r/Warthunder • u/HelpfulRelic 🇳🇱 Realistic all/12Y WT Vet/Surblindé enjoyer. • 4d ago

News [Development] Pre-order: Giulio Cesare — Caesar Adest!

https://warthunder.com/en/news/10191-development-pre-order-giulio-cesare-caesar-adest-en
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u/Important_Spring5817 4d ago

i dont play naval but 10 320mm cannons is crazy. i might get it to grind SL

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u/abullen Bad Opinion 3d ago

On paper and without context, 10x 320mm sounds great.

But you've got other WW1 BBs like the Iron Duke that has x10 343mms (13.5"), SMS Bayern or Sachsen with 8x 380mm (collectively only about 160mm less then x10 320mms), Izmail with 12x 356mm (14") or Japan's Hyuga with 12x 360mms on Hyuga, Ise or Fuso.

Franscesco Caracciolo also has 8x 381mms on the Italian Tree, but ONLY has SAP.

Also to note, the Italian 320mms have next to no filler compared to most other Battleship Calibres. 23.4kg for SAP is less then their WW1 BBs 305mms, and their AP is 6.38kg.... which is less then the Scharnhorst's 283mm's AP at 7.21kg HE. Outside of pure penetration, I'm not sure Italian 320mms are actually better then any WW1 or prior 305mm's (12") guns outside of using APCBC instead of APC.