Jan 31, 2014 · Re: Germans in WWII having Iowa class battleships by RF » Mon Jan 27, 2014 9:26 am alecsandros wrote: The spirit of the thread, as I understand it, is to have 4 Iowas with their full …

Dec 9, 2009 · Re: Iowa Class: Armor Protection by Bgile » Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:23 pm Please note that the beam of the Iowa Class is greater than that of the KGV class. Also, if you want a ship to be fast, …

Jan 25, 2014 · Re: Germans in WWII having Iowa class battleships by RF » Tue Jan 21, 2014 10:02 am That is contingent on the level of the alleged collaboration and trading with the enemy. The …

Jan 19, 2014 · Re: Germans in WWII having Iowa class battleships by Iranon » Mon Jan 13, 2014 5:23 pm So a total of 8 modern Battleships, all with greater speed and endurance than their RN …

Dec 8, 2009 · Iowa Class Battleships are an excellent example of superior armor protection and high top speed. The armor systems of the Iowa Class ships can be divided into two basic sections. First is the …

Nov 9, 2008 · The Iowa class ships were in service for half a century. Do you really think that if they had excessive dispersion problems this wouldn't be common knowledge by now? Why bother to continue …

Oct 16, 2006 · Bill Jurens wrote: Bismarck would have achieved an obliquity of zero degrees against an Iowa class Class "B" faceplate at a range of about 32000 meters. At that range, the striking velocity …

Sep 2, 2008 · In WWII all Iowa class ships had turret rangefinders, but at extreme range they couldn't see the target because it was completely over the horizon to the turrets.

Oct 11, 2006 · Tests were apparently (source: Nathan Okun) performed postwar which showed the British 14" was unable to penetrate the Iowa class faceplates at any range. The shells deformed and …

Mar 23, 2006 · By the time the USS Enterprise became operational nobody thought about modifying the powerplant of the existing Iowa Class Battleships? A problem that had been discussed a lot about …