If the County class displaced roughly 15,000 to 18,000 tons, would its original 1920s armament still be enough?
Short answerThe main arrangement might remain, but extra tonnage would likely add four-inch guns, pom-poms, and possibly more torpedo tubes.
NotesThe counterfactual keeps the design in the technology and threat environment of the 1920s. Likely changes are evolutionary: paired or additional four-inch guns, more quadruple pom-pom mounts, and possibly a larger torpedo battery. Extra tonnage would not automatically produce a radically different main battery because doctrine and available weapons still constrain the design. Displacement buys choices, but designers spend it according to contemporary priorities rather than later wartime lessons.