Editor question ?

[mciann]

I performed a few experiments, and found the following:

1 - armor (belt or deck) has absolutely no bearing on damage due to aircraft strikes.

2 - the only feature of a surface ship that has any bearing on its ability to sustain airstrike damage is its diplacement, and the relationship is inverse.  If I modify the Yamato class so that it has no armor and displaces 1 ton, it will take about 7 torpedoes or about 15 bomb hits to sink it.  If I set it to 300,000 tons, it takes 2 torpedoes or about 4 bomb hits to sink it.