![]() The end consensus would be how they engaged, how large their respective support fleets were, the most likely time that the Yamato or Musashi would have seen direct battleship on battleship combat would have been around the Philippines in 1944. We had this discussion 3 years ago across a 30 page thread.Įnough so that people like myself (Stephen Hembree), Robert Lundgren, and Richard Worth all put in our respective aspects of the conversation. ![]() The correct decision was made to just simply delete it with superior air power.Īnd while the US was tied up sinking the Yamato, Kamikaze were hitting the US aircraft carriers, knocking out about one a day. You'd have shouldering piles of meat scattered all over the interior/exterior of the ship.Įven though the hardware would survive, the long-term effects on the crew, subjected to repeated blunt-force trauma would also be substantial. ![]() The same goes for the 16" 50 cal against the Yamato armor. If an 18" AP shell hit the Wisconsin armor, the resulting shock-wave would liquefy any person within 50 feet. Battleship battles are probably the most gruesome way to fight. Now if the Wisconsin was surrounded with US cruisers and DDs, the IJN would be wiped out rather quickly after the range closed in.īattleship Vs. In a one-up battle (discount all the cruisers and DDs), both would turn around and go home empty handed. Hit ratio in the real world absolutely sucks. In most simulations, they would both run out of ammo.
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