Germany has been stomping since 2021 with Scharnhorst, Bayern, Baden, Sachsen and just got Derfflinger, which is still better than any American ship currently xD
The only barely workable American ship currently is Alaska, and that’s sad…
Germany, along with Japan and even Russia, is the last nation to need more and better Battleships…
Agree on France though, they need Normandie or Dunkerque- and Italy, well, is there even anything they could possibly get left besides Littorio?
Honestly with Gaijin’s policy we will probably see Caracciolo when there will already be stuff like Tirpitz in the game. At this point I would rather see them invest into lower br ships like San Giorgio, Pisa, Regina Elena and Margherita, than most likely DOA top tier, because Littorio will also come with delay anyway, probably at the time of Yamato and Iowa.
Caracciolo i’m unsure if it would even be relevant now, on paper its a good QE, Bayern, Normandie class equivalent but the compression is so high that its not spaced well enough for it to work…
We really need br 7.7 for those really strong ships as well as just a new lease of life into naval. Something needs to change.
Man Smin confirmed there will be Italy’s Rank VI battleship at least this year.
Also Italy gets battleship quite soon. Their start was slower than other nations, but soon they got Doria, Duilio and Cavour. Actually except Caracciolo and Littorio class, nothing is left for them.
If you have some addional sources on this, it would be useful to make a bug report. So far only one book excerpt was submitted which is sadly insufficient proof.