Light-cruiser escorts for the Panzerschiffe

How would Royal Navy hunting groups change if every Panzerschiff had two light-cruiser escorts?

Britain would enlarge its hunting groups and probably build more light cruisers before the treaties fully broke down.

Adding two light cruisers to each German Panzerschiff would require larger British hunting groups. If the German program appeared in the mid-1930s, more Town-class ships could follow, with Belfast and Edinburgh imagined as part of a batch of six. An earlier German commitment would instead enter the bargaining over London treaty allocations. One proposed settlement gives Britain and the United States 200,000 tons each in both heavy and light cruisers. For Britain, that could mean more economical County derivatives or completion of the fuller Surrey design, alongside additional Towns. The timing of the German decision therefore determines whether the response is an order for more ships or a change to the treaty framework itself.