The 11 inch guns mounted on the Deutschland Class were kind of weak in penetration being able to pen just around 8.5 inches at 16km where as you typical 8in (203mm) shell could pen around 5.5 inches. Also the 11 inch guns mounted on the Deutschland class weren't the same 11 inch guns as mounted on the Scharnhorst Class. Sure her 11 inch guns gave her greater range and penetration that other heavy cruisers but I think in actual throw weight, most 8 inch (203mm) gun armored cruisers could equal or exceed the throw weight of the Deutschland Class. She is really just an up-gunned heavy cruiser and in some ways you could argue she wasn't even up-gunned since she mounted only 6 guns vs 8-10 guns on a traditional heavy cruiser. I don't know her history but I think she was used in WWI and maybe sunk after a renowned career which is why when the name was recycled when the WWII BB version of the ship was named.Īs far as the Deutschland, I am not sure how they can bring her into the game, at least until they really flesh out and get all the main ships into the game, aside maybe as a premium. Scharnhorst was an Armored Cruiser before she was a BB in case you didn't know. Scharnhorst will be the tier VII in the KMS BB line, I would love to see the Deutschland-class added into an armored cruiser line though.
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