The only weakness the Hipper has is the HE damage - against angled targets you just won't deal as much due to the lower alpha strike and fire chance. The pen is not a problem, as most ships are "all or nothing." Only German BBs have upper belts which will stop anything save for a ricochet, and even USN superheavy AP won't get through main belts at ranges greater than 5-8km depending on the BB.Ĭruiser belts might stop your AP at extreme range, but you rarely get reliable broadside cruiser hits that far out anyways due to the smaller target and ability to dodge volleys. At ~45 degrees, you are likely hitting closer to 55 or 60 degrees at long range. You just have a smaller margin of error for horizontal angling as your shell's fall angle increases the effective impact angle against the upper belt and superstructure. Hipper AP is quite effective at any range if you have a broadside target - it has the same ricochet angles as anything else (45 to 60 degrees). Just past that, yeah the AP falls way off. In fact it's some of the hardest hitting 8 inch fire around.
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