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The main cannons were 18.1" or 460mm
Though the Schwerer Gustav (a land based railroad cannon) had 31.5" or 800mm gun
I have heard somewhere that the guns were 480mm
the guns were 46cm/ 45cal type 94 naval cannons (approx 18.1 in)
@@potatoaim2.031 Nah, definitely 460 mm. I'd put my scotum on the line if we had a bet, that's how confident I am .
But in its (and all its type) fired a total equal to just 2 of Yamto's salvos. All of that type of gun for the entire war fired 33 shots. Yamato fired up to none every few minutes.
Nice pfp
I’m a second generation ship builder at Newport News, Virginia. I worked on all the Nimitz class carriers but one. Also the Enterprise as a nuclear worker. Also worked on the Virginia class subs for 28 years and they still amaze me!
Thats insanely cool actually. Good work gettin those beauties out to sea
I'm not jealous your jealous!
Lol
It was designed to fight ships or surprise attack carriers in a defense sense. This monster can sink anything in it is range. I don't think usa can sink Yamamoto if they don't use jets. Sub to my channel Gate of Babylon gate to everything czcams.com/channels/EfLnHQMC7pusRgqDTlUJrQ.html
@@ailediablo79 the US sunk both Yamato's without jets. Japanese AA was pretty piss poor and no matter how good your ship is armored eventually it will go down. The Iowa class with it's much better AA defenses wouldn't have survived (though it would have been a lot worse for the attackers). Hell, a modern AEGIS cruiser would have a rough time of it with the amount of planes sent.
@@nicolivoldkif9096 are you stupid a jet is the right term for a jet fighter meaning the more accurate for a fighting combat airplane. It is not airplanes they are jets. Without jets you need many destroy class ships to take down Yamamoto which is clearly the primarily purpose of it. The Japanese didn't think they would lose that many fighters but they did. If Yamamoto had a career in it is support. Like at least an additional 50 jets. USA attacking force would need a miracle to win.
Yamato: I am the biggest!
Musashi: Am I a joke?
Shinano: Shut up Yamato
Aircraft carriers: How many times do I have to tell you old man?
@@jasonchiu272 Cities don't count >.
Points🤣
Johnston: hi
XD
You need to look up Taffy 3 and their exploits. I feel like you would really enjoy the story
It's amazing what several escort class vessels pulled off. Shear bravery, determination, and insanity. That sometimes is a more dangerous combination than the most powerful weapons you can bring to bear.
Omg ty. Ive been trying to remember that taskforce for years
RIP Evans!
They recently surveyed the wreck of the Johnston. Deepest known shipwreck in the world.
drachinifel
The ship was so large that they nicknamed it a hotel when it wasn't fighting, which wasn't often (it hardly ever fought). It was so big, they needed signs to get around her passages and hallways, imagine getting lost in her!
It was nicknamed Hotel Yamato because it seemed to just sit there.
The hotel nickname was given by the Army.. whom the Navy was fighting a civil war against for over a decade... It only stopped because of the war.
The navy hated the army so much that they let US Bomber's pass and bomb their positions.
On resupply, they didn't even dock at the islands.. they through the food and ammo off the sides and it sunk to the bottom of the sea.
If a navy plane landed at a land base... They would not be repaired, fueled or rearmed. Navy pilots could be beheaded for eating army food or drinking army water.
It was named hotel as an insult and waste of resources. The Japanese economy was run by family owned banks 4 major, 2 supporting army and 2 navy in civil war (hot and cold), the army was trying to get navy resources redirected to the army through propaganda.
