Limited new-building quotas would give each power a different answer. Italy's historical Littorio and Vittorio Veneto were laid down in 1934, making a broadly Littorio-style, nine-15-inch-gun response plausible within this accelerated timeline, though exact technology still constrains the design. France had smaller-gun and tonnage options rather than simply copying Britain. One calculation combines 70,000 tons for two new ships with 53,000 tons already available, allowing four roughly 30,000-ton ships capable of about 28 to 29 knots and carrying twelve 13-inch guns in three quadruple turrets. Treaty ratios and industrial starting points therefore produce different fast-battleship solutions.
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New treaty quotas accelerate Italian and French design choices
Italy could pursue a Littorio-like 15-inch ship earlier, while France might turn its available tonnage into several 28-knot ships with quadruple 13-inch turrets.