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Old 04-30-09, 02:12 AM   #26
NEON DEON
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Originally Posted by Sniper_Fox View Post
I tried out hte montana... it has too much armour i think. I went toe to toe with 2 BB's and 2 CA's and came out... well untouched. 2 crew were wounded 1% (so they had 99% left) and my gun was damaged the tiniest bit. dispite taking hundreds of hits. I dont think this is even possible. Plus your crew refuses to fire at anything over 5000m away.
Maybe too much but take a look at the Monatana specs.

Displacement:65,000 tons (standard);[1]
70,965 tons (full load)[2][3][4]Length:920 ft 6 in (280.6 m)[2]Beam:121 ft 0 in (36.9 m)[2]Draft:36 ft 1 in (11.0 m)[2]Propulsion:8 Babcock & Wilcox 2-drum express type boilers powering 4 sets of Westinghouse geared steam turbines 4 × 43,000 hp (128 MW)[2]Speed:28 knot (52 km/h) maximum[5][2]Range:15,000 nmi at 15 knots (28 km/h)[1]Complement:Standard: 2,355[2]
Flagship: 2,789[2]Armament:12 × 16 in (406 mm) 50 cal. Mark 7 guns[2]
20 × 5 in (127 mm) 54 cal. Mark 16 guns[2]
10–40 × Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft gun[2]
56 × Oerlikon 20 mm anti-aircraft gun[2]Armor:Side belt: 16.1 in tapering to 10.2 in on 1 in STS plate inclined 19 degrees
Lower side belt: 7.2 in tapered to 1 in inclined 10 degrees[1]
Bulkheads: 18 in forward, 15.25 in aft[1]
Barbettes: 21.3 in, 18 in (aft)[1]
Turrets: up to 22.5 in
Decks: up to 6 inAircraft carried:3–4 × Vought OS2U Kingfisher/Curtiss SC SeahawkAviation facilities:Two aft catapults for launch of seaplanes[3]Notes:Last battleship class designed for the United States Navy

The turrets would have had 22.5 inches of armor!

Thats obscene!
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