Faster firing guns. There isn't much difference between the shells as far as a cruiser is concerned if using AP. I suppose if the Iowa class ship had HC it might make a difference since a county isn't really protected well against 16" HC. Near misses might be very damaging.alecsandros wrote:How so ?Steve Crandell wrote:I would. I think Scharnhorst might be better equipped to fight three counties than Iowa would be.Dave Saxton wrote:Here is an interesting way to look at this scenario: If it was Iowa instead of Scharnhorst would you have a different opinion?
Scharnhorst versus three County Class cruisers
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Re: Scharnhorst versus three County Class cruisers
... that's true...Steve Crandell wrote:
Faster firing guns. There isn't much difference between the shells as far as a cruiser is concerned if using AP. I suppose if the Iowa class ship had HC it might make a difference since a county isn't really protected well against 16" HC. Near misses might be very damaging.
But Iowa would always have the "one shot- one kill" possibility.. a 16" AP round, with some luck, would detonate inside the cruiser, and possibly destroy or incapacitate the entire ship. It would be much harder to do the same thing with a single 11" shell...