[Ansteorra] Current History

[Matthias the Brewer]

Bismark and Tirpitz had 14" guns. 

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Iowa was a 16" gun set, Ive seen her sister ship the Missouri. Ymato
(SP?) and the Bismark were both rated for 18", though if your talking about
weight of shell as it traveled down the barrel, I believe that the German
Bismark.

off the top of my Head I don't recall the ISA or the Alaska, but I think
that the largest functional shipboard Guns ever fielded at any time in the
history if Naval warfare was the 18" gun, so I would argue that the Ymato
(SP?) and the Bismark share the title, though as I mentioned before, I
believe that the Bismark's shells were slightly longer and therefor had more
weight to them.

Truth be told, I do not believe that this was ever a ship commissioned that
could simply shrug off a direct broadside from the main guns of either of
these two dreadnoughts. Only the largest and heaviest warships ever built
had a reasonable chance of even surviving a broadside from them, never mind
mustering a return fire. So while I appreciate the academic considerations
of the question, I would respectfully add that anything 16" or over
qualifies as just plane unstoppable. If it hits, your wishing it hadn't real
fast.

Lord Ivo Blackhawk



Bob Dewart wrote:
> Speaking of battlewagons, who had the biggest guns: Bismark, Arizona, 
> Imato (SP?), ISE, Iowa, Alaska?
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>> I can name the Battlewagons in port that Sunday.> Date: Fri, 7 Dec 
>> 2007
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