Sure, she has 2.0 sigma compared to Iowa’s 1.9 but then again, that doesn’t do THAT much difference in this situation. The idea of an Iowa with only 6 guns at Tier IX doesn’t really hype me. Well… I’m for now not convinced about this ship. For the barbette, the upper part is 439 mm thick and the lower part is 76 mm thick. The back is 360 mm thick and finally, the roof is 184 mm thick. The sides are 305 mm thick and then 241 mm thick. The face is 540 mm thick sloped at 23° so you should be fine against large caliber AP unless it’s at close range. Well, these turrets are quite well armored. it is pretty big though so destroyers and such will have plenty of surfaces to shoot at. The superstructure’s protection is as usual 19 mm thick. It’s really a weird design to have the athwartship of the citadel being so little protected.Īlso, I can’t wait to see the reaction of the guy that will only be able to see the 16 mm portion with the in-game armor viewer. Basically, you want to pray all the gods of this world for the extended belt and armored deck to stop any AP shell that would penetrate your stern otherwise, the citadel is pretty much guaranteed. The citadel’s rear athwartship (in dark green) but also the casemates around it are only 16 mm thick. On top of that, there is a 142 mm armored deck that protects the citadel’s athwartship.Īnd now, I have a very big question mark on top of my head. There is a second extended belt below that is thinner with 181 mm thick. As you can see, a part of the casemate protecting the middle section is also 343 mm thick. Inside the bow, there is some sort of extended belt of 343 mm that covers also the steering gears. The stern is similar to the bow as it is also covered by 32 mm of armor.Ĭompared to the Iowa or the Missouri, she has quite particular protection inside the stern. IJN AP bombs should have no issue to penetrate the citadel’s deck (splinter deck) if they are dropped from high altitude but at low altitude, the protection SHOULD be sufficient. Below that, there is the splinter deck being 25 mm thick under the turrets and 16 mm above the engines. For now, she is free of any gimmick except for her secondaries that have a better dispersion formula than the secondaries of the Massachusetts.įor the horizontal protection, under the 38 mm weather deck, you have the 130 mm thick main armor deck. For the modified characteristics, it’s mostly about the main armament ( 3×2 457 mm/47 instead of 3×3 406 mm/45 (no, I will not use the imperial units, metric system for the win!) and also the speed (33 knots instead of 28.5 knots if I remember correctly).īasically, this ship is, except for her main battery, very similar to the Iowa or the Missouri. More precisely, she appears to be a somewhat modified BB61 preliminary design, Scheme IV from May 1938. After some researches, people agreed on the fact that the ship is based on a preliminary design of the Iowa-class. There was a lot of head scratching around the Georgia at the beginning because nobody really knew what she was. Here is the upcoming new Tier IX premium, the USS Georgia. Ladies and Gentlemen, today we are taking a look at what would happen if we crossed the Iowa-class with the Gneisenau as we have it in the game.
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