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Should the Deustchland class pocket battleships be called battlecruisers?

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SuperbattleshipYamato 2024 '23 '22
last edited by Aug 16, 2022, 9:42 PM

Their armament is as strong as a German World War 1 battlecruiser, and faster.

And what about the Scharnhorsts?
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@superbattleshipyamato that ww1 BB is no BC, Scharnhorsts definitely yes, its not a BB, its got smaller guns but has speed
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SuperbattleshipYamato 2024 '23 '22 @Imperious Leader
last edited by SuperbattleshipYamato Aug 20, 2022, 3:45 AM Aug 18, 2022, 9:03 PM

@imperious-leader

I didn’t mean the pre dreadnoughts, I meant the “heavy cruisers”.
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