Leichter Kreuzer Leipzig in 1945
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The Leipzig
class was the last class of CLs built in Germany. Basically an improved K-Class the Leipzig
(Kreuzer E
) had a more powerful and easier to maintain engine system, but still had the same structural weaknesses as its predecessor. In difference to the K-Class, the gun turrets were all mounted on the center-line again.
After the construction of the Leipzig between 1928 and 1931, it took several years to plan a new class of CLs which were comparable to the newest foreign designs. In the end no decision was made about a new CL design, and therefore a second ship of the Leipzig
class was built.
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