[OT] "sankidan" used Re: [FT] Should all Beams...

Richard,

After sometime spent thumbing though SEVERAL books, I followed my own
advice, and found the following after three Google searches:

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http://www.warships1.com/Weapons/WNJAP_18-45_t94.htm

...The Musashi is known to have fired her guns in anger only once when
she
fired a "sankidan" incendiary shrapnel) anti-aircraft shell during the
Battle of the Sibuyan Sea.  As was feared by the designers, firing the
shell disabled the gun.
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If you, or anyone else is interested, contact me offlist, and I'll have
found the particular reference I found, and type it to you, as there was
a
BIT more detail.