sentences:  The change would have necessitated halving the main battery and the removal of four of the 15 cm guns to offset the weight of the larger guns.Additionally, it would have left "Kaiser Friedrich III" with no counterparts, which would have complicated tactical control.The sacrifices were deemed to be too severe, and so the decision was made to go ahead with the 24 cm gun, as successful proof-firing of the new gun had by then been completed.