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Originally Posted by Firral
I know, there is an opportunity to use 3M-45 "Granit" ("Shipwreck") in various modes of attack in structure of group (including top-down), and also against the closed coastal artillery.
What protection Iowa? Whether it is possible, what one 750 kg (geksogen?) a head part for the speed from 1,5M up to 2,5M will not bring serious damage Iowa?
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You have to remember those battleships were built to withstand AP shells fired from their own guns. That was the benchmark for a true battleship.
Iowas were built to withstand 16" AP shells. Each of those weigh the same as a Shipwreck. Their terminal velocity is probably around mach 1.5 to mach 2.
The scenario is still a ship with a lot of armor but little long range firepower against a ship with virtually no armor but a lot of long range firepower.
Point blank, no contest. Iowa's 16" guns would destroy Kirov.