Talk:Nelson/@comment-35703536-20180912163448/@comment-26574811-20180912222746

Remember: American BBs use SHS (super heavy shell), with a more curved ballistics to attack the enemy's deck. This is a very different approach from the British and Japanese's "high velocity waterline attack" doctrine. Deck attacks are more effective in evading the enemy's armor, but less efficient in sinking the enemy. For battleship-class targets, attacks above waterline have been proven to be extremely ineffective on sinking, while effective in disabling the ship. In KC there's no difference between disabling and sinking a ship, so Iowa's attack doctrine may as well simply be considered as inability to sink an enemy, especially given that this is a Japanese game that would presumably take the Japanese doctrine over the American one. With that in mind it's practically legit for the devs to set ANY AND ALL other 16+ inch BBs to outgun Iowa. Oh and Iowa has gunnery stability issues due to her beam being limited by Panama Canal, so her firepower is probably already reduced.