Thank you Bissy! It is not difficult at all to detail the Arados. It just takes time!
But I "hate" that you call the Gneisenau a Battlecruiser.
Oh, well, perhaps not that strong- not by far!
I believe the classification of Scharnhorst and Gneisenau has been debated over and over again without any clear conclusion coming out of it.
I, however, stick to the owners (Kriegsmarine) classification: Battleship!
The British chose to call the ships Battlecruisers. A definition that describes the operational potential quite well, at least early in the war: Their main guns and their speed were much more in line with the general definition of Battlecruisers: Fast, often smaller caliber main guns than the battleship, and weaker armor protection.
But they were designed as Battleships: Their armor was stronger than most battleships of the time, and they were designed for heavier artillery.
And as the speed of new battleships increased to levels even beyond the 31 + knots of these ships, even that argument became irrelevant.
Stein
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