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I am thinking the H39-H42 are all viable variants for the post-war Kriegsmarine. Maybe two ships in the H39 configuration, two in the 40 A and then one or two each for H40B-H42. The H43 and 44 are just too monstrous. What do you say?
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That makes sense. Also, the H43/H44 designs were apparently never 'serious' designs. They were apparently intended as paper exercises on "what would it take to make a battleship immune from known threats?"; in much the same way the Tillman "Maximum" Battleships were an answer to the question "What if we stopped making the ships slightly bigger every few years, and just ordered the maximum biggest possible ship from the beginning?"
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Take a look at the carriers.
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I'd have to say the CA Seydlitz to CVL conversion is the most probable. Notice how all the other conversions studied were halted for various design issues such as lack of stability and high fuel consumption?