WI Better Kriegsmarine in WW2

It's much more than pure numbers

The RN actions are reactions. Type 2 had 3 torpedos and 2 spares. Quad 450mm with 3 spares (space for rotation and servicing Torps), and a warload 7 not 5 fish. 450mm are shorter, giving mores space for fuel etc.

The Dutch snort had entered service '39.
In service, and had 2 evolution. Not pushing the any "new" tech.

Type 2 becomes an operation training unit.
 
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This exactly; changes in any part of the warbuilding program require sacrifices elsewhere, Germany cannot have it all...
The whole idea of alternative KM., is to better selection. Nazi Germany can't change much and are stuck the Republic. Small changes can have large effects, IMHO 3
'34.

Neither side had planned for a French surrender. Britian want to hem in Germany in the Nth Sea. The type 2, to operate in that shallow seas. Flower class was designed specifically to do this (but ended up mid Atlantic).
 
In 1933,

Design the 12.7 cm sk c/34 cannon and (turret mount) along the line's of the 12.7 cm sk c/41 cannon and (turret mount) with a cannon elevation of -15/+85 degree's as a dual purpose cannon,

Design the dop l c/37 turret mount along the line's of the dop l c/38 turret mount with a cannon elevation of -15/+85 degree's,
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The bismarck class is designed along the line's of the o class battlecruiser and cover up it's true speed by saying it's top speed is 30 knot's as well as saying it's armor protection is much greater than what it really is,

The graf zeppelin class aircraft carrier is designed along the line's of the saipan class aircraft carrier,

The scharnhorst and (bismarck) class's are designed with 12.7 cm sk c/34 in triple cannon turret mount's instead of 15 cm sk c/28 or there twin cannon turret mount's,

The scharnhorst class is designed with 12.7 cm sk c/34 in twin cannon turret mount's instead of 15 cm sk c/28 or there single cannon turret mount's,

The admiral hipper class heavy cruiser is designed with only three turret's with out the aft most turret and the free space takeing up by more engine machinery and cover up it's true speed by saying it's top speed is 32 knot's as well as saying it's armor protection is much greater than what it really is,

The type 1934 destroyer class is designed along the line's of the type 1942 design (c) destroyer class with a range of over ten thousand kilometre's,

The type 35 torpedo boat class is designed along the line's of the type 41 torpedo boat class with a range of over five thousand kilometre's,

The f class escort ship's are not designed or built with the resource's used for more type 35 torpedo boat class's,

The s 7 class schnellboot is designed along the line's of the armored s 38 class schnellboot,
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The type IXa is designed along the line's of the type IXd/42 with a range of over fifty thousand kilometre's as a blockade running merchant transport uboat and (amphibiou's assault uboat),

The type IXa is designed with an engineered design calculated collapse depth of three hundred fifty meter's,

The type VIIa is designed along the line's of the type VIIf with a range of over twenty thousand kilometre's,

The type VIIa is designed along the line's of the type VIIc/42 and (type VIIc/43) with a pressure hull 2.8 cm thick for an engineered design calculated collapse depth of five hundred meter's and six bow torpedo tube's,

The type VIIa is designed with out a stern torpedo tube or stern reserve torpedo space with the free space used for more rechargeable batterie's as well as storage for carbon dioxide scrubber's and (chlorate oxygen candle's),

The type VIIa is designed with out the bow external reserve torpedo space with the free space used for more compressed air tank's,

The type VIIa is designed with out the toilet and (toilet room) (plumbing pipe's) (waste tank) in the kitchen gallery compartment with the food pantry enlarged to take up the free space as well as the food pantry is now a freezer and the freezer system can do air conditioning and (dehumidifier) in the uboat,

Both the type VIIa (type IXa) are designed with type xxi conning tower and (snorkel),

The type IIa is designed along the line's of the type IId with a range of over six thousand kilometre's,

The type IIa is designed with type XXIII conning tower and (snorkel),
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German uboat's are designed with out deck and (anti aircraft) cannon's as hull and conning tower are fully streamlined with the space's for the cannon ammunition takeing by more carbon dioxide scrubber's and (chlorate oxygen candle's),

Design chlorate oxygen candle's and carbon dioxide scrubber's like soda lime for use on uboat's,

Design infrared and ultraviolet morse code flashlight's that can fit inside a uboat periscope,

Design type tvh re s3 calculator with angle of impact switch and control lamp and (lageunabhangiger II setting panel),

The TII g7e torpedo is designed along the line's of (TIIIa g7e lut II),

The TI g7a and (TII g7e) torpedoe's are designed with lageunabhangiger II capability,

Proper testing of torpedo contact detonator's and (magnetic detonator's) (torpedo depth keeping device's) (TI/TII torpedoe's),

Design bathythermograph for use on uboat's,

Design balkon great hydrophone's,

Design siegmund sonar (sieglinde sonar) (bold sonar) decoy's,

Design 1944 (cyanoacrylate?) type adhesive and 1944 (alberich anechoic tile),
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Four stettin model 1933 class icebreaker's are ordered,

