IJN Yamato and Musashi / Battleships (Warship Profile 30) (Repost)
Masataka Chihaya - IJN Yamato and Musashi / Battleships
Profile Publications Ltd | 1973 | ISBN: N/A | 28 pages | PDF | 5.26 MB
Warship Profile 30
Profile Publications Ltd | 1973 | ISBN: N/A | 28 pages | PDF | 5.26 MB
Warship Profile 30
The Imperial Japanese Navy's 18inch-gun battleship Yamato and her sister ship Musashi were tragic ships indeed in all respects. For one thing, neither of them was ever employed for the purpose for which they were designed. They had been designed and built to take the lead in the world naval big gun race. with the first 18inch guns in service, but by the time they were commissioned naval strategy and tactics had been revolutionised. Ironically this revolution had been effected by the Japanese, so that the two ships had no chance to destroy their principal intended targets, American battleships. For another thing, they were eventually sunk in one-sided combat at the hands of enemy air forces in a manner unforeseen at the lime they were designed and built. Both 18inch-gun battleships, which would have been the most powerful units in any big gun battle with an enemy fleet, actually did almost nothing to influence the outcome of World War II.