Douglas Ruddd Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Can anyone point me to a site that has the stats from the effectiveness (blast radius) of this gun, as well as other battleship guns? Read on another site a claim that lethal radius was 1,000 meters..., sounds more the 'Katie' round (W23)... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StieliAlpha Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 I strongly doubt the 1000m radius. 2000m in diameter is a pretty huge area. Sounds more like tactical nukes.Considering that the battleships could easily take multiple hits (I know, for the Hood one was enough. But that's a different story), the 1000m radius is just not plausible. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StieliAlpha Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Ah, found it: Search in Google for "blast radius 16 inch shell" and you'll find many references.I did only a very quick scan and it seems the lethal radius is about 150 to 200m. Note, the shells were usually not designed for a "blast radius", but for penetration power. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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