Displacement, armor, gun caliber, power plant -- she fit into may classes depending on which category you focus on. The term "Pocket Battleship" was hung on her by the British who wanted to emphasize the point that she was built in violation of the tonnage limits placed on the Germans by the Treaty of Versailles. But she wasn't a true Battleship by any stretch...
Once more another reference surfaces that amazes me at the similarities between the Gulf war II and WWII. (Those weren't ICBMs by any stretch, but they were built in violation of resolution 1441....)
Pretty cool. Especially since we have leadership who obviously studied some history and made some obvious conclusions.