RE: Editor question ?
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 5:59 pm
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.
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.