@@Boeing_hitsquad no wonder they lost the war. They couldn't even stand or help each other
no they nicknamed it a hotel cause it was often just used as a troop transport it mostly needed maintenance and was constantly just docked in port and they did not want to risk losing it since it was meant to be the flagship of their navy and if they lost it there would be a major morale drop but when it was clear the war was lost they sent the yamato on a suicide mission but the americans found out about it and attacked it with hundreds of aircraft the yamato put up a good fight but it was overwhelmed
The reason why she being called Hotel is because of how well treated among her crews and people on board. Not only she is the most latest tech of all IJN every put her in. But also her facilities, her size is wide enough for the crews to have on deck activities. Her food rations were always quite a top class for Japanese Navy. As well as she equipped with air conditioning for the crews. Yamato is very much a hotel ship in the IJN eyes, due to she never ever being out in the combat. And always tends to send army as a floating cruise ship, due to her enormous size.
Artur: "Three new patrons...that's six" Been having a poor day. My first giggle right there. Thanks
just wait till you realize they were building a SUPER Yamato
Well, wanting to build one. That one would've had six 20.1 inch/510mm guns
Wasn't that the one that they stopped midway and decided to make it a super carrier? (For the time period that is)
@@mrsnuffle7346 no, that was Shinano, the third Yamato. The “Super Yamato” was Design A-150.
Yeah I just reached that part lol. Should've waited for a few minutes
Just wait till you realize the Yamato was named after a failed drink made from yams and tomatoes. Brought to you by the people who make Clamato juice.
The Wiesel weapons carrier is a super interesting piece of military technology. Matsimus made a great video about it
Each primary triple turret of the yamato weighed more than the average destroyer of the day.
God
@@neoblox6753 Almost...
*DAMN… 😨!*
You should really do reaction to taffy 3.
Imagine being on a destroyer and taking on the Yamato and the whole Japanese fleet.
USS Johnson, the destroyer that fought like a battleship.
Yk they found the Johnston a few weeks ago right??? It took the record as the deepest wreck ever found and as the guy who found it said it still looked ready to fight!
@@gingewonka they didn't find it a few weeks ago, they managed to get a submersible down there for the first time. It was found about a year ago
It was the USS Samuel B. Roberts, the destroyer escort that went down in naval lore as the ship that fought like a battleship, not the USS Johnston. RIP Cmdr. Evans!!!
You should do a video on the USS Texas the last dreadnaught
the New York-Class one?
@@cloudy9593 yes although some say it should technically be called the Texas class because the Texas was finished first it is still the New York class
Fun fact after the war the US did a test on the armor of the turret face of an incomplete yamato class ship after firing at point blank range with one of the largest guns they had, it was declared that the frontal plate was impenetrable to any caliber of weapon at the time
"Tastes like sunken battleships." Epic!
No comment on your hairline, Artur, other than that I don't even have one.
I think artur is going for the sabaton look
I was really hoping you'd notice that Yamato's secondary guns were six inch guns, that's the primary guns on most cruisers of that time period
You should react to more videos on battleships. Especially more surrounding Bismarck
It is said that when the Yamato's guns were test fired, it blew off the hats of those that were near them!
That is true of just about any large gun. True, Yamato/Musashi guns were bit bigger, so the overpressure from firing those guns is a bit more than any others, but the pretty much the same thing happened whenever they fired the guns of the Iowa class battleships. As I understand it, it is actually part of the testing of large guns...the process to determine the exact area of overpressure when the gun is fired...so that the safe distance can be determined and marked out.
When the tested out the Adolf gun in harstad, Norway the gun blew houses up to 4 miles away half a meter off their foundation.
@@iKvetch558 no one said to compare the iowa and yamato here but u.
@@Absolut531kmh Except that thousands of historians and millions of ordinary people have compared the Iowas to the Yamatos. Ever since both classes of ships were in existence, many many people have been comparing them to each other and to other battleships...so I feel like I am in plenty of good company.
Besides, all I was saying is that the issue that the builders of Yamato had with the overpressure from firing her guns was not unique to the Yamato class, and that the US had similar issues with the overpressure on the Iowa class...my comparison was in no way unfavorable.
