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K2 and K3: the turret designation correction

A K2/K3 mix-up is corrected through the numerical suffix identifying the gun mountings.

Question

Does K3 use twin turrets?

Short answer

No. The correction identifies K2 with twin turrets and K3 with triples.

Notes

A proposed heavy-gun Admiral is compared with the later K designs. The exchange initially identifies K3 as a twin-turret design, then corrects that identification to K2. The numerical suffix distinguishes twin from triple mountings in this design series: two for twins and three for triples. That distinction determines which gun arrangement belongs in the comparison.