In real world , Battlecruiser is developed by Sir Fisher , have capital ship class main gun (depend on what gun used in the period ) and cruiser speed ( exchange for weak armor ). They are build for farm cruisers , and if inneed , support friend battleships to fight enemy battleships . Every battlecruiser built until WWI like this , but after The Battle of Jutland , they found the weak armor was critical problem (as well as BB speed ), every BC built after that have more armor , and BB have more speed . Finally , every new BB have cruiser speed ( KGV , Vanguard , Iowa , Bismark , Richelieu ) , and no one build BC again .
USN Alaska , IJN B65 Project , and SN Starlingrad are " Large Cruiser " build in / after WWII . Again , they design for farm enemy cruiser . They have 12" main gun can destroy any CA and below , and enough speed to chase them . Well , in real world , their 12" gun have BB like range ( BB South Dakkota ranged by BC Alaska ) . If you use them as CA ,they are over power , so they count as BC in Navyfield (any one knows KM P Project II count as PS/CA 4 years ago ? )
Now SDE choose Starlingrad to be SN BB4 , she should not have cruiser like speed ( well , Iowa , Vanguard and Richelieu don't , too ) , and balanced as BB4 .
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