To expand on a previous customer review, battlecruisers are basically battleships with lighter armour to make them faster, so would represent battleships units in a game. Nice variety from the standard Japanese battleships. You can start the game with these older ones, and if you build new units, use the Yamato class units. Or mix and match if you prefer.

Adds a welcome option for some variation of ships in a fleet. Please note, these ships are battleship-sized, and much too large for any use as a cruiser in an A&A game. I thought with cruiser in the name, it might be smaller than a full BB, but these are pretty much the same dimensions as a Yamato.

I wanted to add a bit of variation to my A&A fleets, and this was an obvious choice. It's an excellent colour match with decent A&A style detailing, and really looks the part.