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Originally Posted by IDonT
2.) Type 91 Diving Shells - Shells designed to be shot just short of waterline with a delayed fused damaging the water hull. (I think this type of shell was only a factor in one of the Guadalcanal battles and not used by battleships in their few engagements).
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The Japanese developed this shell after gunnery tests on the incomplete battleship
Tosa.
The irony is that when the shell actually hit a target that was unarmored, it would typically pass right through before exploding. The shell was less useful in reality than the theory would suggest.