Iowa class all the way
I think a warhead may be the only way to reliably pen a Scarnhorst from the way I have heard people talk about its armor
Nah, just give Britain’s light cruisers N2N radars and then flood the map with thick fog. Belfast easily beats Scharnhorst.
Also HMS Duke of York (or any other KGV-class) should be a fairly decent counter.
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Nah, we need Gerald R Ford class aircraft carriers
Maybe with a new mechanic Sharn horse will become less annoying, though it seems everything will be less survivable.
Nah, by the sounds of the rebalance on that mechanic. It wont make a huge amount of difference. But atl least with some semblence of our IRL accuracy we can hit the weak spots reliably
The slow speed of the Swordfish causing them to be less vulnerable to Bismark is mostly a myth - not entirely, but ther are many other factors at least as important:
the 10.5cm AA guns had major physical problems - the forward ones had arcs of fire limited by cranes, the aft ones had unstabilised gun directors, the ship was manoeuvring hard and also rolling and pitching, there were scattered rain squalls hampering visibility, some of the flak positions were badly exposed to the elements and only suitable for fair weather shooting (eg see No Swordfish shot down by Bismarck - Naval History Forums).
Most of these were fixed on Tirpitz, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau or not applicable when they were in combat
The Swordfish took lots of hits from smaller shells (37 and 20mm) with the first damage having been inflicted at 4 miles (The Story of the Torpedoing of the Bismarck) .
5 aircraft were damaged - as noted 1 of them had 187 holes in it - but mostly in fabric skinning and the crew were only lightly wounded
Sounds like severe skill issue if you think that’s the weakest 7.0.
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So, War Thunder’s naval battleship tech trees seem almost done, right? Gaijin’s early 2024 QA said they’d add tons of battleships this year. Japan’s still missing the modernized Nagato-class and Yamato, the U.S. needs North Carolina, South Dakota, and Iowa-class ships, Britain’s lacking King George V and Lion-class, the Soviets don’t have Sovetsky Soyuz or Stalingrad, and France is waiting on Richelieu. A lot of these ships already have models and stats in the mobile version, and the PC files hint at HD battleship assets. With all that, could the naval battleship trees wrap up by 2026? Feels possible, but who knows—Gaijin’s pacing is always a wild card.
and that doesnt even cover later war refits. HMS Nelson would be a meaningful upgrade over HMS Rodney
Thinking about how Gaijin’s been handling ships lately—they’re just pumping out final upgraded versions instead of incremental variants. Take the Ise-class, for example. They used to split early and late models (like Hyūga’s base vs. modernized Ise) across updates, but now the U.S. tree skips straight to WWII refits. Honestly, cramming both early and late variants of the same battleship class into the tech tree feels kinda pointless. Ships aren’t like planes—an F-16A vs. F-16AM is basically two different jets, but with battleships, the guns barely change (maybe some armor tweaks). At 7.0 BR, who’d grind 400k RP just for minor upgrades? Only naval mains would bother, and even that sucks. Gaijin’s probably avoiding tech tree clutter, but it kills historical flavor.
The survivability of test suit battleships has become very poor, and even light cruisers can easily sink a heavily armored battleship In a short period of time, the armor of the battleship will be destroyed, which greatly weakens its survivability.
I cannot share your opinion - SKR7/1 is still op and should rise in BR. Dying vs a Moffet is no argument.
The Frank Knox has a higher fire rate, superior guns, SAP, is as fast, and more survivability.
SKR-7 is inferior to even 4.3s as well.
Eh … I one shot them everytime. SKR-7 takes multiple broadsides
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The Colorado armor has a seam that is equivalent to less than 200 millimeters
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RBU-9000
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