User blog comment:Void Samukai/Yamato vs Bismarck:Why?/@comment-13740085-20160126062401/@comment-13740085-20160126065442

I'm aware the Brits fired 16' shells, though I would think the shear volume of munitions fired would give some credence.

Again, I point to the volume of shells fired. With a nearly 7-1 RoF advantage, successive volleys of 15' shells aren't exactly going to bounce off. Plus, since Yamato was bristling with 6 and 5 inch guns, which means a lot of potential for munition fires.

And what's the point of massive guns if they can't hit anything. Never is it known of a hit dealt by one of them during the war (though the same can't be said for her 8 inchers, which scored hits on both Hoel and Johnston).

I'll concede the point on Chokai.