With rounds possibly hitting USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73). Taffy 1 and Taffy 3 escort carrier groups, Offset by their greater power and the Japanese decided to stay with 45 caliberĪt enemy ships on only one occasion. In theĮnd, it was decided that the additional weight of these longer guns was not (21,870 yards) would have been 1.9 seconds shorter with the longer gun. Using the same projectile and propellant loading.
Than the 45 caliber gun and a 2,600 m (2,850 yards) greater maximum range when These would have given an MV 40 mps (131 fps) higher Their actual size, which was a closely-guarded secret until after the endĭuring design discussions in 1934-35, the option of building 50 caliber guns This was twice as high as that for the 41 cm gunsīy the Japanese as 40 cm/45 Type 94 (15.7 inch) in an effort to hide Kg/cm 2 (100 psi) at a point 15 m (50 feet) in front of the muzzle. Pressure measured during trials at Kamegakubi test range was 7.0 When the guns were fired, but this story is probably apocryphal. The muzzle blast is said to haveīeen able to rip the clothes off personnel who were standing too close While closely matched by the USA 16"/50 Markħ at long ranges, in a close-range engagement the penetration power On the Yamato class were the most powerful guns ever installed on a battleship.
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