The entire point of the conversation was Soyuz had more completed for her than H39 ever had. So yes, Soyuz was much more complete in comparison.
H39 had a partial keel and guns (Guns were used as coast defense).
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Russia had zero reason to continue building Soyuz or the Kronshtadt sisters after the war because of the sheer dominance aircraft carriers proved during WW2. Not to mention this was also a time where many nations downsized their fleets.
As for Soyuz being good in real life? Don’t know. Her poor maneuverability, inferior mobility and worse armor protection in comparison to Iowa class would be an uphill battle at the best of times.
Assuming a battleship vs battleship action even happened in the first place.
Number of hull section doesn’t increase survivability ingame, as every battleships needs three hull section destroyed(except the last one in bow and stern) to make unsinkability loss.
The reason of Yamato got unsinkability much faster than Iowa is because she is more ‘all or nothing’ than Iowa, which was actually the reason why British navy and Imperial Russian navy hesitated implementing it on their battleships.
Probably because that link is a .php If you download the pic yourself then upload to the reply it should work. If it is still a .php, just change it to .png
Oh yeah when you click the download buttons it makes them .jpg’s That will work.
