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All guns forward design
The all guns forward design is battleship type were all gun are place on front of the ship with two configurations both of which have been built and have real world examples the most known ships to have all guns forward designs are HMS Nelson notable for helping in the sinking of the KMS Bismarck and MN Richelieu have only two main turrets and have both at the front all this being said all guns forward design was not limited to battles as some Japanese cruisers had most or all there gun in the front of the ship

general design
All guns forward have some unique advantages like being able to do a broadside without have to turn the fully to the side but it also had some disadvantages like not being able to fire backwards but there are some general similarities between like battleships with this design have like having all of there non-case-mate secondary’s in the rear of the ship

configuration 1 Nelson
Configuration 1 Nelson is named after HMS Nelson which is the main example for this configuration and have all its gun aimed forward with one elevated higher then the other two for space efficiency this gives one major Benefit not having to turn as much for a broadside and a major down side the high likelihood that an ammo explosion will have a chain reaction effect and destroy the entire front end of the ship

configuration 2 Richelieu
Configuration 2 Richelieu is named after MN Richelieu which is the main example of this configuration where the ship has two turrets and both are placed on the front of the ship like a regular battleship this has notable downssides like firing rearwards is impossible but the French made up for by using quadruple gun turrets still allowing the ship to a powerful battleship capable of fight other ship effectively similarly the French battleship MN Dunkerque which has a similar layout to Richelieu