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Originally Posted by Shipwreck
a. 16" vs 8"
In Korea, only 20% of the 16" missions were outside the range of an 8" cruiser.
In Vietnam, 51.4% of the 16" missions (between September 1968 and February 1969) were outside the range of an 8" cruiser.
b. 8" vs 5"
In Korea, about 80% of the 8" missions (between May 1951 and March 1952) were outside the range of a 5"/38 (though only about 10% would have been outside the range of a 5"/54).
In Vietnam, for the period considered (Sept. 68 - Feb. 69), only 12.1% of the 8" missions were outside the range of a 5"/54 (though about 80% were outside the range of a 5"/38).
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Just a quckie...
Major General Donald M. Weller in his 1977 analysis of NGFS in WWII, Korea and Vietnam found that most 16-inch gunfire missions were fired at ranges that exceeded those of the 8-inch guns. About 25% of 8-inch gun missions were fired at ranges that exceeded the 5"/54 (not used until Vietnam anyway) - and thus likely a vast majority outside the range of the more widely employed 5/38.