A World of Warships design replaces Bismarck and Tirpitz

How much worse off would Germany be with two World of Warships designs armed with nine 350 mm guns instead of Bismarck and Tirpitz?

A pair alone changes little, but using the design as a standardized replacement across several classes could give Germany a much more numerous and dangerous surface fleet.

The World of Warships design carries nine 350 mm guns, described here as First World War weapons. Initial assessments differ: replacing only Bismarck and Tirpitz could leave Germany little better off or produce a weaker pair of capital ships. The possibilities change if the same design also replaces the Hipper and Scharnhorst programs. Concentrating construction on one type could yield a much larger force, with speculative estimates ranging from six ships to about twelve and perhaps capacity to finish Graf Zeppelin. A numerous fleet would give Britain more ships to track and contain. Those rough production estimates depend on the assumed savings from standardization.