World of warships roma review1/19/2024 It had been already amply demonstrated (IE in the battle of the Espero convoy) that, even at far closer distances and with much more rapidly firing guns, it was practically impossible to hit a ship that was only manuvering to not being hit, if not firing some thousands of shells.įinally, the second battle of the Sirte had been fought in close quarters (up to 5500m) but under a severe storm, and the Littorio had been one of the few ships that, in those conditions, actually hit something (the brits scored a single hit out of of more than 2800 shells fired) and by far the most effective (the DD Kigston put out of combat by a direct hit and the Hawock by splinter damages, further splinter damages on the CL Euryalus and Penelope and DD Lively).Ladies and Gentlemen, here we go with the 3rd hybrid ship added to the game, the U.S. 1941), with even better results (splinter damages on the British DDs on three single-turret salvos out of seven fired).Īt Gavdos The Vittorio veneto did not obtained anithing better than splinter damages on the Orion and Gloucester firing from 23.000m to 26.000m distance, but, with the enemy ships entering and leaving smokescreens without giving the battleship enough time to aim, a direct hit would have been only a lucky chance. Campioni then reported that the action “confirmed the observation, already done in tests, that, with the Littorio class battleships it’s possible to effectively open fire at 29km if the visibility allows it”.įurther stressing the possibilities of the 381/50 the Littorio opened fire at 32.000m in the fist battle of the Sirte (17 dec. The fist time a Littorio class opened fire at 29.000m in an actual battle had been the Vittorio Veneto at Cape Spartivento (27 nov.
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