Japanese AA Weapon?

"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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Bismarck also fired her main battery at the Lancasters
coming in to sink her on that last mission

This actually was fairly common. There are many motion pictures
showing USN ships banging away in order to create waterspouts in front
of low-level kamikaze attacks. I should think that was often done
against torpedo bombers, who had to fly at low level.


In the case mention (Tirpitz not Bismarck) the aircraft were flying
at 12000 ft so the guns must have been aimed at the aircraft
presumably more in hope than expectation of actually doing any good.

Keith

On 30 Oct 2003 21:24:43 -0800, (WaltBJ) wrote:

Wonder
what it was like when the Tallboys came down. Richter 9?
Walt BJ

IIRC 3 of them hit the ship. Clean underwear time all round methinks.


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"Greg Hennessy" wrote in message
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On 30 Oct 2003 21:24:43 -0800, (WaltBJ) wrote:

Wonder
what it was like when the Tallboys came down. Richter 9?
Walt BJ

IIRC 3 of them hit the ship. Clean underwear time all round methinks.


There were 2 of these raids during which attacks were made.

On the first, which took place on 15 Sept 1940 the ship
was partly obscured by a smokescreen and only one bomb hit.

This hit about 50ft back from the bows and the bomb went
right through both deck and hull and exploded in the sea
bed below the ship. Much of the forward section of the hull
was flooded and a great deal of machnery damaged by shock.
The conclusion was reached that the ship was no longer fit for
sea and she was towed to Tromso to be used as a floating
fortress. This brought her within range of bombers from Scotland.

The second attack happened on 12th November and 2 hits were made
on the port side. The results were a massive explosion that blew
C turret right out of the ship which rolled over and sank very quickly.

Keith

Cub Driver writes:

As I recall, Yamato did sortie, so presumably it did fire some guns,

Japanese accounts that I have read mention that the weather was so
poor, with low cloud, that the attacking aircraft could not be seen
until they were already far too close to be engaged by the main
battery. The overwhelming importance of radar for ships against
aircraft....

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On 30 Oct 2003 08:49:45 -0800, (Kenneth Williams) wrote:

Did the Japanese battleship Yamato ever fire an AA salvo during WW2?

A visiting friend of mine in the Navy told me the Japanese had a
battery-fired AA weapon that was actually fired in battle.

I guess it didn't work as the ship was sunk!

Anyone know what this weapon was?

I can't find anything on it online and my friend can't remember the
name of it.

Kenneth Williams

It was a shell for their 18 inch guns. Basically grape shot.

Al Minyard

"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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Bismarck also fired her main battery at the Lancasters
coming in to sink her on that last mission

This actually was fairly common. There are many motion pictures
showing USN ships banging away in order to create waterspouts in front
of low-level kamikaze attacks. I should think that was often done
against torpedo bombers, who had to fly at low level.



Also used by RN ships on (at least) the Malta convoys.

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"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message ...
"WaltBJ" wrote in message
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FWIW Bismarck also fired her main battery at the Lancasters
coming in to sink her on that last mission - but to no avail. Wonder
what it was like when the Tallboys came down. Richter 9?
Walt BJ
I think you meant Tirpitz there.
Keith

OOPs - mea culpa - senior moment - trying to think of more than one
thing at once. Hell, I used to be able to do that. Tirpitz it was.
Walt BJ

The book "A Glorious Way To Die" has the tale of Yamato's last sortie.
It was truly a one-way ride - the ship didn't have enough fuel to get
back home and the end game was to beach it at Okinawa and use it as an
artillery emplacement.
Walt BJ

(Kenneth Williams) wrote in
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Did the Japanese battleship Yamato ever fire an AA salvo during WW2?

Supposedly it did on its final sortie.
To no good wffwct IIRC.

IBM

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