The fact that her six-inch guns, werecase-mated(i.e. built into the hull form), and that they were situated (mostly) beneath main deck level - meant that they would have been unusable, in anything but 'a calm sea'! Despite this, the inclusion of a (powerful) secondary armament, mea...
Retvizan was a Russian pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Russian Navy by the American Yard William Cramp & Sons, Russian shipyards being at full capacity. She was briefly assigned to the Baltic Fleet but soon transferred to the Far East in 1902, meeting her fate at Port Arthu...
Left: Ayaka Hirahara performsGreat Harmony.Right and below: everyone on stage for the finale. Finally, Harutoshi Fukui appeared on stage to release new information about the next work,Yamato 2205 The New Voyage, with a brief slide show of character and mecha designs. In the end, all the pa...
New designs were done forSpace Battleship Yamato‘s CG mecha models this time. It is said that the taste of modern state-of-the-art fighters and warships was included in these designs. Additionally,Yamatoitself had more girth in previous works, but this time the form has become thinner and ...
2) the editors of the quarterlyGreat Mechanics DXannounced that they intended to actively take upYamato 2199in their next issue, and they weren’t kidding around. Issue 20 featured a massive 16-page article with a lengthy staff interview and a big fat helping of never-before-seen designs. ...
ww2dbaseAs big naval guns are concerned, none were as fearsome as the Type 94 naval guns, built 46 centimeters in caliber just as originally planned. To hide their true size, they were designated "Special Type 40 cm" guns; this attempt was successful in fooling American intelligence. These ...
but also as the Churchill tank had already been in mass production for several years and had possessed a proven combat record. After the project was canceled, the only built TOG II was placed in storage and was later put on display at The Tank Museum in Bovington where it continu...
[ Imperial Japan ] 1 / 1 Image from the Public Domain. Recognition Some designs stand the test of time while others are doomed to never advance beyond the drawing board; let history be their judge.
Some designs stand the test of time while others are doomed to never advance beyond the drawing board; let history be their judge.Going Further... HMS Rodney (29) Battleship appears in the following collections: HOME NAVAL WARFARE INDEX WARSHIPS BY COUNTRY SHIPBUILDERS COMPARE WARSHIPS ...
The largest Battleship ever built, had 18 inch naval guns. It's sometimes mistakenly said that Yamato would never have fired it's main guns. But they certainly were put in plenty of use in the Battle off Samar, where several Allied ships were destroyed. At least USS Gambier Bay and USS...