BB, do you have any idea how to figure out the comparative weight of broadside of various ships, based on their size and number of primary guns, and rate of fire?

For example:

Bismark - 8 x 15" gun
King George V - 10 x 14" gun
Hood - 8 x 15" gun
Rodney - 9 x 16" gun
Yamato - 9 x 18" gun
Fuso - 12 x 14" gun
Scharnhorst - 9 x 11" gun
Missouri - 9 x 16" gun
Richelieu - 8 x 15" gun
Nagato - 8 x 16" gun

And so on...

The reason I ask is that I used to try and estimate the comparative hitting power of these various ships for self-designed wargames, and it was quite a puzzle. The bigger guns fire a much heavier shell, but they do so at a lower rate of fire, so how does it work out? A heavier shell, of course, is more likely to penetrate protective armour.

I would have to assume, for example, that the Nagato's 8 x 16" guns were a more effective broadside than the 12 x 14" guns carried in the earlier Fuso and Ise class battleships...because the Nagato was considered a more modern and formidable ship in every way. That means that 16" shells must be a lot heavier than 14" shells, if 8 of them can outmatch 12 of the 14".

Then too, are all 16" shells and guns in all ships carrying them the same? Are all 14" shells and guns the same? Probably not.

I never really came up with a formula that I could be sure of.