Favorite Battlecruiser!

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rlc27
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Fascinating...

:cool:

So I guess I should change the name of this poll to "Favorite Battlecruiser, Armored Ship, Croiser de Combat, Light Battleship, Panzerschiff, Large Cruiser, and Large Light Cruiser." :p
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LOL :D

Yes, that sounds fine to this anal-retentive sort :cool:
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Originally posted by rlc27
Fascinating...

:cool:

So I guess I should change the name of this poll to "Favorite Battlecruiser, Armored Ship, Croiser de Combat, Light Battleship, Panzerschiff, Large Cruiser, and Large Light Cruiser." :p


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I believe the proper description of a battlecruiser was "an eggshell armed with hammers.":)
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Post by PzB74 »

The 15" gun barrels designed for the Scharnhorst class were actually put into coastal batteries.
The second biggest guns ever put ashore....

So the Scharnhorst is actually a battleship with a battlecruiser armament. On the other side Hood is a battlecruiser with battleship armament....)

Here's a link to the battery homepage:
http://home.no.net/bttvara/homee.htm

It's a tourist attraction now, but fully operational :)
So if you have to take the family to see a fjord or something else less interesting....be sure to make a detour in her ;)
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