Comments on: War at Sea: Battleships http://www.armchairgeneral.com/war-at-sea-battleships.htm All things military history! Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:09:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Laurie Krause http://www.armchairgeneral.com/war-at-sea-battleships.htm/comment-page-1#comment-23189 Laurie Krause Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:44:45 +0000 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/articles.php?page=1&p=3467#comment-23189 A couple of comments. Bismarcks main 380mm guns fired a relatively light 1764lb shell compared to the Iowa's 406mm guns 2,700lb shells. There is a huge disparity of broadside. Richelieu mounted 380mm guns, not 280mm as shown. A typo I suspect. Radar gives the allied Battleships a great advantage over optical rangefinders particularly at night... A couple of comments. Bismarcks main 380mm guns fired a relatively light 1764lb shell compared to the Iowa’s 406mm guns 2,700lb shells. There is a huge disparity of broadside.

Richelieu mounted 380mm guns, not 280mm as shown. A typo I suspect.

Radar gives the allied Battleships a great advantage over optical rangefinders particularly at night…

]]> By: Josh Finnegan http://www.armchairgeneral.com/war-at-sea-battleships.htm/comment-page-1#comment-19832 Josh Finnegan Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:41:33 +0000 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/articles.php?page=1&p=3467#comment-19832 A very good game, however there are some glaring mistakes...The King George V class actually compares very favoribly to Bismarck-an error. On any one-on-one Bismarck should completely dominate the English ship. Same goes for the Yamato vs. Iowa class. Did a one-on-one battle between Iowa and Yamato and Iowa took 3 out of 5. In my opinion, Iowa should succumb every time. Yamato's guns and armor should trump Iowa's radar EVERY TIME. Also, Japanese A6M2 should have a major advantage over American F4F, another mistake. Tactically some of the weapons systems should be dialed in to a more realistic representation of how they actually stacked up, other than that, a very enjoyable game that allows for vitually any naval scenario that either did happen or could have happened. A very good game, however there are some glaring mistakes…The King George V class actually compares very favoribly to Bismarck-an error. On any one-on-one Bismarck should completely dominate the English ship. Same goes for the Yamato vs. Iowa class. Did a one-on-one battle between Iowa and Yamato and Iowa took 3 out of 5. In my opinion, Iowa should succumb every time. Yamato’s guns and armor should trump Iowa’s radar EVERY TIME. Also, Japanese A6M2 should have a major advantage over American F4F, another mistake. Tactically some of the weapons systems should be dialed in to a more realistic representation of how they actually stacked up, other than that, a very enjoyable game that allows for vitually any naval scenario that either did happen or could have happened.

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