Dragon identifies Lion preliminary design 16E-38, with four triple 16-inch turrets, as the closest match for the game's Conqueror. The alternative suggestion of L2 encounters objections about its earlier date and different superstructure. Some resemblance remains plausible because the design programs shared senior design personnel. Their intended capabilities nevertheless differed. This is an argued identification of a modified game model, with the Lion proposal judged the better fit, rather than documentary proof of the developers' source.
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Tracing Conqueror to Lion preliminary design 16E-38
A design-identification discussion links the four-turret Conqueror concept more closely to a 1938 Lion preliminary than to the earlier L2 design.