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WWII history and tactics

Randy Daytona

Cold War Relic
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Caught this on the drive home tonight - some alternative history. At Samar St, the Japanese Center Force meets not Taffy 3 but the old battleships of 7th Fleet. The Yamato was built to shred the US “standard” class of battleships with its 3200 lb, 18.1” shells - but some standards are more standard than others. While the Mississippi, Tennessee, Pennsylvania and California mounted older 14” rifles with 1500 lb shells, the West Virginia and Maryland are mounting 16” rifles throwing 2200 lb shells with accurate radar ranging. Throw in 25+ Fletchers and 100’s of Long Lances, it would have been quite the melee.

Another “What If ?” from Drachinifel. Always interesting.

 
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