The spacing and weight margins in Russian dreadnought layouts made a major gun upgrade plausible. Several triple twelve-inch positions could potentially have taken twin fifteen-inch mountings without extensive reconstruction. The forward B position would have required more alteration and perhaps relocation. The proposal remained hypothetical, but it shows how the low, evenly spaced turret arrangement left unusual modernization room.
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Russian dreadnoughts had room for larger gun mountings
A hypothetical twin fifteen-inch refit shows how the Russian turret layout left more upgrade margin than its austere appearance suggests.