![]() ![]() On top of the whole battleship/battlecruiser label debate, there is the "fast battleship" around the time of World War One. The HMS Hood of the Second World War was the final battlecruiser, however, the Cold War Soviet Kirov class had the label of battlecruiser. While the armament layout tends to be the same or very similar to the battleship, armor was sacrificed for the sake of speed. They are the offensive punch of the fleet formation, and design to pound their targets with long-ranged naval artillery, while having the armor to withstand the enemy's onslaught, speed is a only third consideration. The battleship is designed for war and to show the flag. ![]() The majority of the time when someone or something is labeling a badass space warship a battlecruiser is actually battleship. ![]() ![]() The two terms are often confused and used interchangeably, especially in sci-fi space combat games and general sci-fi sources. ![]()
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