Initial studies by the design staff quickly demonstrated that a battery of 406 mm guns would be impossible if the other characteristics would be fulfilled within the allotted displacement. Six proposals were submitted on 27 November. The first, "Project 1", was a scaled up "Dunkerque", while "Project 2", "3", and "4" were variations on that design with main battery arrangements based on the British , mounting three turrets forward of the superstructure. "Project 2" used one twin and two triple turrets, "Project 3" incorporated one quadruple and two twin turrets, while "Project 4" used three triple turrets. Two related variants, "Project 5" and "5 bis" adopted an even more unusual arrangement featuring two quadruple turrets placed amidships between fore and aft superstructures inspired by the ideas of the Italian admiral Vincenzo De Feo. Secondary armament for the designs amounted to twelve guns in quadruple turrets as on the "Dunkerque"s. All six designs were overweight and the last two were quickly rejected since their layout significantly limited the firing arc of the main battery.