The proposed follow-on assumes that wartime experience has solved the reliability problems of British quadruple turrets. In that setting, a new ship could use familiar 16-inch weapons and mounts in greater numbers while retaining a fast Lion-derived hull. Both the guns and the improved mounts would be developments of equipment already in British service, reducing the need for a clean-sheet response. The example poses a procurement question: a navy may answer a threat by maturing existing equipment instead of pursuing the largest possible new gun.
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An off-the-shelf Lion successor with quadruple turrets
A counterfactual British response to Yamato combines proven quadruple mounts, 16-inch guns, and Lion-class speed in a development of existing equipment.