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RF wrote: How about Yamato, Musashi, Bismarck and Tirpitz for the four ships?

The RN would get crushed, the Yamatos clearly outclass the RN ships.

I`m not sure they will, I just think it´s more likely for them to hit first.

West Virginia hit Yamashiro at about 22k Yards on her first salvo at Surigao.

Iowa straddled Nowaki at 35k yards on her first salvo.

Radar (Mk 8 onwards) ensures that the Americans are more likely to hit first. I don´t know about German first salvo hits/straddles but the Americans had both.

The Americans can easily penetrate Lützow´s armour, so it´s just about who scores the first decisive hits. The 11inch shells are far more destructive but she will get more hits in return. With radar FC I´d put my money on the American cruiser otherwise its pretty even. The range advantage of the Ger...

Be very carefeul with Schiffahrt International... It even claimed that the British files regarding the Baralong Affair are still classified. But what to expect from an editor who tried to make the sinking of the Cap Arcona a British war crime, while denying that all it´s "passengers" were ...

RF wrote:

Lutscha wrote:How about this one from the Marinearchiv: http://www.phpbbplanet.com/forum/viewto ... ipprojects

Midship section too large, I like ships that only need one funnel.

Just take the version with 2 quads. It´s the better one anyway.

Durchschlagen means get through, pierce, penetrate. If it means complete penetration I don`t know, I´m more familiar with the English special vocabulary although German is my native language... But it does not mean to get barely through something, it just means to get through, intact or not. (but I ...

How about this one from the Marinearchiv: http://www.phpbbplanet.com/forum/viewto ... ipprojects

Well Dave, you mention the quality problems of Class B, but it was still better than Wh. Bismarck´s shells were unlikely to penetrate a steeply inclined belt to to their inferior proofing angles. American late war FC was better, due to radar and the ability to shoot while turning. How much better wa...