The movie "Yamato" is now available at NWS

[Warship NWS]

$14.99 for the movie Yamato - NTSC verified, just ran it my DVD drive. English subtitles available. Going on our store today.

http://www.nws-online.net

Thanks.

[Ed Rotondaro]

$14.99 for the movie Yamato - NTSC verified, just ran it my DVD drive. English subtitles available. Going on our store today.

http://www.nws-online.net

Thanks.

Cool! The promos that were posted way back looked good.

[Warship NWS]

The final battle between the Yamato and the "Avenger dive bombers" is pretty well done - especially considering that they likely had limited funding to work with. It did give a good depiction of how vulnerable the 25mm AAA gunners were to strafing and the carnage inflicted on the crew during the attack. For the low price.. its a definite consideration for most anyone interested in naval combat.

[old_pop2000]

The final battle between the Yamato and the "Avenger dive bombers" is pretty well done - especially considering that they likely had limited funding to work with. It did give a good depiction of how vulnerable the 25mm AAA gunners were to strafing and the carnage inflicted on the crew during the attack. For the low price.. its a definite consideration for most anyone interested in naval combat.

The 25mm AA gun was a french design, which was developed in 1935 to replace the 40mm Vickers. Maximum cyclic rate was 260 shots/minute with a range of 8200 yards at 50 degrees elevation. Maximum effective range was 3280 yards. Only on the Yamato were their splinter shields, other than that, the mounts were out in the open. ( As the movie depicts, very vulnerable).

:D

[Swordfish]

I've already lend this movie from my video rental store for a weekend.
The battle scenes were quite impressive, but I noticed a mistake: The AA guns of the Yamato weren't open, but protected. That was made due to the blast of the main guns of the Yamato, which would have caused severe burns to anybody in the open on board when fired.
On the other hand the scenes which depicted the crews of the AA guns aiming them manually are accurate - they did so after the FC radar for the AA guns of the Yamato was knocked out.

[old_pop2000]

I've already lend this movie from my video rental store for a weekend.
The battle scenes were quite impressive, but I noticed a mistake: The AA guns of the Yamato weren't open, but protected. That was made due to the blast of the main guns of the Yamato, which would have caused severe burns to anybody in the open on board when fired.
On the other hand the scenes which depicted the crews of the AA guns aiming them manually are accurate - they did so after the FC radar for the AA guns of the Yamato was knocked out.

In looking at the battle scene on Youtube, the 25mm triple mounts were entirely accurate. The enclosed mounts were 12.7mm/40 or 5 in dual mounts type 89's. Musashi and Yamato had their triple mounts removed and replaced by dual mounts.

I could be wrong, but there was no error in movie as to the mounts.

[Warship NWS]

Not all AA guns were protected.. lower 25mm were, upper 25mm were not,

http://modelshipwrights.kitmaker.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=2980

[fred8615]

Got my copy in Friday, watched it that night. They gave short shift to Leyte Gulf, never mentioned the sister ship Musashi, repeated the myth about only enough fuel for a one way trip (though to be fair it's possible the whole crew was not aware there was extra fuel onboard. But the movie still didn't do anything to dispel the myth), and whoever did the English subtitles ought to be forced to give their salaries back. Bad grammar and incorrect words in some spots. Unless of course, it really was the U.S. Army that won the Battle of Midway. :D

But overall, I liked it.

[old_pop2000]

FYI:

Yamato had a fuel capacity of 6800 tons but was only fueled to 90% for her last mission. She was not, repeat not, authorized for a suicide mission. When the mission was authorized, it was with the understanding that she would be fueled for a return trip. Admiral Toyota stated that it was calculated that she had a 50-50 chance of survival, that is why she was fueled to 90%. I haven't found the interrogation by US officials that relates that, but I remember reading that. Based on a round trip of 2000 miles, she would have only used about 1800 tons of fuel, even at 34 knts. She consumed about 8-16 tons per hour, depending on speed. Her basic consumption was 1.359 tons per .62 miles. Fuel consumption by Yamato(actually fairly efficient) was what precluded her from participating in the Solomons campaign. Destroyers and cruisers accompanying her, had other problems as they were never as fuel efficient as Yamato. It may have been a one way trip for them.

[fred8615]

FYI:

Yamato had a fuel capacity of 6800 tons but was only fueled to 90% for her last mission. She was not, repeat not, authorized for a suicide mission...

You say that, but part of her orders were to beach herself on Okinawa and for the crew to eventually abandon her and join the troops on shore. Sounds like a suicide mission to me.

[old_pop2000]

You say that, but part of her orders were to beach herself on Okinawa and for the crew to eventually abandon her and join the troops on shore. Sounds like a suicide mission to me.

The idea was that if the Yamato, due to machinery difficulties, was unable to return, then she was to beach herself and continue fighting as a fortress. That does not indicate a suicide mission, it indicates a desire to fight as long as possible.