@@iKvetch558 hoenstly, to me. Instead of comparing, I would say
Yamato + iowa
You have got to watch the story of taffy 3. A handful of U.S. destroyers took on the Yamato, and her battle group and won. It is an unbelievable story, that not even Hollywood could concoct, and it's a true story.
Thank you Artur for reacting to more history video 😊👍
The us naveys Iowa class were the second biggest battle ship and the most advanced and best designed battle ship of ww2, it was the true pinnacle of battleship design you should do a video on it, great video as always artur rehi .😎👍
The US learned a lot about ship construction when they were salvaging the wrecks at Pearl Harbor. The Japanese thought they would always be out-numbered so the Yamato class was built to take massive punishment.
I would love to see a video on the USS enterprise, CV-6. That was a legendary ship
yep same with yamato both impressive
23:05 - All of Japan's carrier pilots were dead. Japan couldn't train them fast enough and after most of their pilots were killed off in the early years of the war they did try to replace them. These inexperienced pilots were slaughtered in their first combat operation to such a degree history still calls this part of the Battle of the Philippine Sea the "Marianas Turkey Shoot!"
Plus the suicide planes/pilots must have correlated with that yes?
@@yk._.a15 I'll need to double-check, but iirc the kamikaze strikes began because of the devastating losses at the battle of the Philippine Sea.
You need to react to the Iowa Class Battleships. They were the best battleships ever made.
True not as heavy as the Yamato or as heavy guns
But it's 16 inch guns where much mire accurate and faster.
Also the armour on Iowa was where it needed to be to survive a battle
Iowa's in a nutshell were South Dakota's with better 16 guns and 5 knots faster, but 10,000 tons heavier.
@@puellamservumaddominum6180 not really on the armor side of it. Both Yamatos and Iowas followed the all-or-nothing armor scheme.
I love the energy in this video. Great work man :)
Hey man just wanted to say, love your videos and have since before jan 6th. I have learned so much about Estonia and northern Europe because of you. keep posting and I will happily keep watching my friend
They use inches or centimeters instead of millimeters once they get that big. 5.91 inches is 150mm or 15 cm.
6 inch guns were considered small on ships, they Yamato had 18 inch or 45 cm, 450 mm guns.
Thank you for posting your vids Artur!
Please react to more Naval Legends. There are ships like USS Texas and many other ships I think you would be interested in
He should do one the Missouri
That's why I put it in the Patreon 😋👍
id love to see you do more of these! found this channel a week ago and ive been obsessed with ww2 warships.
Honesty my brother from one vet to another, I love what you do! Absolutely respect you.
If memory serves, 'Yamato' means "the land/country" an ancient name for the archipelago. Have a question and then a comment; every nation that has access to the high seas has a Navy, even if it's just a coastal defense ships, ergo they usually have at least one ship and/or naval engagement of note... is there a storied Estonian vessel or engagement that you can tell us about, if so I would love to hear it's story.
As for the comment, very cool looking carbine you have. A bit high-techish ( more into retro weapons ) but still pretty sweet looking. Keep on rockin' and greetings from Michigan.
Sank in combat against the USS Yorktown and then used as the ship in the anime Starblazers
I see your a man of culture
Yorktown was sunk at Midway. Yamato was sunk much later in the war when it was dispatched without air cover to Okinawa.
@@whelk The Yorktown is a museum in Charleston South Carolina, it didn't sink
@@christopherkaylor2940 CV-5 Yorktown was sunk at midway; CV-10 Yorktown was it’s successor
@@deadtrooper38 @Christopher Kaylor I stand corrected. I was unaware of the VV-10 Essex class.
200mm caliber guns are actually small compared to battleship guns. Heavy cruisers like Prinz Eugen (The ship that accompanied Bismarck) use 203 mm caliber guns while Bismarck used 380mm and Iowa used 406 mm.
Artur, Love your videos, so much fun to watch!! Have you ever thought about doing a video series on cool things in Estonia or Estonian history? I'd love to watch that kind of thing!
