GooseSpringsteen92

I might be mistaken but I think the general idea of superstructure armour is to be shrapnel proof so 2" is about the maximum I would consider personally.

Hello Guys, I'm wondering if you'd be kind enough to shed some light on the armour values that are listed in the penetration tables for guns and how that relates to the armour value of the ship itself. So for example if I'm reading it right an AP shell fired from a 12" gun in my 1910 start has a belt penetration value of 20.9" at 10,000m. It's probably fairly obvious but am I right in assuming that if I set my Krupp III belt armour to 21" it's not actually 21 inches thick but rather has the effective thickness of 21 inches of "standard" steel armour? I'm one of those people who always tries to keep realism in their mind when making a design and from what I understand, even ignoring the insane weight, it was essentially impossible to manufacture effective belt armour of anything close to that thickness within the time period covered by the game? For example I think Yamato had a 16" belt? The other thing that makes me scratch my head a bit is the "armour quality" value. So Krupp III has a value of 115%. Does that mean I can set my belt to 10.5 inches (a much more plausible value) and understand that it will protect me from the 20.9 penetration at 10,000m? I've probably not expressed myself very well but I would enormously appreciate any insight you can give 😀.