The game-generated German opponent initially bears little resemblance to a plausible 1912 capital ship. Deck-mounted tubes are removed while the underwater torpedo tubes remain, since Germany fielded 24-inch weapons during the First World War even though the 1920 game setup offers only smaller ones. The 8.5-inch intermediate battery also goes because combining it with 6.1- and 3.5-inch weapons turns the ship back toward a pre-dreadnought arrangement. Historical reconstruction here depends on correcting equipment categories as well as matching displacement and headline gun calibre.
Notable Point · 7:01-8:19
Restoring a plausible German torpedo and gun battery
The autogenerated opponent is stripped of deck torpedoes and an anachronistic mixed battery in favor of German underwater tubes and a rational dreadnought armament.