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AFAIK Germany did not have to use "standard tons" as defined by the WNT. So "German" tons of displacement could had been the bare hull :) And everybody cheated on tonnage - some more, some less, some rarely, some constantly ... By artefact I mean that: - built to comply with the ToV, i.e. a...

IMO doubtful. The Deutschland class heavy cruisers were an artefact of BOTH the ToV and WNT.

This, as well as the 3x28cm jobbies were more or less off the shelf, whereas 2x35 or 2x38 would have to be designed first. Which takes years ...

Repairs to the Gneisenau were to be combined with rearming to 3x2x38cm. There were some problems with this. But not exactly small - S&G were slightly bigger than e.g. the QE class or the Standards - which shows that speed costs ...

The latter.

Now,, where is that emoticon ... (n) Below average, breakdown prone heavy cruisers? On that tonnage other navies better and/or more reliable ships.

Can be debated until the cows come home. :) What he said. The Narvik class looks good on paper, but the Elbing class was many times more usefull.

Let us do a search for all those "no WNT, what happens?" threads :)

In a world where "Tillman's" - this could be the name for successors to "superdreadnaughts" - are built the Bismark would be different. It would be 55K tons - or more - and 4x2x42cm. Armour scheme still sucks, though. Could be the reverse. The USN hot-rods aka useless junkpiles get completed as...

Debatable. :p I, for one, would love to see the G3 or N3 built. Also oddball. Should be prettier than the Nelrods :) They unleashed such hentai on the world with their heavy cruiser seaplane carriers ... Is that THAT slip where you lanch a ship which, after hitting the water, then crosses the...

The 50-60K ton ships were the limit of existing infrastructure. Slips, drydocks, Panama Canal locks, gun barrel casting pits ... E.g. I'm not sure if the RN could build and service the Yamato. Hence to the cost of ships add expenditure for infrastructure. BTW - in the 20's there should be a...