Talk:Richelieu/@comment-176.10.98.132-20170903160900/@comment-176.10.115.135-20170929194509

@IonoSama I fail to see how your picture contradicts what I said so far. I did say that Yamato had better armor than Richelieu. Montana was never built (or completed to be more accurate) so she's irrelevant here. NC does have worse armor than Richelieu. I was a bit confused for a moment by that 17" vertical armor thing on Iowa since I'd never seen it before, but turns out that it's the barbette which isn't all that relevant for the overall protection of the ship as it protect only a single thing: The turrets. Besides, Richelieu's barbettes were hardly weak: They were 405mm thick.

This leaves us with Bismarck: It is well acknowledged that she had a strong vertical protection designed with short range engagement in mind. However, it was also notoriously weak for longer range engagement and pretty vulnerable to plunging shells/bombs (a trademark of most if not all KMS ships). Bismarck's armor scheme was a relic of Jutland aftermath mentality and not very modern compared to her peers. Bismarck's armor is arguably better than Richelieu's in short range engagement, but Richelieu's armor is better overall.