On 30 Oct 2003 08:49:45 -0800, (Kenneth Williams) wrote:

Did the Japanese battleship Yamato ever fire an AA salvo during WW2?

A visiting friend of mine in the Navy told me the Japanese had a
battery-fired AA weapon that was actually fired in battle.

I guess it didn't work as the ship was sunk!

Anyone know what this weapon was?

I can't find anything on it online and my friend can't remember the
name of it.

Kenneth Williams

It was a shell for their 18 inch guns. Basically grape shot.

Al Minyard