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This is my opinion based on reading this thread. The British 14" gun could penetrate the Yamatos 16" hull at around 14000yds or less and penetrate its 9" deck at around 33000yds or greater. So Yamatos invulnerabilty zone is between 14000 to 33000yds. Yamatos 9 18" guns could fire...

This is my design for a cruiser. 15000 tons, allowing 4 to be built per year. An enlarged Edinburgh design with most of the extra weight put into armour. Increase the machinery to maintain a 32kt speed. 4 or 5 triple 6" mk23 turrets. A half and half mix of twin 40mm bofors and twin 20mm oerlike...

Speaking of the CV this is my design. An enlarged Implacable class 35000 tons. Most of this extra volume I would put in hanger capacity, raising the aircraft capacity form 60 to 80 or maybe 90. Alter the AAA loadout to a half and half mix of twin 40mm bofor and twin 20mm oerlikens. This could resul...

As stated in my original post I would build 6 BBs and 6CVs because pairing a CV with a fast BB result in a symbiotic relationship. I'm glad that the British taxpayer (and that includes me) won't be having to pay for all this lot. Me too! However, if its for to protect the empire? The British have h...

So far it looks like either side could win therefore a draw is most likley. Although it depends on the circumstances and luck as has been stated. However, the RN 15" 42cal fitted on the RN BBs and BCs were all very accurate pieces. (Historical fact; one of the longest range hits of a moving tar...

A ship that large would have extreme balance problems. The reason the KGV class did not have the center gun a quad instead of a double, is that during testing and calculations they found that the large center quad would cause stability problems. You would have to increase the hull size to atleast 6...

This would be my design for a battleship (heavy KGV type). 45000 tons. armour scheme as original. 4 quad 14" main armament (16 total). improved machinery to increase speed to 30/31 kts and increase range (in order to keep up with carriers). minimze secondary armament to 2 twin 5.25" per si...

Arizona has 12 guns compared to 8, in the era before radar and electrical FC more guns is always better, more chances to hit. Like an old sailing ship of the line. However the 15" british guns were very accurate I believe, the same design used in the Queen Elizabeths (Warspite scored a 27000yd ...

Regarding KGV versus Richelieu protection design. I believe the KGVs overall design was more advanced, she had thinner deck armour but it was placed higher in the hull (only one deck below the top) and concentrated as a single thickness instead of being spread into three pieces. This gives greater i...