Talk:List of battleships by upgraded maximum stats/@comment-137.132.3.8-20140423031540/@comment-42.60.34.133-20140518144629

^^I saw it as: only the Yamato-class BBs got to equip 46cm cannons because there was obviously not enough to go around, and as far as I know, the IJN also wanted to keep the 46cm cannons a secret so they couldn't go showing off their secret weapon everywhere.

^Would you consider BBVs as derivatives of BBs, then? And would you say that BBVs lack armour? Because Fusou class Kai has the same HP as Kongou class Kai, and Ise class Kai has 2 more than that. No matter how I see it, if the BBVs don't "lack armour", nor do the Kongou class BBs.