Well.

H41 is basically a slightely upgraded H39 so no suprises there.
It's a nice BB4 but nothing you wouldn't expect from a H39.

Now Bissy while it might be slow (especially with a high level crew) it also can load Opro2 trips. and do awful ammounts of damage with them (altho not as much as hyuga).

And (if you don't have it already) there is the Opro that got a bit modified and now goes derp'n with 16" guns (apparently it's bad but the guns will get more accurate once you're skilled enough.. or so they say).

Basically:
H41 - Vanity prize.
Bissy - Montana lite.
Opro - H39s "special" little brother. 

I never thought of the Opro! I don't really "need/want" a vanity prize. It seems like the bissy might be the way to go.

Bismarck is Montana light? Hardly, KM with no range is dead in most any games. The Bismarck (1943) AKA "TIRPITZ" with triple turrets (12 guns) still has a serious lack of range vs BB4/5/6 and thus is food for all other nations. I highly doubt you can armor it, thus you are stuck with more shells (that still can't block) and that cause no damage (no KM shells cause any damage). You have no speed and no range (except vs BB3 and under which you rarely go against in NF).

Go with the H41 since at least you get H39 range. You will still get dominated by all BB5/6 and most BB4 because of your lack of shell damage and awful survivability but at least you outrange "Tirpitz".

Good points zeabz, I'm guessing that every other BB3/EBB3 hit much harder than KM, as is always the case.

It is frustrating that KM is by far the weakest nation in causing damage when the primary way of getting exp and winning battles is by causing damage.

Well I'm getting H41, becoz I don't think bizzy43 with triple gun (but reduced speed) do a better job than my original O2 in GBs. In BB3 rooms that's another story...

To a degree, I'd even go so far as saying the H41 is a bit of a downgrade of the H39. It has significantly less useable displacement - in other words: less bulge - and a 25% reduction in plane space (the only EBB5 to get this, and the only one under 200). And a hidden weakness: IIRC, there is a bonus for attack against higher level ships (and a penalty for significantly lower level ones). An H39 with the same attack will often get slightly more exp because it's a lower level ship.

The main reason to get the H41 is the number of support slots, which make it good for leveling additional crew. Even then, the O-Pro II EBB has the same, and is a better overall ship IMHO. In fact, going 42 easy, and 44-45 if you use the 14.96" trips and skimp a bit, its somewhat lackluster range is EASILY made up for by speed and rate of fire, and it's very easy to savage even BB5s if you know what you're doing.

The bissy, however, is actually quite powerful. The KM 14.96" actually do have decent hitting power, and the trips have a very good spread even if they don't block-shot. It is fully capable of terrorizing BB3 and lower with those guns, and a major threat to higher tiers if it can sneak into range. But I'll take the O II's extra speed and support slot over the extra turret any time.