User blog comment:Void Samukai/Yamato vs Bismarck:Why?/@comment-27797576-20160126134617/@comment-26482266-20160126154505

My objection would be that the Yamato is heavier, and is therefore more stable of a firing platform than the Bismarck. Plus, the Yamato's freeboard is pretty good (although the bow gets effected quite a lot).

Bismarck not only needs a flat penetration against Yamato to score a good hit, but it also has to be suicidally close as well! There are reports saying that the Superheavy APC from the Iowa can penetrate it from something like 27km reliably (that being said, the longest recorded shot is at 26km).

That's with Superheavy APC on theoretically a biter gun (16" versus 15")