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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: SFRT - Frenchy on February 27, 2017, 01:40:10 AM

Title: Main Battery, beehive shells ... Fire!
Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on February 27, 2017, 01:40:10 AM

Beehive shells ... wuuut? :confused:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcBW2r8-abk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcBW2r8-abk)

Title: Re: Main Battery, beehive shells ... Fire!
Post by: Zimme83 on February 27, 2017, 03:45:56 AM

 :bhead That was just painful to watch.

Title: Re: Main Battery, beehive shells ... Fire!
Post by: OldNitro on February 27, 2017, 06:09:55 AM

"Sankaidan" 3 shiki tsujodan. 2,998 lbs, loaded with 900 metal tubes containing incendiary mixture, and bursting charge.

All Japanese 14in 16in, and 18in battleship guns had them. They were unreliable and ineffective. Musashi fired them in the battle of Sibuyan Sea, one exploded inside the gun and disabled it.