FatR -> RE: The PERFECT WAR Mod: What is the Vision? (8/15/2011 11:39:47 PM)
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ORIGINAL: JuanG I would argue that the German WWI BB designs were very well armoured for their time (compare Konig to Iron Duke or even Queen Elizabeth). Regardless, thats a discussion for another time. I agree, I was talking about what they were building and intending to build before WW II. quote:
ORIGINAL: JuanG Shifting to a standard layout brings the following changes; All Displacements up by ~1800tons, Length increased to 255m (+10m), Maximum Speed 29.85kts @ 150,000shp (152,500shp for 30kts). Bunkerage increased to 4660t (+128t) for 7500nm. As an experiment, using a bunker close to the other BBs gives the following on top of that; Light Displacement up by ~50tons, Full Displacement up by ~1200tons (up to 55,100t now), Maximum Speed 29.8kts @ 150,000shp (154,000shp for 30kts). Bunkerage increased to 5816t for 9500nm. Standard displacement 49,250t. Also, witness feature creep here. You'd be surprised how quickly one can add 5,000t to a design just trying to 'improve it' minimally. Granted in our case its just fuel for now. Thanks, it is very gracious of you to do all this work for us. What do you think about all of this, John? I'd say, we should go with the last variant, for the best balance of traits. It is pretty big, but still sufficiently smaller than Yamato, to justify completion of four ships, I think. EDIT: Although, while Juan's arguments against all-forward turrets positioning sound solid, and the increase in size/loss of speed from using a classical positioning isn't that big, I'm still partial to using all-forward turrets, if only for the distinctive look[:)]. As Terminus' excellent shipside shows, such ship actually looks pretty good, and with more RL Yamato-style supestructure, it will be even cooler.
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