Should the Deustchland class pocket battleships be called battlecruisers?

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

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

And what about the Scharnhorsts?

[Imperious Leader]

@superbattleshipyamato that ww1 BB is no BC, Scharnhorsts definitely yes, its not a BB, its got smaller guns but has speed

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@imperious-leader

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