Talk:Zara/@comment-25863825-20170228114132/@comment-25399466-20170301105213

@Italianfan88

Most of those 666 shells had been fired at more than 23km. At those distances hits are a matter of luck, like that of the Warspite on the Giulio Cesare, or the Montecuccoli on the Hebe. Every single shell has a fraction of a percentage point chances to hit a battleship sized target at those distances. At the battle of Calabria the italian 203s fired even at 28 km, but that's more a way to harrass the enemy than other.

But two hits in few minutes (12:22, 12:35) are not luck. Like were not luck the hits of the Neptune on the Bolzano at the Battle of Calabria, even if she expended 512 rounds alone.