Let’s do the numbers:
Bismarck class battleship armor: belt 145-320 mm, deck 110-120 mm
Deutschland class pocket battleship armor: belt 80 mm, deck 40 mm
Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser armor: belt 70-80 mm, deck 20-50 mm
From this, it sure looks to me like the pocket battleship’s armor is a lot closer to the cruiser’s than the battleship’s.
LMFAO!!
…and although their displacement was that of a heavy cruiser, they were armed with guns larger than the heavy cruisers of other nations.
Yea lets do the numbers, except not compare a super dreadnought in the same navy with its own pocket battleship. Instead we compare the pocket battleship to normal warships that could be opposing it ( from England)
HMS Exeter ( Heavy cruiser)
Main belt
* 3 in
* 2½-1 in enclosing bulkheads
Lower deck
* 1¼ in over machinery
* 1½ in over stearing gear
county class cruiser
Main belt:
* 4.5 in with 1 in closing bulkheads (Berwick, Cumberland, Suffolk, Kent & Cornwall only, from 1935-)
Lower deck:
* 1.25 in over machinery
* 1.5 in over steering gear
Admiral Graf Spee:
belt: about 3.937 inches–- compared to 3 inches for uk
deck: 1.5 inches-3.5 inches— compared to equal to double uk cruisers
King George V class BB…basically the top of the line Battleship for UK
Main belt: 14.7 in
lower belt: 5.4 in
deck: up to 5.38 in
Kongo Class battleship ( just for example)
deck: 2.3–1.5 in
belt: 8–3 in
OK based on this the German ships should be one hit, but at 4-4 and not 3-3