Design tetryl and replace lyddite for tetryl in the base fuze's for naval ap (he) projectile's,

Design albanite flashless propellant for naval ap (he) projectile's,

Design dry suit's and (wetsuit's) (luminous diving watch's) (luminous diving compasse's) (luminous diving depth gauge's) (luminous diving pressure gauge's) (full face diving mask's) (rebreather's) (diving regulator's) (diver propulsion vehicle's) (underwater firearm's) for frogman in both day and night diving,

Design goliath transmitter,

Design fluxgate magnetometer's and (magnetic anomaly detector's),
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In 1934,

Licensed domestic production of bofor's land (navy) 40 mm l/60 model 1934 in single (twin) mount's,

Discontinue the production or development of 2 cm and (3.7 cm) flak as germany now has the bofor's land (navy) 40 mm l/60 model 1934,

The german bofor's 40 mm l/60 model 1934 is renamed to 4 cm flak 34,

2 cm and (3.7 cm) flak and there mount's are removed and replaced by 4 cm flak 34 in single (twin) mount's on all navy vessel's,
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Gema design's both a navy seetakt and (land freya) 2d radar's designed along the line's of the fumo 30's mattres's antenna's measurement of 1,4 meter's wide and 1 meter's tall,

Gema's seetakt and (freya) 2d and later (3d) radar's are designed along the line's of the (an tps 3 scr 602 t8 light transportable aircraft detector's) weight of 317 kilogram's,

Gema design's cathode ray tube oscilloscope's in plan position indicator and (m scope) display's on the same console set for there radar's,

Gema's radar's mattres's antenna's can be combined for set up's of 2.8 meter's wide and (2 meter's tall) or (5.6 wide and 3 meter's tall) or any combination thereof,

Gema's radar's are designed with easy to use frequency agility,

Gema's seetakt (freya) 2d radar part's are one hundred percent interchangeable,
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In 1935,

The kriegsmarine get's its own navy air arm independent from the luftwaffe,

Navy air arm get's heinkel he 111 bomber's and (flying boat maritime patrol aircraft) (bucker bu 131) (focke wulf fw 30),

Design the marinefahrprahm type a1 as a armed and armour barge,

The cargo ship kurmark is requisitioned by the kriegsmarine for conversion in to a merchant aircraft carrier to give germany hand's on experience,

Design mirror landing aid with (landing signal officer's) providing input to pilot's via radio's,

Design a carrier based bucker bu 131 and (focke wulf fw 30) for merchant aircraft carrier kurmark,

Design the messerschmitt 109t and (junker's ju 87c),
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In 1936

Rheinmetall borsig ag design's the model 1940 electrostatic proximity fuze for wehrmacht 8.8 cm to 12.7 cm dual purpose and (flak cannon's),

More production of the model 1936 18x50 telarem carl zeiss binocular's for the navy,

Design 300 liter drop tank's and (rocket assisted take off capabilitie's) (ez 42 gyro gunsight's) for carrier based aircraft,

Merchant aircraft carrier kurmark conduct's exercise's with her aircraft landing at night with the aid of the mirror landing aid,

The (m class light cruiser) is designed with 12.7 cm sk c/34 in triple cannon turret mount's instead of 15 cm sk c/28 or there mount's,

The (m class light cruiser) is designed along the line's of the (q class light cruiser) but is designed with only three turret's with out the aft most turret and the free space takeing up by more engine machinery and cover up it's true speed by saying it's top speed is 32 knot's as well as saying it's armor protection is much greater than what it really is,

The carrier graf zeppelin is laid down in december and is expected to be completed in 24 month's,
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In 1937,

After the deutschland incident,

Gema design's a modification that allow's seetakt (freya) to electronically tilt there beam's by 16 degree's which allow's them to perform height determination turning them into 3d search radar's,

Gema design's a new console set that has cathode ray tube oscilloscope in range height indicator and (plan position indicator) display's for there new 3d radar's,

Seetakt radar on large vessel's are not mounted to the stereoscopic rangefinder cupola's front hood but on top of the rangefinder cupola's and can rotate independently of the stereoscopic rangefinder in both direction's for 360 degree's coverage,

Seetakt radar on light cruiser's replace's there fore and (foretop) (aft) stereoscopic rangefinder's with the radar fully trainable acros's 360 degree's coverage,

Seetakt radar on destroyer's replace's there fore and (aft) stereoscopic rangefinder's with the radar fully trainable acros's 360 degree's coverage,

Seetakt radar on torpedo boat's replace's there stereoscopic rangefinder's with the radar fully trainable acros's 360 degree's coverage,

The aft most seetakt on all navy vessel's is a 3d radar with the other radar's on the vessel's are 2d radar,

The deutschland class heavy cruiser's have there 15 cm sk c/28 and single cannon turret mount's removed and replaced with 12.7 cm sk c/34 in twin turret mount's,

The deutschland class heavy cruiser's have there 8.8 cm flak and mount's removed and replaced with 10.5 cm sk c/33 in dop l c/37 turret mount's

Design a 4 cm flak 34 quadruple mount to replace the twin mount's on all navy vessel's where possible,

