A hypothetical British response to a twelve-gun, 15-inch Bismarck is a King George V carrying fifteen 14-inch guns. Five triple turrets would provide that battery. The comparison favors triples for avoiding the rate-of-fire issues and other problems attributed to quadruple mountings. Even with those advantages, the predicted fight depends on who hits first. Both enlarged batteries belong to the counterfactual, rather than the ships' historical armament.
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A hypothetical King George V with five triple turrets
Five triple 14-inch turrets are considered as a hypothetical alternative, with mounting performance and the first hit shaping the comparison.