http://blog.q-taro.com/misc/yamato-museum/ back from the dead Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:55:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://blog.q-taro.com/misc/yamato-museum/#comment-492 nathan okun Wed, 06 Jul 2005 06:40:34 +0000 http://blog.q-taro.com/misc/yamato-museum/#comment-492 These ships (YAMATO & MUSASHI) had the only armor plates ever fitted on a completed warshiip that could not be completely penetrated (entire shell makes it through into the target through the hole it makes) by any shell of any gun ever mounted on any completed battleship at any range, including point-blank: The 46cm (26-inch) thick solid turret face plates (made of Japanese Vickers Hardened face-hardened armor developed during the 1930's) that were tilted back at 45 degrees from the vertical. These ships (YAMATO & MUSASHI) had the only armor plates ever fitted on a completed warshiip that could not be completely penetrated (entire shell makes it through into the target through the hole it makes) by any shell of any gun ever mounted on any completed battleship at any range, including point-blank: The 46cm (26-inch) thick solid turret face plates (made of Japanese Vickers Hardened face-hardened armor developed during the 1930’s) that were tilted back at 45 degrees from the vertical.

]]> http://blog.q-taro.com/misc/yamato-museum/#comment-491 Roy Tue, 19 Apr 2005 20:16:08 +0000 http://blog.q-taro.com/misc/yamato-museum/#comment-491 Yeah, my first reaction was, "Where's the wave-motion gun??" but that Space Cruiser Yamato! Yeah, my first reaction was, “Where’s the wave-motion gun??” but that Space Cruiser Yamato!

]]> http://blog.q-taro.com/misc/yamato-museum/#comment-490 Rob Tue, 19 Apr 2005 19:34:05 +0000 http://blog.q-taro.com/misc/yamato-museum/#comment-490 That's cool! That’s cool!

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