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A Vittorio Veneto-style aviation layout with heavier main guns

A viewer's mash-up of Vittorio Veneto's aft aviation facilities with boats, drones, helicopters, and numerous 76 mm guns broadly resembles the concept, except for its much heavier primary guns.

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Question

Would a Vittorio Veneto-style aviation layout with drones, helicopters, boats, and numerous 76 mm guns approximate the battleship concept?

Short answer

Broadly yes. The concept resembles that arrangement but envisages much larger primary guns.

Notes

The prompt uses the Italian helicopter cruiser Vittorio Veneto as a layout reference, pairing an aft hangar and deck with boats, uncrewed aircraft, and helicopters. It also proposes a heavy battery of 76 mm weapons. The combination is broadly close to the battleship concept, whose primary guns would be much larger.