The “'''pocket battleship'''” (''panzershiffe'': "armored ship"), was a [[German]] warship officially classified by weight as a heavy cruiser but with the firepower of a [[battleship]]. The design was meant to comply with the terms of the [[Versailles Treaty]] (which allowed post-WWI Germany only a couple of battleships over 11,900 metric tons) while providing the German Navy with more capital ships. | The “'''pocket battleship'''” (''panzershiffe'': "armored ship"), was a [[German]] warship officially classified by weight as a heavy cruiser but with the firepower of a [[battleship]]. The design was meant to comply with the terms of the [[Versailles Treaty]] (which allowed post-WWI Germany only a couple of battleships over 11,900 metric tons) while providing the German Navy with more capital ships. |