The unseen armor, a look at internal bow armor in BB's

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I don't think I've seen a thread like this posted before but eh if it has here's another.

There's quite a bit of armor hidden in the bows of BB's not viewable with the in-game armor viewer so I figured I'd compile it all together.

I've checked all the hulls and there is only one ship that had increased armor in the bow from a hull upgrade and I'm pretty I didn't miss anything but if I did let me know.

Gonna divide this by tiers and use spoiler tags to divide everything up as well as split into multiple posts because of the image limit.

 

 

Tier 2:

 Mikasa:

Spoiler

76MM

51MM

 

Tier 3:

 Kawachi:

Spoiler

76MM

South Carolina:

 

38MM

Konig Albert:

 

60MM

Nassau:

 

38MM

 

Tier 4:

 Ishizuchi:

Spoiler

 

38MM

Myogi A & B hull:

 

57MM

 Myogi C hull:

 

70MM

Wyoming:

 

51MM

Kaiser:

 

60MM

Nikolai:

 

38MM bulkhead

35MM deck

63MM deck

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Tier 5:

 Kongo:

Spoiler

 

Nothing

New York:

 
25MM deck

Konig:

 
20MM deck for whatever reason

60MM deck

Tier 6:

 Fuso:

Spoiler

 

57MM deck

Arizona:

 

Nothing

New Mexico:

 

Nothing

Bayern:

 

60MM deck

140MM bulkhead

 

Dunkerque

Nothing

 

Warsprite:

 

32MM deck

76MM deck

102MM bulkhead?

25MM internal deck.

 

 

[Cruiser_Maya]

Is the front part of Mikasa to support the armored bow (for ramming)? It seems like an odd place to stack armor, even in a predreadnought. 

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Tier 7:

  Nagato:

Spoiler

 

76MM deck

Colorado:

 
Nothing

Gneisenau

Nothing

Schanrhorst:

Nothing

 

 Amagi:

Spoiler

 

76MM deck

North Carolina:

 

Nothing

Bismarck:

20MM deck for whatever reason

Tirpitz:

 Likewise 20MM deck

 

 

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Tier 9:

Izumo:

Spoiler

 

38MM

51MM

Missouri:

 

Nothing

Iowa:

  

Nothing

 

Friedrich der Große

 

20MM

30MM

50MM

100MM

 

Tier 10:

 Yamato:

Spoiler

 
Nothing.

Montana:

 
Nothing

Großer Kurfürst

 

 

[MJPIA]

Okay think I have everything formatted right, let me know if somethings messed up.

Is the front part of Mikasa to support the armored bow (for ramming)? It seems like an odd place to stack armor, even in a predreadnought. 

 

I don't think that's historical but I can't say for sure.

WG seemed to add armored decks in the bows of most BB's but I don't understand their reasoning behind how they did it.

 

(E) Actually it might be,

You can see a curved deck in there but it doesn't list anything about it and I have no detailed books about her.

 

[renegadestatuz]

All looks good! Thanks for the post!!!

[MJPIA]

I knew I was forgetting something.

Warsprite's been added now.