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unusual facts about belt armor



Amagi-class battlecruiser

--changed this from Kaga-class--> battleship, but with a thinner armored belt and deck and a modified secondary battery arrangement.

Japanese aircraft carrier Taihō

Possessing heavy belt armor and featuring an armored flight deck (a first for any Japanese carrier), she represented a major departure in Japanese carrier design and was expected to not only survive multiple bomb, torpedo or shell hits but also continue fighting effectively.


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