I think several of our top tier BBs should have radar, they could have come in later refits with more AAA (not that they have that option for Vanguard) and Warspite and Renown have been denied HE-VT for their secondaries for “balancing reasons” (even though US BBs have them)
i know for a fact that renown should have a radar but many ships were added before radars were in navel meaning that they dont have working ones and because there is one guy working on the whole of navel they have not and likely wont get them
Also if they WERE to add the Yamato and shit, they FLAT OUT will have to break their paper vehicle rule and add the Lion class.
Nothing else the British have would stand up to that thing, Especially not Vanguard.
Vanguard was a hunk of crap thrown together by the British.
Not a properly developed battleship, its internal layout was total hell, and its armor was garbage. it would NOT stand up to any kind of beating from even a WW1 Era battleship.
A Lion would, VERY well, it would probably even out perform a Iowa class in practice, especially with the new Mk 16inch guns that were developed form them specifically.
They are laid down, so don’t need to break rule to add
Especially Vanguard is the only hope against Yamato, as she has both the highest penetration and flattest trajectory, which is most important against Yamato’s thick inclined armor
It’s internal layout is similar to those of KGV and Lion, and armor is second thickest next to Lion and KGV
Especially the new 16inch gun is problem, as it fires light shell with slow speed. Actually I’m worried that in war thunder where falling angle is twice as in real life, Lion’s 16’’ gun’s practical penetration would be same to those of Nelson’s.
Lion’s guns were leagues stronger than the guns on the Nelsons in testing.
They fired Heavier shells than the Nelsons, at higher velocities.
The Lion’s guns would have fired a 2,375 pound AP projectile, compared to the Nelsons 2,000 pound projectiles.
They also were loaded with a heavier bursting charge, giving them more punch.
As for Vanguards guns? Nah, I get she had the super charges and such. But those could only be used with special Light weight Ap rounds, that were like 400 pounds lighter than the standard 15inch AP. reducing their punch quite a bit, the only reason it had those shells and charges was to increase the range, not the penetrating power.
As for Armor? The Belt its self was similar between the 3 yes, But Lion still had the edge, at a 14.7-15inch belt, Vanguard had a 14inch belt. the deck armor was the same, but the Lion had thicker barbets, bulkheads, and turrets.
The Lion was LEAGUES ahead of the bastardization that was the Vanguard.
The American’s traded nearly 100m/s when they moved to the Super Heavy AP rounds on the North Carolina and South Dakota class Battleships, and only gained it back when they went to the longer barrel 16inch guns that were mounted on the Iowa’s.
And yet those guns, WITH that much less velocity, were STILL more powerful with those shells, than the Colorado classes which had longer barrels, and still used the older Lighter shells.
In Naval battles Weight of a shell is ALOT more important than its flat out velocity.
As for the 15inch thing i WAS wrong. But it still doesn’t matter, its only a 1,800 pound shell, that was even with the Super charges, it was only about 10 m/s faster than the Lion’s guns (atleast with AP, the 15inch guns with super charges and HE rounds could hit around 800m/s)