erichammond9308

    @erichammond9308

    Жыл бұрын

    Make no mistake, the mk 7, 16/50cal was superior to the 18/45 aboard Yamato. Especially when firing a 2700lb AP shell, which was only 500lb less than the Yamato's. Even the Mk-6 16/45 was better than the Yamato's guns. Both the Mk-7 and Mk-6 had higher rates of fire, were far more accurate than the Yamato's guns, and could fire the 2700lb super heavy AP shells accurately out to ranges that exceeded the 17 mile effective range of Yamato's guns (but that's more of a fire control advantage since the theoretical range of Yamato's guns was limited by obsolete optical fire control systems, and at anything beyond 17 miles the Yamato would require a spotter plane to correct the fall of shot. Needless to say that the US would have quickly shot down a slow moving spotter plane)

  • @metaknight115

    @metaknight115

    3 ай бұрын

    Nope, Yamato's guns were better in every way. They could penetrate up to 20-inches of steel, as where Iowa could only penetrate up to 18-inches of steel. Iowa's shells were equipped with 40.9 pound bursting charges, while Yamato's shells were equipped with 74.6 pound bursting charges. Iowa had a shell dispersion of 600-800 yards at 23.6 miles, compared to Yamato's shell dispersion of 440-550 yards at 26.1 miles, etc. Iowa only at longer ranges had a marginal advantage in rate of fire (a uniform 30 seconds for Iowa, and between 28 to 35 seconds for Yamato, depending on the range).

  • @iowa61

    @iowa61

    3 ай бұрын

    @@metaknight115 That would be wrong. The Mark 7s had nearly the ballistic performance and at considerably lesser weight. Shot to shot dispersion is ambiguous at best. Real accuracy is determined by fire control, radar and optics. The Iowa’s Mark 1 fire control computer with the DR-810 fire control radar in each turret, made the Iowa’s guns the most accurate in the world. You also have to account for plunging penetration as well as side penetration. There’s tons of data on the web.

  • @agustinpicasso2459
    @agustinpicasso24597 ай бұрын

    Ansaldo 15/50, German Sk34, French 15 /45 guns. All heavier than British 15 BL42. Yamato Guns was the heaviest and greater guns in all related aspects, ever mounted and saw some war action. The American 16/50 (the model at 850m/s) gun was never mounted in any ship as far as I know... sadly reports.

  • @billkallas1762
    @billkallas1762 Жыл бұрын

    The Yamato, with it's 18.1"/45 caliber gun, has the largest diameter, but the never built, Tillman IV-1, with it 18"/50 caliber guns, would have been a better/longer, and heavier gun.

  • @johngregory4801

    @johngregory4801

    8 ай бұрын

    All hail the Tillmans!

  • @Vladimir-Putin-
    @Vladimir-Putin- Жыл бұрын

    4:06 (top left) the in service is wrong. It says 1943 yet the New Jersey was commissioned in 1942

  • @russdority6295

    @russdority6295

    Жыл бұрын

    It commissioned on 23 may 1943

  • @Vladimir-Putin-

    @Vladimir-Putin-

    Жыл бұрын

    @@russdority6295 December 7 1942, 1 year after Pearl Harbor look it up bud

  • @tommckinley111

    @tommckinley111

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Vladimir-Putin- launched 12-7-42, commissioned 5-23-43

  • @SovietOnion111
    @SovietOnion111 Жыл бұрын

    as a american, we take the saying "Go BIG or go home" very seriously, dont believe me look up the "Big Whisky, Temper Temper incident".

  • @metaknight115

    @metaknight115

    Жыл бұрын

    The Japanese and British went bigger, though

  • @SovietOnion111

    @SovietOnion111

    Жыл бұрын

    @@metaknight115 did they really, the USA to has the largest amount of everything and if your a Russian soldier in Ukraine your finding that out.

  • @metaknight115

    @metaknight115

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SovietOnion111 In terms of quantity, I can agree with you

  • @metaknight115
    @metaknight115 Жыл бұрын

    We all know that the 45 cal 18.1 inch gun of the Yamato is better than the 50 cal 16 inch gun of the Iowa, but how would the 50 cal 16 inch gun fair against the 40 cal 18 inch gun of the Furious?

