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Just had the pleasure of rereading this thread:https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/german-wwii-battleship-construction-questions.303094/
One of the thing claimed was that the Iowa as compared to other ships a few years earlier had better armor protection, but that a compromise om the Iowa was the poor TDS.
Looking further into it, the TDS was narrow and the armor used was to a large degree the unyielding belt armor which coulis not absorb the energy of an underwater explosion...
So, if all of this is true, is the trick not simply to engage the Iowa with High explosve shells when at long range and pierce the belt with AP shells at close range?
Is the armor scheme then any good?