The last issue said that the Japanese "Yamato" battleship, although the size of the Yamato is huge, but its record can be described as extremely poor, from 1941 service, to 1945 by the US warplane sunk, Yamato did not once take the record, even when it was sunk, the US warplane was destroyed a total of 10, and these 10 US fighters also crashed because of the collision, and several of the "Akizuki-class" battleships were shot down The actual Number of U.S. fighters shot down by the Yamato may be about 3 to 5! As for the reasons why the Yamato's combat effectiveness is so poor, the previous article has detailed it.
Since we have said that the Axis Japanese army's best battleship "Yamato", let's look at the best German "Bismarck" battleship.
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The battleship Bebismarck was the most advanced and largest German battleship during World War II, commissioned in August 1940 and sunk by British warplanes in May 1941.
In terms of main gun armament, the battleship Bismarck had 2 twin turrets on the foredeck and 2 twin turrets on the rear deck, that is, front and rear and 4 guns, for a total of 8 main guns. Its 8 main guns are all SK-C/34 type 52-caliber 380/381 mm naval guns, of which the total length of a single naval gun is 19.63 meters, the total weight of a single naval gun is 110.7 tons, and each barrel will be scrapped after firing about 200 shells. The total weight of each twin main turret is 1100 tons.
Its main gun can fire high-explosive shells and cap-piercing shells with a length of 1.672 meters and a weight of 800 kg, its maximum range of shells is 36520 meters, the initial speed of the shells is 820 meters per second, the main gun fires 3 shells per minute (yamato is the fastest 1.8 rounds), and the rate of fire of the main gun is fast, but its power is the smallest of the same class of naval guns.
In terms of secondary guns, the Battleship Bismarck was equipped with a total of 12 SK-C28 55 times caliber 150 mm naval guns, these 12 150 mm caliber naval guns were 6 double mounts, this 150 mm naval gun can fire 45 kg of armor-piercing shells and 41 kg of high-explosive shells, the initial speed of the muzzle is 875 meters per second, the maximum range of the shells is 23000 meters, the fastest can fire about 7 shells per minute, and each naval gun is equipped with 150 shells, a total of 1800 shells According to the calculation of firing 7 shells per minute, 1800 shells can be fired continuously for more than 20 minutes
In terms of long-range anti-aircraft weapons, the battleship Bismarck was equipped with a total of 8 twin SK-C/33 anti-aircraft guns, which can fire high-explosive shells weighing 15.1 kg, with a maximum range of 17,700 meters and a maximum rate of fire of about 17 rounds per minute. In addition, a total of 8 twin SK-C/37 65 caliber 105 mm anti-aircraft guns were installed, and the parameters of the two anti-aircraft guns were almost the same, so I will not introduce them here. In terms of munitions, a total of 16 anti-aircraft guns were installed throughout the ship, of which each gun was equipped with 420 shells, for a total of 6720 shells.
In terms of short-range anti-aircraft guns, a total of 16 twin 37 mm anti-aircraft guns and a total of 20 20 mm caliber two anti-aircraft guns were installed. The maximum effective range of the 37 mm anti-aircraft gun is 8500 meters, and the theoretical maximum rate of fire per minute is about 80 rounds. The maximum rate of fire of the 20 mm caliber anti-aircraft gun is about 250 rounds per minute, and the maximum effective range is about 4900 meters.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="11" > the parameters of the battleship Bsmarck</h1>
The total length of the hull is 250.5 meters, the width is 36 meters, the maximum draft is 10.7 meters, the standard displacement is 41,700 tons, and the maximum displacement is 50,900 tons. The thickness of the deck is 50-120 mm, the thickness of the side armor is between 145-320 mm, the thickness of the transverse partition wall at the end is between 100-320 mm, and the thickest point of the whole ship is 350 mm of the commander tower. In terms of power, 3 units of Blom were used. The FUCHS steam turbine and 12 Wagner-type high-pressure heavy oil boilers can provide up to 150,170 horsepower. The maximum speed is 30.8 knots per hour, the maximum range at 16 knots is 9320 nautical miles, and the whole ship has 2092 personnel.
On 24 May 1941, during a battle between the British battle lines HMS Hood and the Prince of Wales, the battlecruiser HMS Bismarck was sunk by the battleship Bismarck, but Bismarck was also seriously wounded by the Prince of Wales. After the war, Bismarck had not yet come to repair, on May 26, 1941, it was attacked by the "Swordfish Attack Aircraft" of the British fleet, two of which hit the rudder of the Bismarck, causing the Bismarck to lose control of the direction, and finally under the crazy output of the British army, on May 27, the battleship Bismarck sank into the sea!
The bismarck battleship was less than a year in service on August 24, 1940, and was sunk on May 27, 1941, which was a surprising result! The battleship Bismarck was sunk by the concentrated fire of the British fleet after being hit by only 2 torpedoes, while the Yamato was hit by more than 10 torpedoes and aerial bombs before sinking into the sea, and it was only because the last torpedo hit the ammunition depot of the Yamato that the Yamato exploded and sank! But many friends think that the battleship Bismarck is the most powerful battleship of World War II, where does this confidence come from?