The condor legion conducting maritime operation's has evidence that there torpedoe's are ineffective and as part of the german and (japanese) anti comintern pact's secret additional protocol germany trade's it's seetakt 2d and (3d) radar and cathode ray tube oscilloscope console set display's for the model 1937 type 91 torpedo,

The junker's ju 88 is designed with no dive bombing modification's as well as no external bomb rack's as a true schnellbomber,

The kriegsmarine design's (fm sonar) for (r boat class) (m1935 class) (sperrbrecher's) minesweeper's,

The (fm sonar) use's gema's cathode ray tube oscilloscope's plan position indicator,

Design a modified variant of (fm sonar) in the (asw) role for use on torpedo boat's and (vorpostenboat's),

Develop mousetrap mark 22 for use on torpedo boat's and (vorpostenboat's),

Design tarnmatte and jaumann anti radar coating material's,
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In 1938,

The aircraft carrier peter strasser is laid down in january and is expected to be completed in 24 month's as the second vessel of the graf zeppelin class,

Start production of the model 1937 type 91 torpedo now called (lt 850) torpedo,

More heinkel he 116r's and (dornier do 26c's) are ordered as maritime patrol aircraft,

Gema design's fumb 37 lero's radar warning apparatu's for the navy,

Design seehund midget uboat,

The type XXIX/h take's the place of the type X (the type XXIX/h is now called type X),

Design the type X,

The type X is designed with an engineered design calculated collapse depth of five hundred meter's,

Navy air arm get's arado ar 196 and (heinkel he 116r) (focke wulf fw 200) (junker's ju 88) (dornier do 26c),

C lorenz ag design's both the fug 200 hohentwiel and (fug 210 rheinfels p) radar's for use on heinkel he 111's (flying boat's) (dornier do 26c's) (heinkel he 116r's) (focke wulf fw 200's) (junker ju 88's),

C lorenz ag radar's use's gema's cathode ray tube oscilloscope's plan position indicator,

Gema design's a (asb airborne radar) for junker's ju 87c and (focke wulf fw 30) (arado ar 196) in the (asw) and (airborne early warning) role,

Magnetic anomaly detector's are installed on heinkel he 111 bomber's and (flying boat maritime patrol aircraft) (arado ar 196's) (focke wulf fw 30's) (junker's ju 88's) (focke wulf fw 200's) modified for the (asw) role,

Scientific and technological breakthrough in rheinmetall borsig ag's electrostatic proximity fuze,

Afa battery work's acquire's factorie's at hanover (vienna) (schwechat),

Discovery of the matzen oil field,

Discover the thermocline and (deep scattering layer),
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In 1939,

Start production of rheinmetall borsig ag's electrostatic proximity fuze's,

Man with a mustache does not go with plan z with the resource's used elsewhere like (navy air arm) ect,

Design a valentin type uboat factory bunker at stralsund,

Design a dora I type uboat bunker at bremerhaven,

The dora and valentin uboat bunker's have outer wall's 4.5 metre's thick and (roof 7 metre's thick),

Develop charle's momsen coordinated attack group's,

Gema design's ts6 triode's,

The navy conduct's fleet exercise's in night time with radar assisted blindfire gunnery training,

Design a naval ten wheel enigma with each cipher wheel haveing ten turnover notche's for irregular stepping in both direction's and (each cipher wheel is a programmable enigma cipher wheel) with the (reflector a rewirable enigma reflector) with (burst transmission system) as well as a letter now can be encoded as itself,

Both u 116 and (u 117) of the type X class are laid down,

The heavy cruiser admiral graf spee does not departed wilhelmshaven for the south atlantic,

Do not cancel the heavy cruiser seydlitz,
 
Small thing but better prepare to when war breaks out ( or they plan on starting a war) take a number of suitable medium/ large merchant ships for rapid conversion to AMCs. Mount a couple of medium sized WW1 or similar age or quality guns on each along with a somewhat larger mounts for medium and light AA autocannons and mounting points for MGs. Ideally give them each a small hangar and a catapult to handle a float plane like the Arado 151. Make sure the ships are capable of long distance voyages and appropriately supplied. Their unlikely to return but in the early days of the war having say 2 dozen AMCs rampaging around will cost Germany little, give much less indications to enemies then say building a bunch more U Boats and likely consume far more allied naval resources and sink a disproportionate number of enemy merchant ships.

Resource wise the manning is relatively slight numerically, the conversions can be done rapidly, firepower wise your mostly using obsolete guns or say guns captured in the occupation of Austria/ Czechloslovakia that they don't have a large number of and are likely to at best end up on coastal defense duty. The Nazis seized a number of naval guns from Skoda and other czech arms firms that were being built for export. And the ships themselves are likely to sit trapped at anchor when the Brits set up a blockade. If the Germans can say have half a dozen covertly armed AMCs already at sea when the invasion of Poland starts and then surge another 15-20 to sea immediately after the wars start before the enemy can set up a blockade you could sink a lot of non convoyed unarmed enemy merchant ships before the AMCs are hunted down or forced to surrender or be interned in a neutral port.
 
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