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Modernized Yavuz holds the advantage over Admiral Scheer

Similar speed and 11-inch guns leave armor, fire control, readiness, and luck to decide a duel between Yavuz and Admiral Scheer.

Question

How would the modernized Yavuz fare against Admiral Scheer?

Short answer

Yavuz should win most encounters because her armor and modernized fire control outweigh Scheer's advantages, though an early lucky hit could reverse the result.

Notes

Yavuz carries older but substantially thicker protection and can plausibly resist Scheer's 11-inch fire, whereas the German ship has little margin against Yavuz's shells. Her modernization also supplied useful fire-control improvements. The panel gives Yavuz roughly a seven-in-ten advantage while preserving the possibility that Scheer lands an early hit on fire control or another critical system. Turkish training after the refit reduces the usual concern that long inactivity would nullify the material edge.