15 rodman armor penetration

Description:A few such smashes, and enemy ironclad would have a large, gaping hole in her side, quite possibly taking up water fast. Though as far as I can tell that belief was never actually justified. Certainly properly built ironclads of the period had backing to their armour to absorb a lot of the force of the impact, whereas an ironclad without that backing such as Monitor's turret is highly vulnerable to spall anyway and wouldn't last long against high velocity gunfire. The problem was, that nobody was sure that the penetration of armor would actually do much good. Even the Palliser shots weren't invented yet, so most of naval engineers and gunners actually suspected that the effect of armor-piercing shot would be pretty limited; a small hole in ship's side and a bit of fragments thrown inside. Basically not an effective way to took out a large warships, by pocking small holes in her hull.

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