You needed fighter aircraft to effectively stop bombing raids in those days. If yamato had more carriers with it for defense, it might have gone differently. But realistically, you're facing the combined air wings of 9 carriers at once, you still aren't going to shoot them down fast enough to save the ship.
That's why the Americans already sank most of Japan's carriers, took out the important targets at Midway
@@warner735 yep. Carriers and their planes decided nearly every major battle and the war. The age of battleships was over.
I wish youd post more i love watching your channel at work
Love the videos man keep it up👍👍👍
The Yamato has a cousin, and only two pictures of her have EVER been taken. The story of the Shinano is interesting; few know of it, because of the secrecy involved.
@Vengeful Paladin the Shinano only sunk because her water tight doors hadn't been installed, remember when the Shinano sunk it wasn't fully complete
@Vengeful Paladin yea but the only reason why shinano sunk was because she didn’t have water right doors to stop the flooding and the captain was an idiot who didn’t stop the shop
@Vengeful Paladin true but also did the US know that Japan were starting to design super Yamato’s but thanks to midway that didn’t happen
Bigger ships can carry bigger guns which have a longer range and of course do more damage. The additional range was a very strong incentive for building the largest floating artillery platforms possible.
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Thanks for the good content and have a nice day.
You should definitely react to USS Enterprise CV6. By far one of the most famous and decorated ships from WWII. Battle 360 is a great documentary about Enterprise's entire campaign.
I would be so down to see him react to Enterprise and her campaign during WW2
I love man and not in a weird way. You are like me a veteran way. Woth served our countries so you have all respect. I've been waiting you for a long time now. Im traveling to Germany in the first part of Semester. In not social media guy so I would like to have a pint and a present pint. My friend probably wouldn't disagree. Keep up what you do. All my love and support. Semer Fi my bt
to put the Scale Model from the Video into Perspectiv : its 1/10 Sclae and Slightly Larger than German Kriegsfischkutters, a mass produced Coastal Defense Craft for Sub-Chasing and Minelaying.
Artur im so glad you reacted to this. I love the Naval Legends series. Please do more of these, can i recommend America's Largest Battleship, Iowa next?
Ahh yes, the Big Four.
You should check out the story of battleship x aka the battleship USS South Dakota in ww2. During the war it was feared by both sides. In fact during the signing of the Japanese surrender it was sitting next to the USS Missouri where the surrender was signed.
How was South Dakota feared by both sides?
@@adamtruong1759 so after the battle of Guadalcanal the Japanese feared it because even tho it was outnumbered battleship x engaged and walked away, Japan losing several vessels. After repairs she was sent to the Atlantic theatre with one goal in mind. Sink the German battleship tirpitz. The nazi Germans hid the tirpitz up the fjords of Norway and even when battleship x pretty much gave away it's own position and gave itself up as an easy target, they refused and continued to hide the vessel out of fear, then it was reassigned to the Pacific theatre where it went thru a few more conflicts and made it all the way to tokyo, and was in fact the first American warship to actually fire on mainland Japan. And continued shelling until the first bomb was dropped.
@@jaydeeeclipse9010 So?
The Yamatos guns were 18inches or about 457 millimeters wide
Yamato at 80,000 tons was more than twice the displacement of the Bismark. Bismark had 14' guns, the Yamato fired 18", 1.5 ton shells. Even bigger than the 4 US Iowa class battleships with their 16", 1 ton shells, which are about 45,000 tons. On the Yamato, the big 18" rifles were offensive, EVERY other gun was anti-aircraft, although all the 5 inchers could also fire HE and AP.
The first sea battle the Yamato was in late 1944 at Leyte Gulf, where the Japanese force contained four battleships (including the giant Yamato), six heavy cruisers, two light cruisers and eleven destroyers displacing over 200,000 tons.
The US had 4 'baby' flat-tops, which were about 10,000 tons each, 3 destroyers at 2,000 tons each and 1 Destroyer escort at 1,000 tons each.
