Germans in WWII having Iowa class battleships

[Thorsten Wahl]

größte Schußweite: maximum ballistic range

größte Reichweite: depends on the timing of "Zerleger" (or the maximum time for time fuzed projectiles) all small projectiles had a "Zerleger" wich detonate the projectile after a fixed burning time depends on kind of projectile. (used to prevent armed projectiles falling back to earth and detonate on impact)

wirksame Reichweite(effective range): uppermost range at wich a certain projectile appears as effective against air targets

[tameraire01]

Firstly how would a conservative Gross Admiral like Raeder have used them? Four would still be numerically inferior, at least on paper, to the RN. And by their mere possession there would already be a sharp British construction response.

Our response would be either two lions or giving the KGV,s 15/16 inch guns as planned in triple turrets. Now there would be a battle the German iowas vs the planned KGVs armed with 16inch guns. Jutland the sequel.