Tell that the The russian DD's armed with 130mm, or the late Kirovs. That being said, their use of superheavy AP shell mock-ups as opposed to the newer proper heavy AP shell that the IJN had in stocks was a weird decision. 3 guns were pass checked as 'won't break breech' but with substantially reduced barrel life (over 50%) compared to the No.2. Last I recall, ArdReiss mentioned that the No.

However I'd prefer even more to beat the Zao with the nerf bat until it resembles the Katori after Iowa got done with her, so my judgement may not be the best. I'd prefer to see the Zao have less-capable but more realistic guns and in exchange get a larger health pool. Not without horrendous dispersion and barrel wear issues at least, and in reality the Japanese put a premium on minimizing dispersion for their large caliber naval guns. Either way that difference isn't going to enable the level of performance those guns have. I've read that but it's strange the game doesn't label them correctly considering it gives the correct designation for weapons that historically the Japanese gave incorrect designations to in an attempt to confuse people. All the info on the guns were brought up in a thread done by I think TalonV which had a similar question as you regarding the gun and shell characteristics.

Zao's guns, despite the label, are 20.3cm/55 caliber, not 50 caliber, thus giving her the greater shell velocity. Compared to the Russian gun its level of performance is more sane but the larger caliber means it is still competing for the top (or will be after they adjust the stats). As far as I know the French 240mm is mostly a WG creation based off the fact the French had an earlier 240mm naval gun. The fact is that her 8' guns currently fire a heavier shell than the USN 8' super-heavy AP at a velocity almost the same as the 60-caliber length German 8' guns.Ĭompared to the 8' guns the Russian gun is not only larger at 220mm (8' is 203mm) it has a 65-caliber length barrel and typical Russian/Italian characteristics meaning it would probably wear out the barrel liner after 100 shots. Zao also gets awesome torpedoes, decent AA, and even with the removal of stealth fire still has an excellent concealment rating. It's not the line on the graph but the stats of her guns which seem to have been established based on incredibly limited and somewhat flimsy information discovered after the war. It means that Zao was never actually OP and that Henri IV will almost as OP as Moskva, if she can land the hits.ĭon't get me ranting about Zao.

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