AirTech wrote:The Japanese went as far as to design and use the 16" main turret guns on their battle ships for anti aircraft use.
The RN was doing that too. The difference was that the Japanese produced actual anti-aircraft shells (which apparently didn't do wonders for the rifling when they where used), whereas the RN stuck to firing conventional high explosive shells into the sea in front of incoming torpedo bombers - any torpedo bomber that flies into the splashes created by a 14-16" salvo probably isn't coming out of the other side!