Talk:46cm Triple Gun Mount Kai/@comment-30198299-20180128014431/@comment-26082284-20180128214048

I like good exaggeration like anybody else, but let's get real for a moment.

If you'd take a look at Yamato plans, you'd notice that middle of main turret was about 20 - 25 m away from muzzle (those 46cm barrels are really long). You would also notice a lot of AA gun emplacement around turrets. Even midship AA emplacements couldn't be further than 35 - 40 m away from nearest main gun muzzle during broadside. There were literally hundreds of people within 50 m radius, and while most of them sheltered in some kind of housing, it's not like they were hermetically sealed. If overpressure 25 m away from muzzle was immediately lethal Yamato would be losing good percentage of crew after each salvo.

Good hearing protection and proper drill will take you a long way even with such monstrous gun.