OP you can ' t unsee shit like that ! !! Where ' s the NSFL tag ? ?? fuck uspez <| sep |> We ' re opposites ! I ' m Irish and have been living in Britain for most of my life . <| sep |> semicompetentis the point yea . But also consider this . It has 20 k base HP which is a LOT . For any other DD to angle effectively , assuming we ' re not talking about RU DDs with 2 forward dual turrets , it needs to limit it ' s firepower by at least 50 %. What we didn ' t get to see is how long it takes to DPM down 20 k HP with 2 guns . To take the Benson for example , I ' d be very interested to see how long it takes the Benson ' s 2 forward guns to kill a side on and bowstern on Aki , and how long it takes the Benson to do 20 k worth of damage with 2 guns vs the Aki doing 15 k damage with 4 guns . I ' m not misinterpreting the video , merely asking about what wasn ' t in it . Yes any DD can angle and mostly negate it ' s damage , but in the process it mostly negates it ' s own damage . The question then becomes , as said , how quickly can it deal 20 k accounting for gun arcs and target movement . Eventually the chasing DD has to stop pursuing lest the target run back to it ' s team . That means turning , that means exposing your side , however briefly , to a huge amount of possible damage . The best thing to do is probably avoid an engagement and run back to your own team . Overall I feel like US and other IJN DDs are at a distinct , disadvantage but RU DDs , with greater speed for running away and front loaded armament with equally nice arcs and better armour for fighting bow on have the advantage in most scenarios . TLDR Bit long winded but incase it wasn ' t clear I don ' t disagree with Flamu ' s assessment , I just feel like he didn ' t cover all scenarios . Never in actual combat did he show fighting a bow on DD . It ' s pretty much the RN CLs in DD form , situational yes , but highly capable . Effectively meaning in that same video at angles where the Benson could bring most guns to bear the Akizuki can still pen it , so more angle is needed .