The game model is checked against Bismarck's historical 15-inch/51.6-calibre armament, along with its shell, explosive, protection, accommodation, and equipment settings. An implausible spacious-quarters allowance is removed and the bulkhead setting is reduced. The uncertain targeting system receives the modern option, giving the German design the benefit of the doubt. Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts still cannot provide a precise historical test, but these choices keep the counterfactual from depending on a hidden handicap.
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Giving the Bismarck model a fair historical allowance
The ship-design comparison tries to model Bismarck at the best level German industry could plausibly support rather than handicapping the opponent.