Yamato Battleship

The Japanse battleship Yamato was the world`s biggest battleship

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Education

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• Yamato
• battleship
• documentary

[VictumRoManius]

@Qyburnator Listen, why the hell do you think youtube has a comment bar? So that we just sit there and talk about "How awesome the video is"?

I am participating in youtube comment bar to hear the opinion of others on certain topics. Sure, most youtubers arent exactly Engineers or Generals, but knowledge is knowledge, no matter if it comes from a guy who dropped out of high school or from General Yamamoto.

[Qyburnator]

I hate all the comments in videos like this.

Too many armchair generals, armchair engineers, -bunch of dipshits. Just appriciate the incredible things that humans can create in their quest (successful or not) for power, survival, or anything else the military might aid. This goes for all videos showcasing the personal/equipment of all nations.

Seriously, are you guys even out of highschool? Play less call of duty, and masturbate to your countries glorious army less.

[EntropicMisanthropic]

But had they actually fought, I'd say it'd come down to the Yamato chasing the Iowa due to the Iowa's superior gun range and speed. The Iowas were not nearly as well armored as people tend to believe, in fact they were not rated against their own 16 inch guns, whereas the Yamato WAS rated against 16 inchers. The sacrifice of the 18 inch guns and better armor for the Yamato was shorter range and lower speed.

[EntropicMisanthropic]

Perfect example of why Japan lost the war. Like Hitler, they bet heavily on the wrong technology and squandered their limited resources, particularly oil and steel. Between the Yamato, the Musashi and the Shinano--the three biggest capital ships ever constructed on Earth--the Japanese accomplished precisely jack squat and all three ended up on the bottom for nothing. They could have built 5000 kamikazes instead and battered the US Navy at any opportunity. The battleship era was already dead.

[Estonian4life]

war is a terrible thing... violence never solves anything - that's a fact!

[deltabtry]

@transonicbuoy You would be correct...

[transonicbuoy]

"Allies"sank her. No. Just the US Navy.

[osalcido85]

@commybuster Guess again.... US ships had a huge advantage in training, fire control systems, fire supression techniques, etc.

[commybuster]

The Americans used bombs and torpedoes to take out both Yamato and Musashi not their own battleships. Its is extremely INTERESTING what would have happened if either of these japanese battleships went toe to toe with USS Missouri or USS New Jersey. The powerful 18 inch shells from guns of these super battleships would punch huge holes on these US ships or would went through them.