A comparison between the game's heavy cruisers and Bismarck exposes disagreement over the balance between gun calibre and fire control. One view still favours Bismarck in a one-to-one engagement because it is a battleship. The opposing argument is that advanced radar-directed fire could land several early hits on its exposed fire-control equipment, leaving the 15-inch guns dependent on local control. Keeping sufficient range would then give the cruiser more opportunity to avoid return fire. That advantage depends on early hits disabling the fire-control equipment. The weapon fit also matters: the torpedoes initially attributed to Gibraltar belong to the related fictional Monmouth.
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Could a fictional radar cruiser defeat Bismarck's fire control?
The proposed advantage lies in damaging Bismarck's fire control early, though the participants disagree about a lone cruiser's prospects.