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I want to know which is the most difficult thing for a small nation to get to make a Battleship .Is it the vessels guns and armor ?
Her machinery ?
I know it is not her hull as that is pretty cheap to build since it is only iron and skill going into it rather than all the other crap that goes into guns ,armor and machinery .
I want to know because I am thinking of a POD which lets obsolete guns be sold to minor nations ,weapons like 11 ,12 and 13.5 caliber and am wondering if this would enable minor navies like the Dutch and Spanish to build some more large ships than they did OTL .
Would this POD result in more nations building BBs and BCs (Even if they are rather dinky compared to major navies ) or would it result in the same type of situation as OTL ?
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