![]() More often I see people calling them BC tho. There's more people than you'd believe who are convinced the Alaska's were battlecruisers. ![]() Originally posted by Jackson:I've seen CB for hybrid (a variation of CV.but battleship?) and CB as well for battle cruiser since the USN did use CB for the Alaska class. All this "large cruiser" nonsense is nothing more than a cop-out, especially within the context of an arcade game where battlecruiser doctrine actually can be successful. The US developed a concept similar enough to battlecruiser design except that it actually worked, and refused to call them "battlecruisers" due to the stigma surrounding the previous failed ship class of the same name. let's be real, it's a semantic difference. ![]() I'd probably be calling the hybrids "BBV" now after having discovered that abbreviation elsewhere.Īs for the Alaska class. So far hybrids aren't common enough to see too many inventions yet. What abbreviations are people using for hybrids? Of course we've BB and CA hybrids in the game so even more scope for complexity! I've seen CB for hybrid (a variation of CV.but battleship?) and CB as well for battle cruiser since the USN did use CB for the Alaska class. That's the first time I've heard that, often wondered where it came from, never bothered to look it up :D
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