The Austro-Hungarian armoured cruisers have a small speed advantage, but automatic control gives it away by trapping them in a close-range exchange with British battleships. Their powerful 8-inch battery cannot bear through part of the action because the target angle masks its firing arcs. Concentrated fire then decides which damaged ship drops out first, while shells at this distance strike vulnerable structure above the main belt. A fast cruiser must combine speed with control of range and geometry for its weapons to matter.
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Speed and firing arcs decide an armoured-cruiser fight
The simulated cruisers surrender their speed advantage, then lose much of their heavy broadside when the target angle masks the 8-inch guns.