And dual 76mm at the back. It could be 5.0 since liv and leander have better total firerate but with its ability to not show sides I would suspect 5.3
I find renown visibly more survivable than standards after the changes but VT shells are very much needed
I would probably agree with you there.
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On an unrelated note i’m half-way through writing my suggestion on the Neptune class light cruisers, I play to also re-suggest the Minotaur class.
IIRC the UK is currently the only naval tree in-game aside from France without a ‘laid-down’ ship and these would be much needed ones, almost as necessary as G3 at the end of the line.
Still doing some tests with dispersion and trying some methods to evaluate lateral dispersion in order to finish my report on gun accuracy.
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i would personaly like either A kgv or a nelson as they look more unique
Either an R or a QE class I think is most likely, personally I’d pick a QE class for the mobility over the marginally better armour on the R’s probably Valiant and Warspite, maybe QE and Warspite. An R class is possible though and it gives Russia another option.
A KGV would be interesting, I think perhaps too good still, like a US standard but better overall though worse penetration, so maybe she could be well balanced?
I think she should bring br 7.3 with her if she does come though and I’d like to see Scharnhorst, Amagi and Kron go up with her.
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Nelson (though I’d prefer Rodney because I had family that served on her) would be extremely good. All the big guns to the bow of the ship so she could lay maximum hate whilst presenting a minimum profile
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Nelson is a beast that can really slog it out with the enemy. I also recently discovered that Nelsons meh reload rate of 40+ seconds irl was due to the need to fire the guns at intervals to keep accuracy decent (though ironically it was still better than many other 15" and 16" guns without this).
So 1st and 3rd would fire and then the middle gun of the turret would fire however guns couldnt be loaded individually but all at the same time. Which meant the whole cycle from first shot fired to all being reloaded was 40+ seconds. However ingame theres no need for Nelson to fire in intervals as dispersion is a set figure.
Nelson has a 12-14 inch belt that is heavily inclined. She has better armour than anything British but the G 3 even better than the Lion and KGV class.
With G 3 then its dependent on which one (treaty or not) and if Gaijin accepted that G 3 should have 16.5" superheavy or not (i also plan to argue for 16" superheavy if we can’t have 16.5") as without that again there is not too much difference aside from speed.
Then it also has the 6x twin 6" inch guns which should be great help at dealing with lighter targets at closer ranges and a very good AA loadout
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Afaik they weren’t very good D.P guns irl but ingame its probably not relevant. They should be perfectly capable vs cruisers and destroyers.
As you said AA is capable and much bettet than G 3 tor example (though G 3 is no slouch for WNT)
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But much AoN than those two, which makes her vulnerable to HE and SAP. Trying to solve those problem, I included in my thread on game discussion tab(What Gaijin needs to do before introduction of post-Treaty capital ships(WIP)), but my idea is short…
Besides, is Royal Navy consider using coastal supercharge for their 14’’ on KGV classes after war? KGV classes left in reserve after war for counter possible-soviet battleships, and Vanguard class on similar role was planned to use supercharge on wartime. I’m curious if KGV class has similar plan.
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I missed this thread, I have had a read, definitely explains a lot about Paris Kommuna and Marat having ridiculously good survivability. I suspect its probably something to do with the Russians focusing on HE protection post Russo-Japanese war but I’m pretty sure most other nations also figured this out not just Russia, like how post-Jutland people figured out things about ammunition storage.
I never found anything suggesting that was considered unfortunately, though I am fairly certain supercharges would have fit. But due to the calibre and armour layout being less favourable I don’t anticipate the KGV’s will be high enough to truly need them.
India would give a lot to British coastal where we do admittedly have some limitations.
Well, limitations until we get Leander class and other frigates
Yeah I think frigates could certainly aide with this as well as DDG’s but equally some corvettes fielded by the INS are just what is needed.
They’re like the equivalent of the UK’s River class but not woefully under-armed. We could get by without them, but we would probably benefit from their addition in some areas.
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I think bigger limitation is british lack of decently armed coastal patrol vessels that could fit coastal spawns.
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Yep you summed up what I was thinking there.
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ye I saw your comment popping up when I already hit enter:)
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