Despite that, the Japanese engaged the US force for a while before turning and disengaging before doing significant damage. Had they kept coming on, little would have stood in their way. Why did they turn around and disengage? The fighting was so intense, they thought they were engaging Halsey's Fleet Carriers and cruisers because the Japanese were firing Armour Piercing [AP] shells designed for heavily armored ships instead of this light weight, backwater force. Their AP shells would go all the way through and would not explode until they had gone all the way through. [Still, an 18" hole is a big problem.]
Read the book, "The Last Stand Of The Tin Can Sailors", about this most lop-sided battle ever. This was truly epic. No battle had done so much damage to the Japanese in such a desperate fight just to survive. They knew their odds of survival were -0-. One ship's Captain even TOLD his men survival was not an option. They fought anyway.
By the way, the US Navy figured out how to sink them [Yamato and Musashi], by putting all the holes on the same side to capsize them. That way, they couldn't even counter-flood to stay on an even keel and eventually capsized [Musashi earlier during this battle, the Yamato in it's second surface action [battle].
Love naval legends. You should definitely react to some more of it. Also she had 460 or 480mm guns i forget which haha
I love this guy, he is so wholesome
3:25 *sad yamato class noises*
So I rarely comment on videos but I must say, I am glad you reacted to this! I've watched most of the videos that Wargaming has produced for the Navel Legends series. If you want to see something just ridiculous, I'd suggest looking at the Navel Legends episode for Sovetsky Soyuz or even check out the ones for Iowa or New Jersey. Cheers
Should definitely check out uss Iowa! Great content Keep up the good work!
Here's a gun comparison:
Nelson - 406 mm
Jean Bart - 380 mm
Bismarck - 380 mm
Iowa - 406 mm
Sovetsky Soyuz (unfinished Soviet battleship) - 406 mm
Yamato - 460 mm
A-150 (planned successor of the Yamato) - 510 mm!
i lost some one to depretion he checked out a few days ago man he was 22 he left behind a sister that is beside her self and a mum and dad.. that family will never be the same again i know you are working thogh ur stuff be strong bro if you eve need anyone just to get shit off ur chest i am here we will miss you im up at 5am in australia to watch you not whatever vlog or how to vid i am up to watch you do not leave me hanging bro im waiting for your next video , thank you for makeing me smile
Yamato was capable of 27 knots. Shinano wasn't a fleet carrier. This barge would carry spare aircraft and crews for the fleer. Repair facilities for aircraft and a small air group for defense.
Awesome video, terviseks!
Bismarck was big for Germany but not compared to Iowa Class or Yamato. Again I plead with you. If you haven't yet please react to "2018 International Special Operations Capabilities Demonstration" That year Finland participated.
Interestingly enough, Drachinifel just put out a video this morning (or it might have been afternoon for him) about how the Battle of Samar might have gone if the US battleships in Halsey's fleet had been present when Yamato and company showed up.
Would've honestly been a better for Yamato to go out tbh, because she would've been in the last battleship to battleship fight, heck, last major surface battle with cruisers and destroyers getting in the fun.
Also, Admiral Lee was cool and awesome to very end. Also, USS The Sullivans.
@paul Provenzano the new one assumes that the task force was dispatched properly from 3rd fleet as opposed to the fleet that took on the southern force
Yamato took place in roughly 5 battles. She ambushed and attacked aircraft carriers in the Battle off Samar. She also blew off the super structure of a destroyer in the Battle of Leyte.
Examples of the armor still exist. Parts of the Sinanos turret armor are at the Washington navel yard. The turrets had been removed while she was converted to a carrier. After the war, the US sent samples back for testing.
At the time of the damaging of the Yamato off Okinawa, my uncle's boat--CV 13 the U.S.S. Franklin was part of Task Force 58.2. (A couple of days later, it was damaged by a kamikaze attack and had to return to port for repairs.)
