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Originally Posted by Kptlt Thomsen

Can you say "Unbalanced"?

How many times did you run this experiment, and for how long? Gunnery in Jutland is highly variable, just as it was in real life. Not only is it subject to many situational modifiers based on weather, lighting conditions, sea state, and ship design, but you have to remember that WW1 gunnery was heavily dependent on human judgment under difficult conditions. Sometimes the people do a good job, sometimes they don't, and often they alternate between these states during the course of a single battle. As a result, you can't watch 1 fight and make a fair assessment of how gunnery works.

In general, the newer German CLs have gun directors and single-caliber main batteries, and the RN CLs usually have neither. This usually gives the German CLs better accuracy at longer ranges, but within about 5km the director advantage goes away. However, even with the director working, if the Germans have to squint into the sun, or have their funnel smoke in their eyes, or are blinded by spray, etc., then they probably won't shoot as well as RN ships that don't have these problems. And then of course they just might not be able to find the range for a while.