Battleship Guns: "16 Inch Gun & Turret" 1955 US Navy Training Film for Iowa Class Battleships | Popular Mechanics

The battleship Yamato's nine 18.1-inch (460mm) guns were the largest ever fitted to a warship, exceeding the typical 16-inch guns of other modern battleships like the American Iowa-class, providing a greater projectile weight of 3,200 pounds compared to the Iowa's 2,200 pounds. This larger caliber offered greater destructive power and increased range compared to its contemporaries. While the Yamato's armament was designed for battleship-on-battleship combat, the Iowa-class was designed for a dif

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