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Assuming construction had progressed as planned it would be possible to have the Impero completed in late 1942, possibly as late as early 1943. She does not differ much from the Roma. I've removed the director gallery between funnels 1 and 2 to add better arcs of fire for the AA guns. Impero also has a few more 37mm twin mounts to increase the AA firepower. Seeing as she's completed so late compared to the rest of the class, she is fitted with two radar mounts, as was the Littorio, probably because she was in for repairs as these ships seem to have a natural attraction (cough "fetish" cough) to torpedoes. I've also moved the directors that would have been in the director gallery that has been removed. Littorio class could never have enough directors. Otherwise, don't know what else should/can be changed that would make sense.

Impero as hypothetically completed in 1942:


Italian battleship Impero hypothetical appearence in 1943:

its nice to see the lesser known of the class done, and as many have said on other your other work regarding this class excellent work.

only other version that would be possible would be the Carrier conversion study based on the model in the Venice Naval History Museum

Beautiful work, as always!

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MS State Guard - 08 March 2014 - 28 January 2023

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What is the single seat plane aft?

It's the Reggiane Re.2000 land-based fighter.