I'll convert those numbers to metric for your Artur:
18.1 in (main battery)= 460mm/46 cm
6.1 in (secondary battery)= 155mm/15.5 cm
5 in (BIG AA)= 127mm/12.7 cm
0.98 (small AA)= 25mm/2.5 cm
Hey Arthur! i have some reaction ideas:
1. Challenger 2 tes megatron, the most armored modern battle tank
2. x-15 plane, the fastest plane in history (yes faster than sr-71)
3. The ww2 Battle of Raseiniai, a single soviet kv tank fights against many germans
Armor values too:
Main belt: 11-16in (283-406mm)
Main turrets: 7-26in (177.8-660mm)
Conning tower: 12-20in (305-508mm)
The muzzle speed is 2,600 ft/s (800 m/s)
The main guns were 457.2mm, 18", in which the main armament for U.S battle ships made during WWII was 406mm, or 16", but later battleships of the had longer main guns barrels which allowed for greater velocity and accuracy. So the 16" guns were just as powerful as an 18"*
I love his reaction!! When he found out that 18in was 457m
The range and throw weight of the Yamato-class battleships' guns were about the same as the US Iowa-class battleships. Their difficulties sinking the Musashi taught the Americans how to sink the Yamato more efficiently. The Yamato-class ships had two significant (in my estimation) weaknesses compared to the Iowa class; they had no radar-controlled guns, and they had very limited amounts of the splinter-resistant "special" steel used in the Iowa-class battleships (only the Americans could afford that in quantity). But they were noble ships. I am surprised you did not know about them, but after all it is a long way from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean; you are forgiven. I think the first larger warship was the USS John F. Kennedy, thirty years later.
The Bismark was the largest battleship when she was completed in August 1940, and the biggest built by a European power. Yamato was completed in December 1941 (just after Pearl Harbor) and was used solely in the Pacific theater, which is probably why you haven't heard of it that much.
A fully loaded combat-ready Bismarck displaced just over 50,000 tons, while a full load Yamato displaces around 73,000 tons.
Edit: the main guns' caliber is 460mm (18.1in)
The main advantage of building a larger ship is you can put more stuff on it (bigger guns, more armor, ect.) but there is a point where it becomes overkill, and Yamato is definitely in this region.
Also, it should be important to remember that at the time Yamato was designed, aircraft carriers were still seen as something of a novelty item with more emphasis on scouting. It was during the war that people began to realize the carrier's true potential.
To give you an idea of how much punishment a Yamato could take, during the battle of the Sibuyan Sea Yamato's sister ship Musashi was attacked by carriers and it took 17 bomb and 19 torpedo hits to sink.
And finally, the detonation of Yamato's magazines is ranked among the largest non-nuclear, man-made explosions.
Bismark and Tirpitz were the biggest battleships produced by Germany, the second biggest built in europe, and 3rd biggest in the world in 1939. Hood was bigger, technically, and North Carolina was bigger, both when at full displacement. People mistake the treaty tonnage with full tonnage. Hood was built in the 20s and North Carolina was launched in 39
@@lightfootjpauls true, It's the British's insistence on calling Hood a battlecruiser that sometimes makes me forget she's basically an early fast battleship.
(Also, I consider ships finished when they are commissioned into their navy. Although North Carolina was launched from the dockyard in 1939, you still needed to fit her out with tech, ammo, supplies, living quarters, crew, train the crew, do trials to make sure her systems are working properly, ect. So I consider her finished in 1941 as North Carolina wasn't ready for missions prior to that)
Actually they could build more than 2 aircraft carriers for the price of Yamato since back in ww2 aircraft carriers weren't as big and sophisticated as they are now so the cost was quite a bit lower...
