Heavy Cruiser hypothetical thread

>>34609198

Was this thread a little too adult for summer /k/?

>>34609334
100 Scharnhorsts made of 1000 folded Krupps steel and blessed by shinto Samurai battle priests
vs
100 Alaskas made of forged steel blessed by John Moses Browning himself and imbued with the eternal strength of Hamburgers and Hotdogs

>>34609198

Alaska wins because of having better main battery fire control and much stronger AA. That's the boring but true answer.

ya but russian ashm are much stronger and unless they can shoot them all down, they are toast.

>who would win
>the most modern superheavy- cruiser design crewed by the best and most experienced navy to ever sail
Or
>a pocket battleship crewed by a navy heavily lacking in any significant surface warfare experience

>>34609423

Assume bad weather has knocked out radar and made long range sighting impossible.

Both ships make contact at the same time, point blank range.

>>34609539
so its alaska and even harder

Uhh, the OP pic has the Alaska armed with fucking Harpoon ASMs on top of its main guns.

What the fuck do you think is going to happen?

>>34609624
well duh how do you think we won WWII

>>34609539
>assume things have happened that cancel out any advantage for the US ship

no

>>34609198
>Scharnhorst
>Light Battleship
The Scharnhorst was literally better armoured than both the Iowa and the Bismarck, as well as most BB's used during the war. The only way you can consider it "Light" is in its armament.

>>34609198
Alaska at range.

Scharnhorst in closer.