Their higher speed and superior horizontal armor protection would have given the Iowas an immense tactical advantage in a long-range gunnery engagement. Furthermore, the Iowas were capable of 33-35 knots maximum speed. "The American Iowa-class battleships were armed with powerful, long-ranged 16-inch guns which fired a heavy 2,700-pound armor-piercing shell and benefited from a superior gunfire control system. Generally speaking, this question is easy to answer as follows: "We are often asked how Bismarck or Tirpitz would fare against an Iowa-class battleship. I do remember finding this in the past on a site specifically devoted to them. To add to the above reply, I think this has been discussed here before but perhaps lost in the transfer to this new format or something.
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