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Slipdigit · #9 (**permalink**) June 12th, 2007, 06:11 PM

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yes but what about the bcs guns?

I was addressing your comments on speed.

I

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reckon Battlecruisers are better because they are a lot faster

Guns size.

HMS Renown 15 in
USS Alaska 14
HMS Hood 15
IJN Kongo 14

USS Iowa 16
USS South Dakota 16
DKM Bismarck 15
IJN Yamato 18.1
IJN Nagato 16

As TA said, there more to it than gun, size armor or speed. Intangibles such as crew ability and leadership from top to bottom play important parts. A big, long ranged gun is of little use if you can't hit a target. The Iraqis learned that in Desert Storm in 1991. They had this great, long ranged South African arty that supposed to beat the anything the US fielded. At least that is what the press tried to make us believe. However, since they were essentially blinded to anything beyond the horizon, the guns were of little to no benefit.

The Yamato and Musashi had large, long range guns, but fire control systems and radar were inferior to the Iowa class and so the Yamato and Musashi would have probably suffered for it in an engagement with an Iowa Class because they would less of a chance to actually hit their target first and the most.