380mm/45 Calibre mle 1935 Point Blank Penetration (Richelieu): 701 mm
38cm SKC/34 Point Blank Penetration (Bismarck): 510mm
APC mle 36 Bursting Charge: 21.9 kg
APC L/4,4 Bursting Charge: 18,8
Even in comparison with similar calibre weapons systems, Bismarck's main guns were deficient and built based off of WWI era tech. Richelieu's maligned dispersion issues were a flaw that would have been fixed if France hadn't surrendered, and post-war demonstrates that the Quad-gun system became quite accurate and potent when matured. Very underrated design.
Will add some technical details here:
380mm/45 Calibre mle 1935 Point Blank Penetration (Richelieu): 701 mm
38cm SKC/34 Point Blank Penetration (Bismarck): 510mm
APC mle 36 Bursting Charge: 21.9 kg
APC L/4,4 Bursting Charge: 18,8
Even in comparison with similar calibre weapons systems, Bismarck's main guns were deficient and built based off of WWI era tech. Richelieu's maligned dispersion issues were a flaw that would have been fixed if France hadn't surrendered, and post-war demonstrates that the Quad-gun system became quite accurate and potent when matured. Very underrated design.
Thanks for the info. I always heard the thing where "Bismarck is just a really oversized Bayern" but I didn't know it was that bad lmao.