Post by antshrike on Nov 23, 2017 2:35:11 GMT
Does anyone know or have a rationale for why Fletchers are the only destroyers with an armor of three (it is a 3/7/2 ship)? I mean it is one of the coolest things about using a Fletcher in a build. Mostly I've wondered why this is so with the Fletcher class but not the Allen Sumners class (2/7/2) since the Sumners, while about the same length had higher tonnage and overall was a larger ship (broader) then the Fletcher.
If tonnage and size were the driver, then several destroyer classes represented in War at Sea have the Fletcher beat (and almost all are longer then the Fletcher): The French Aigle (2/7/2) & especially the Mogador (2/8/2), the German Type 1936A (2/8/2), Japanse Akitsuki (2/8/2) and Shimakaze (2/8/2). So tonnage or size doesn't seem to be the specific reason.
Considering the larger destroyers, a couple like the Aigle and Sumners probably should have been 2/8/2 not 2/7/2 as tonnage would seem to at least play a roll in Vital Armor.
If tonnage and size were the driver, then several destroyer classes represented in War at Sea have the Fletcher beat (and almost all are longer then the Fletcher): The French Aigle (2/7/2) & especially the Mogador (2/8/2), the German Type 1936A (2/8/2), Japanse Akitsuki (2/8/2) and Shimakaze (2/8/2). So tonnage or size doesn't seem to be the specific reason.
Considering the larger destroyers, a couple like the Aigle and Sumners probably should have been 2/8/2 not 2/7/2 as tonnage would seem to at least play a roll in Vital Armor.
