Bismarck and Yamato now pull even in the overall rankings. The net effect is that Iowa's secondary, while still very potent, no longer dwarfs the competition. In effect, if the same amount of steel is in the air, 6" steel is better than 5" because its shells carry larger explosive charges, are more effective against light armor, and tend to have flatter trajectories, making it easier to range and hit the target. While I personally lean towards the belief that more shells is just a better thing, I can also understand those who argue that battleship secondaries must be able to hit and sink small ships before they can fire their own 4-5" weapons at you. In addition, in the Adjusted Rating I added 1 point to those ship's scores which carried at least some guns of near 6" caliber, because these guns generally have greater range, a more powerful shell, and therefore a greater ability to knock out small vessels such as destroyers. These include:Īdding in Bismarck's 105mm armament into the equations, where I hadn't beforeĭecreasing rates of fire, as best I could, to reflect achievable combat rates, rather than nominal test firing rates. G ENERAL COMMENTS: Since the first version of the page, I have re-run the numbers and made some adjustments. Best Battleship: Secondary Batteries Best Battleship: Secondary Batteries
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