Did battleships use black powder?

In the 1950s experiments produced a single based propellant called NACO which is still in use. In other words, all big gun battleships didn’t only use black powder. Mostly, in wartime, they used whatever powder they could get, and in peacetime they used whatever was about to go out of date for practice.

How far can old cannons fire?

This is pretty much what most artillery rounds are today. The typical Civil War shell had a range of about 1,500 yards — or just under a mile.

What was the difference between the Yamato-class and Iowa-class battleships?

The Iowa-class ships were smaller but well balanced at 52,000 tons with a heavy battery of nine 16-inch guns. The Yamato-class vessels were huge at 72,000 tons and carried nine 18-inch guns. The two classes never met in battle but it’s interesting to wonder which one would have won in an engagement.

Could a Schwerer Gustav have been placed on a German battleship?

Overall, placing a Schwerer Gustav on a large German battleship would have been physically possible, but it would have yielded no real benefit to anybody except the Allies, who could appreciate the waste of German resources tied up in this project.

Would the Montana-class have beaten the Yamato-class?

While a showdown between the Iowa-class and Yamato-class would have been impressive, the true ultimate showdown would have been between the Montana-class battleships and the Yamato-class. The Montana-class would have retained 16-inch guns but would carry twelve of them and would be comparable in size and displacement to the Yamato.

Was there a third Yamato in WW2?

The IJN Yamato was the lead ship of her class. Two vessels were completed and saw active service during World War II. The U.S. Navy asked the same question after World War II and decided to find out. Both the IJN Yamato and Musashi were sunk in combat but there was a third vessel.