![]() However, this solved the problem of horizontal protection, but vertical protection (against plunging fire or bomber plane) was weakened.Īnother problem of the Bismarck class was the turret You can see, this ship doesn't even have an upper armour, allowing shell to penetrate the ship without needing to penetrate the main armour beltīismarck class solved this problem of no upper armour, by extending the main armour belt Real problem still lies in german BB's protectionīelow is an image of Scharnhorst's armour cross section ![]() even the IJN's 25mm used a clip, not to mention the 20mm and 40mm bofors which was automatic. Secondly, AA, Bismarck cant even shoot down swordfish-a goddamn bi plane. Those british ships you spoken about are WWI old crap.įirst of all, German ships still used total protection scheme rather than 'All or nothing', ships such as the Bismarck class and the Admiral hipper class are all a waste of displacement. ![]() ![]() Otherwise it is nothing more than you're opinion.īro u sure u are not trolling? German capital ships of WWII are the worst of them all. If you are going to make such a statement you better back it up with verifiable non-subjective evidence to support your supposition. Based on what? The vaunted British BBs of the time? The very same ones that died to multiple torpedo hits and bomb hits because they were too slow to change post codes? Can't compare the Bismarck to the newer US BBs because they were built with newer technology and better designs however, that doesn't mean the German BBs were inferior designs by any stretch of the imagination. ![]()
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