Talk:Iowa/@comment-108.204.125.175-20160222095254/@comment-17703786-20160222194140

"yeah it's pretty shameful how IJN equipment isn't the best, always, in every category. It's called KANTAI collection.

''Well I'm fully confident Kii will show up and put Iowa in her place, and the national essence will be preserved. Tennou banzai friend. "''

Why should the IJN have the singular best ships anyway? In reality, the WW2-built US battleships did in fact enjoy a qualitative advantage in terms of the actual technology in use. The Iowa may not have Yamato's armor or 46cm guns, but she did have superior fire control, engines, electronics, crew, and other things. This is of course considering the fact that the Iowa's were made and launched as the war was already underway using the latest advances in naval technology at the time, and are not simply decades-old dreadnoughts like most of the IJN BB's were.

And the Kii-class "putting Iowa in her place" is a laughable thought, given that they were battleships designed in the 20's, and thus wouldn't have the technological advantage the Iowas have, not to mention that the only thing the Kii-class would've surpassed the Iowa in would be the number of guns, and only just barely.

Besides, the devs themselves gave Iowa her ingame stats, and I'm pretty sure they're Japanese.