intersting good job

"I honestly think H39 should be able to run 42knts with full crew and no AA... similar to
the Iowa. I could live with a spread buff to H39 also."


It still does if you remove the additional bind it gained in the last ONF patch.
Unfortunately nobody thought of increasing the displacement a bit to accomodate the extra
weight.

Where the KM speed advantage if a L1 has 44+ speed is this true ?

Umbral, <3 ya, but you're Very wrong on this one. :)

the iowa can land 40-45k salvo at max range.

H39 is rated more around 30k

Hero: ...no? AFAIK, the H39 has fairly similar firepower compared with the Iowa.
(Actually, that's what disappointed me the most about the Iowa. Going from 3.4k damage
with LHE at max angle in the Colorado/SoDak, and 4.5k in the NoCar, to 3.1 k...)

"6 UK shells do more damage than 8 KM shells "

lol, true.

Analysis

H39: More scouts, Vastly better AA, more range, faster reload, lower angle, more
belt/bulge capacity with normal set ups.

L1: 1/2 the scouts, No ability for AA, FAR less range. slightly slower reload, higher
angle, with the normal 44 knt set up... Much less belt and bulge. Way higher damage.
Much faster, better spread.

All that boils down to L1 being the better GB(2) ship than H39 in my eyes. In FW/BB
rooms, however, H39 is Vastly superior.

I honestly think H39 should be able to run 42knts with full crew and no AA... similar to
the Iowa. I could live with a spread buff to H39 also.

Hero :)

sure, generally it should of course be faster

but

1. no one uses UK AA anyway while the small profile makes it much harder to bomb

2. + range, +AA != +speed, +toughness, +damage, +spread, +overheat

when looking at all this pros the range tradeoff in the Great Battle environment is nothing

6 UK shells do more damage than 8 KM shells

My L1 does 49 Dk... but has only 6 guns, 3 scouts, no aa (nor potential to carry any aa),
WAY less range, and no bulge or belt.

As with all things, there are trade offs.

for H39 you have two possibilites

using the 16" guns and run for your life while shooting backwards and hope youll land
enough shells before you get buttraped

or you use the 3x14.96" and play more aggressive

whatever you do speed is most important, especially after the idiotic L1 speed patch (H39
capped at 40 while Lion 1 does 44+ now (seen some with 46/47)