Just like ALL other US BB's...0.2 Belt and rest bulge until you loose a knt.

There is no BB on the US line you can effectively armor that would bounce shells except Nebraska or a gimped 2 gun Monty.

colorado is built for speed nor armored, just like above said, .2 belt (to half the damage of torps) and bulge till you lose 1 knt then reduce bulge by 1 to get that 1 knt...

All AW does is buy you time. How? It takes the average BB two salvos to figure out you're AW. Then again, with all the people under the illusion that AP kills more crew, there is no bought time. Speed is a better weapon than armor. Armoring a USN BB is dumb anyway.

0.5" belt and as stated before bulge until u loose a knot then take 1 off so u get that knot back

... well... ArmorWhore any US BB its just dumb... but i must say that whit colo the lolset its just at hand...

how to lolarmor a colorado?

well, take those 40 degree dual 16's and put 3 triples 14' mk7.... leaving 9 barrels of 14' with 30º (great for rushing)...
i know 14 triples Mk7 are heavier than 16 duals Mk2 but this is my lolset so don't complain...

then put 0.2 belt, 10 of bulkhead, around 50 bulge and the rest (this will be above 6.5) deck...

there u have it... a Colorado ready to Rock & Roll, it will take about 4 good shots to take u down (about twice the endurance you have without Armor)

its just a lol config, not really a good config, but its fun to play once in a while, just for the lolz

if you want to play for the laughs, use a setup where you can get 9" to 10" deck. 6.5" is not going to do anything to bb3s and above.

...basically, a 2 gun setup. make your pick on guns. And yes, even the trip 16" Ds work.