British Steel versus Kamikaze

[serendipity]

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A kamikaze pilot scores a direct hit on an enemy ship and only leaves a scorch mark.

This picture is the HMS Sussex, a British heavy cruiser. British ships had much heavier armor around the waterline (called belt armor) than most American ships, in this case it was 4.5” thick. With a ship such the Victory Ship USS Hinsdale, the kamikaze aircraft would have punched straight through the hull.

 

[serendipity]

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A kamikaze pilot scores a direct hit on an enemy ship and only leaves a scorch mark.

This picture is the HMS Sussex, a British heavy cruiser. British ships had much heavier armor around the waterline (called belt armor) than most American ships, in this case it was 4.5” thick. With a ship such the Victory Ship USS Hinsdale, the kamikaze aircraft would have punched straight through the hull.

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[RB 60]

 

[serendipity]

Excellent band!!

 

[PostmodernProphet]

ngl......that picture reminded me of the photos of human silhouettes at Hiroshima......