Sniper

There are rumours that Yamato's cordite was of poor quality as well, so maybe both would have suffered from duds.

Does anyone know what the difference would be regarding rate of fire? I suspect Yamato would not have got close to Bismarck in that aspect.

Then again it is as much luck as anything. One shot in the Main Director or any other small but crucial part of the ship and it's goodnight Vienna - as Hood and Scharnhorst discovered.

Jumbo

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