Why do BBs move slower than Light Armor? In a race across Russia a light tank will beat a Battleship with a few days to spare.
Ships did not move at 1/2 speed of tanks. Certainly not BBs. If a tank moved at a strolling speed, it's crew still had to sleep and rest after 8 to 12 hours. A Battleship or any ship moved 24/7. So while the Bismarck which moved at 55 km/h might be rivaled by a Light tank from the late 1940s, which is doubtful, since tanks did not move that quickly even on roads. A BB of that sort would move for 24 hours, the tank would move at best 8 hours, 12 if you really pushed it.
I'd like to see fleet speeds adjusted because currently these ships are slow as dirt.
If an infantry regiment moved 25 km per day, which is what a human can walk and continue walking the next day for weeks at a time. Then a BB could move 1,000 km per day. That's the difference in speed.
The idea that I can't get my ships from Kiel, to stop an invasion in Spain before those troops are half way through France takes me out of reality.
Ships did not move at 1/2 speed of tanks. Certainly not BBs. If a tank moved at a strolling speed, it's crew still had to sleep and rest after 8 to 12 hours. A Battleship or any ship moved 24/7. So while the Bismarck which moved at 55 km/h might be rivaled by a Light tank from the late 1940s, which is doubtful, since tanks did not move that quickly even on roads. A BB of that sort would move for 24 hours, the tank would move at best 8 hours, 12 if you really pushed it.
I'd like to see fleet speeds adjusted because currently these ships are slow as dirt.
If an infantry regiment moved 25 km per day, which is what a human can walk and continue walking the next day for weeks at a time. Then a BB could move 1,000 km per day. That's the difference in speed.
The idea that I can't get my ships from Kiel, to stop an invasion in Spain before those troops are half way through France takes me out of reality.
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