Brummer's machinery exposes the risk Russia accepted when it ordered naval turbines from Germany before the war. Britain was a politically complicated supplier, but the United States had another mature turbine industry without the same immediate conflict risk. The German orders covered machinery for light cruisers and battlecruisers. Once war stopped delivery, Germany seized the turbines and used them to power its own fast minelayers.
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Russian turbine orders became German war assets
Russian orders placed critical cruiser and battlecruiser machinery in German hands, allowing seized turbines to power the Brummer class after war began.