John Campbell has put together a significant reference work on the weapons of the major navies of the world during WWII. I doubt most people

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John Campbell has put together a significant reference work on the weapons of the major navies of the world during WWII. I doubt most people
Caveat: The information contained in this post is of a very general nature. More detailed (read: technical) information can be found in the U.S. Naval
Now that we have articles on the Japanese 18.1″/45 and U.S. 16″/50 guns themselves, let’s see how they stack up against each other in terms