from what I've gathered it cost the US around $56million which is equivalent to ~$825million today meaning they could get 10 aircraft carriers for the price
You should react to naval legends uss Iowa or uss New Jersey also us carriers today are about 13 billion dollars
Check out museum battle ship New Jersey’s video on uss New Jersey vs yomato it compares the USA biggest battle ship vs yomato
React to the Russian Okhotnik drone. The "Loyal Wingman" of the SU-57
23:06
Aircraft carrier was the future, but not because of battles like this. This battle only proved that 8 large, brand new carriers can ultimately just about kill one super battleship - a feat that could be accomplished by 8 regular battleships, or even 8 WW1 dreadnoughts. To the contrary, this battle proved that battleships are the world´s champions at tanking damage, which is one of the reasons why Americans kept using battleships well after the end of WW2 as essential parts of carrier groups.
As of now, practically all of the battleships lost in WW2 were lost due to not having any form of air cover. The only exception may be HMS Hood, HMS Barham, HMS Royal Oak, Scharnhorst and IJN Kirishima. Every other battleship of all nations that was lost during WW2 was lost due to having no or almost no air cover. Including the ships in Pearl Harbor, Force Z, Roma, Bismarck, Tirpitz, all of the Japanese battleships (with the exception of Nagato, which was still fixable) and 3 out of its 4 battlecruisers, and the Soviet battleship Marat.
The lesson was that if you ignore the air, the air is not gonna ignore you. Almost all of those mentioned ships/groups could be saved by having at least 1 decent carrier as a defense force.
Love the video man. You should react to the Doolittle raid, pretty sure they have a video on it in the operations Room
you should reacts to the USS Enterprise Carrier in WW2 huge history you would love each of those of this amazing Aircraft carrier and his crew.
0:20 Maybe the Bismarck was the biggest battleship ever in the sea. That comment/quote said that Yamato was ”the most powerful”, not necessarily the biggest. I don’t know. 🤔🤷🏼♂️
The Iowa class was longer but the Yamato displaced more.
My last car was a Mitsubishi--I had it for 15 years! I didn't know it at the time, but from what I understand, the 3 diamond shapes of the Mitsubishi logo are meant to represent the propeller blades of the Japanese Zero (which Mitsubishi also made, of course).
incorrect Derpy. Here is the meaning: thenewswheel.com/behind-badge-stunning-symbolism-mitsubishi-mark/
@@protonneutron9046 ahh, I was misinformed a long time ago, then. This info makes more sense, though.
I don’t know if it mentioned it or if it skipped it but I think it forgot to mention the fact that yomato also had anti-aircraft shells for its 18 inch guns
I have many objections to the video you decided to watch on the Yamato, Artur. Yamato was the biggest battleship but it was not unrivaled in power. The Iowa Class Battleships were the American equivalent if you could say that. The most powerful battleships of the US Navy. However the Iowa class were faster (Yamato could make 27.5 knots to the Iowa class's 33.5 knots, this is significant), had a better AA complement (the gun calibers complimented each other and covered the gaps the others had, they were just generally much more effective), the Iowa's were longer (887ft long), slimmer (108ft to the Yamato's 128ft), had smaller guns (406mm 50cal to the Yamato's 460mm 45cal) but superior armor penetration at almost any range, had thinner armor but it was almost as effective due to armor quality (Post War studies ranked the armor plating of the major naval powers of the war. American armor was rated at 1.00 effectiveness per thickness, Japanese was rated at 0.839. That means American armor plates were 16.1% more effective per thickness) and design, had blatantly superior radar and fire control, and the Americans had vastly superior damage control equipment and training. The video is made by a company called War Gaming that while they largely get their history right are rarely entirely correct. They treat the Yamato as if it was unrivaled and simply couldn't be defeated in a daylight battle in good conditions. This is a very false opinion to have and is disputed quite handily by the numbers. Yamato was an impressive and powerful battleship, but to call it the undisputed most powerful is simply false. However your reaction and commentary were excellent as per usual.
