bklooste -> RE: CD fire issues (4/13/2010 12:47:54 AM)
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Those much more modern 8" guns could prob penetrate the Hiei due to the close ranged nature fo the fight , pull up the charts , second she wasnt sunk she withdrew. These ancient 7" guns couldnt even penetrate the CAs belt at 10K yards. quote:
ORIGINAL: mike scholl 1 quote:
ORIGINAL: RHoenig While I agree that the greater accuracy of a fully integrated coastal defense fortress can be deadly, the Bluecher was a heavy cruiser with a max. armor of what 5 inch? and was hit by 11 inch guns. What has been reported here are two battleships with 10+ inches of armor, fired upon by max. 7 inch guns. If the result of 7 inch guns against 10 inches of armor is the same as 11 inch guns against 5 inches of armor, why bother with 16 inchers on the BBs at all, the 8 inch CA guns will be quite sufficient and imagine the broadside, a BB could mount if outfitted with 8-inchers. No, I´m not realy serious, but come on, 7-inch guns sinking BBs can´t possibly be right. Damaging them? Sure! Wreaking havoc with the superstructure? You bet! Sinking them? No way! Check out the Hiei. She faced nothing bigger than an 8' gun, and mostly 5" at First Guadalcanal..., an was left helpless and burning to be finished off by A/C the next morning. A 7" may or may not penetrate the main strake of the belt armor at close range..., but it will penetrate virtually everything else. And being on fire is the most dangerous thing that can happen to a ship. Hits are strange beasts. San Francisco was hit something like 80 times in the same battle as the Hiei, but in spite of a number of 14" hits was still sailing and fighting when it ended. Her luck had been extrordinary, as any of dozens of those hits could have been fatal in another location. It's not just what a ship is hit by.., it's also where it is hit, coupled with an element of luck. In the example above, the BB's were hit 100+ times at medium-short range. That's 100+ chances to get the one "lucky" hit that finds a weak spot and detonates the secondary ready use magazine or something else vital. Ants can and do eat elephants..., when there are enough of them.
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