Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-73.220.89.40-20150318192417/@comment-1915363-20151108150957

Advancer231 wrote: Ar-cen-ciel wrote: Speaking of Iowa, she might be nerfed to the point where she has to be at Kai to really match up to Yamato in Kancolle, most of her FP comes from her powerful AP shell equip. Technically speaking, though, in terms of armament, the Iowa class were still inferior to the Yamato class. IJN aimed for quality over quantity when it came to competing with USN. Yamato had better guns and armor, if I remember correctly, but Iowa was more maneuverable, and a bit more expense could be spared owing to the production capabilities of the US back then. It's a close battle, but Yamato still remains on top. If the US had actually completed the Montana class, however, I'm not so sure. Actually Iowa did have a better fire control system developed for them which IJN lacked, and that's before mentioning their firepower and armor, depending on your sources, some would even go as far to claim that Iowa wouldn't lose to Yamato in terms of effective firepower and armor. The Montana is basically a heavier Iowa with four 16-inch turrets instead of three.

Advancer231 wrote: Anyway, US ships aren't the only ships out there. The UK was a pioneer when it came to the development of battleships. For example: HMS Dreadnought. Well, I've been trying to advocate the Royal Navy from the beginning. As for HMS Dreadnought, she's a decade older than Kongou, and quite a number of bigger battleships has been built in her design since then, so I'd wager that her as a shipgirl would be portrayed as a fearless fool of sorts. Then again, her name means "fears nothing", so...