I highly recommend checking out USS Missouri, she was the second largest Battleship ever. However she was the fastest battleship ever built.
sorry for taking up comments but I started reading military history at ten years old around 1959 dad was a gunners mate serving in the Pacific..so over the next fifty years got a degree in History and really enjoy reading about WW2... from what i read Spruance the Fifth Fleet Commander was detaching the Iowas to intercept but Mitscher (who avoided a possible court of inquiry for the Hornets performance at Midway) launched an attack with the 300 aircraft... tks for the vid!
Planes from my grandfather's carrier had a hand in taking it down. If I recall correctly 2 of their bombs hit. It was a pretty big target.
You should look up either the Ratte or the Heavy Gustav
That's a Hell of a bass boat...
8:04 Basically it need a butt-ton amount of bombs and torpedos to actually sink the Yamato, in fact, it took more planes to sink the Yamato than it took to mess up Pearl Harbour, like, the idea is, Japan got very little natural resources, so why not just dump every weapon and iron into one ship and make it capable on solo (literally what the japanese think) an entire fleet?
9:44 46 cm bro 🗿
The IJN command, the officers and the crew of the Yamato knew very well that their last mission was suicidal. The Americans expected it and had submarines watching for it.
She was also the first battleship with a bulbous bow
this video was made for a videogame called world of warships, if you think those 460mm are big, inside the game is Yamato's big sister, based on A-150 design, which takes 510mm guns, you can search on youtube" world of warships Shikishima or Satsuma"
Definitely need to look up the USS Missouri. The best battle ship ever made, it survived the times, and has been fully upgraded, kept modern and used as museum, but has fully trained crew that is rotated out.
The operation Ten Go is a suicide battle for Yamato
Actually exact of Yamato’s Main gun caliber is 18.1 inches. Which is 460mm gun
Compare to USS Iowa, Yamato caliber is 54mm more than Iowa
Musashi takes forever to be taken out by Aircrafts for almost a day. And Yamato Class designed to engage as many Battleships as much as possible. But if we want a fair match, 2 Yamato class is very equal strength to 4 Iowa class
Navy did some tests later against yamatos armor with our 16in guns, look it up, awesome results.
Scharnhorst and Gneisenau caught Glorious and sank it.
Artur, I think the word you're looking for, is "siege cannons"
Bismarck was only big for her time (1930's). By the end of WWII Bismark was a small BB, along with Tirpitz. Hitler (always wanted bigger/better) and there was a proposal for a BB called the Furer which would have held the Bismark as a life raft. Problem was (at least 1 problem was) there was no dry dock big enough to build it and no port big enough to service it. Even in the early 1900's The US had a plan for a super-sized BB which would have put the Yamato and Bizmark to shame and used them as lifeboats but could not be built or services and could not navigate many waters. That was in 1916. I think it was called the Tillman (or something like that) which would have been 50% bigger than the Missouri which was built much later and one of the largest ever. To make a comparison, the Iowa (large WWII BB held 9 14.5" (368mm) main guns, the "Maximum "Tillman" ship was to have 24 16-inch (406mm) guns. Yamato had 9 big guns in 1940's, The US Planned BB was to have 24 nearly as big. Don't even get into Hitler's ideas for BBs (that were never actually built). After the embarrassing loss of the Bismark, Tirpitz was parked, and Germany concentrated on subs which mainly attacked civilian cargo ships but could do seriously damage to military ships if they could remain undetected.
at one point in ww2 the US had 105 aircraft carriers in their fleet, 64 were light escort carriers.
Could you imagine going to the bar with Artur? Gotta be one of the best nights you'll ever have. 👍
I love world of warships. I have more than 5000 battles in the game. Yamato is one of my favorite ships. Her 18 inch guns are amazing.
For comparison, the US’s Iowa class ships had only 16 inch guns.
Her guns were also 460 and not 457. There is actually a slight difference.
You should check out the M2 Bradley
This, I did actually click on as fast as I physically could.