  • @toothedacorn4724

    @toothedacorn4724

    Жыл бұрын

    The 18in/40 was a shore bombardment weapon and built in 1917 its a pretty unfair comparison, the 16inch can about 20.5 inches of cemented armour at 15000yards, while 18 inch can do just 18 inches, that said the bursting charge of the two rounds are vastly different a mere 40.9 lbs for the 16 inch and 119 lbs for the 18 inch.

  • @metaknight115

    @metaknight115

    Жыл бұрын

    @@toothedacorn4724 Interesting. Furious's guns fired larger, heavier shells with more kinetic energy, but Iowa's guns were faster, more modern, and had a much higher rate of fire. However, I do find it hard to believe that Iowa's guns could penetrate 20.5 inches of steel, though. If they could, then I could only imagine the damage that Yamato's guns could do.

  • @toothedacorn4724

    @toothedacorn4724

    Жыл бұрын

    @@metaknight115 armour isn't quiet as simple as raw penetration, ships are normally at an angle and 15000 yards is something of a shorter range, unfortunately the best source I have only has that range for the 18 inch due to its short service life

  • @HunterSteel29

    @HunterSteel29

    Жыл бұрын

    @@metaknight115 The Yamato's guns at that range did marginally better around 21 to 22 inches of penetration.

  • @metaknight115

    @metaknight115

    Жыл бұрын

    @@HunterSteel29 Sounds right. Yamato had guns two inches bigger, and could penetrate two more inches of armor

  • @u_Tempr
    @u_Tempr Жыл бұрын

    18"/47 caliber Mark A gun would be the biggest if US made a turret for it

  • @kirkrobb4194
    @kirkrobb4194 Жыл бұрын

    what about KMS Bismarck....? not the biggest, led by a arrogant admiral, but what if, he wasn't there???

  • @benquinneyiii7941
    @benquinneyiii7941 Жыл бұрын

    13 miles

  • @guillaume6824
    @guillaume68243 ай бұрын

    French guns was very good

  • @swarnamohanty3121
    @swarnamohanty3121 Жыл бұрын

    Bismark guns?

  • @lonnietoth5765
    @lonnietoth5765 Жыл бұрын

    How about putting their range in Miles , my division sucks ?

  • @rider4440

    @rider4440

    Жыл бұрын

    How about you search x km = how many miles

  • @Rom3_29
    @Rom3_29 Жыл бұрын

    Did 18” Japanese cannons ever hit any enemy ship?

  • @russdority6295

    @russdority6295

    Жыл бұрын

    Possibly the escort carriers at re Leyte Gulf.

  • @jasonmccaulley1663

    @jasonmccaulley1663

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, a single round hit the escort carrier USS White Plains. Look up The Battle of Samar. It details one of the few times HIJMS Yamato fired her guns in combat, and how 4 escort destroyers, 3 fleet destroyers and 6 escort carriers drove off Yamato, 3 other Battleships, 6 heavy cruisers, 2 light cruisers and 11 Destroyers.

  • @origamiscienceguy6658

    @origamiscienceguy6658

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes. During the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

  • @metaknight115

    @metaknight115

    Жыл бұрын

    During the battle off Samar, Yamato engaged enemy ships for the first and only time in her career. She fired either a hit or a damaging near miss (depending on the source) on the American escort carrier White Plains from a distance of 33,000 yards with a single 18 inch shell. Soon afterwards, she fired a series of hits and damaging near misses from her main guns at the escort carrier Gambier Bay, causing horrible flooding damage that resulted in the ship capsizing and sinking. Later, she engaged the destroyer Johnston, hitting her with three 18 inch shells (but failed to sink her because she fired the wrong type of ammunition). She was forced to turn away due to torpedoes, and rejoined the fight later, engaging the destroyer escort Samuel B Roberts but claiming no hits, and according to some sorces, finally finishing of the Johnston alongside several ships.

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