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What Kind of Gun Is That? — Japanese Navy Horrified by the Iowa's 16-Inch Shell RANGE

Philippine Sea, October 1944. A Japanese naval officer watches through binoculars as four massive shapes appear on the horizon. American battleships. Iowa-class.

He calculates the distance: 23 miles. Far beyond the range of any gun in history.

"We're safe," he tells his captain.

Then the horizon erupts in flames.

Forty seconds later... the ocean around his ship EXPLODES. Geysers of water 200 feet high.

The officer drops his binoculars. "What kind of gun IS that?"

The Iowa-class carried nine 16-inch naval rifles. Each shell weighed 2,700 pounds. And the range? 24 miles of accurate, devastating fire.

The Japanese Navy had nothing that could match it.

⚓ The USS Iowa served for 60 years: WW2, Korea, Vietnam, and the Gulf War. Today it's a museum in Los Angeles. us

📚 Historical Sources:
U.S. Naval Institute Archives
Battle of Leyte Gulf Action Reports
Japanese Naval Records (Declassified)
"Battleship Iowa: The Story of the Big Stick" by Ivan Musicant.

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