Grossflugzeugkreuzer A IIa

A IIa returned to the 40,000-ton scale but replaced A II's 20.3 cm guns with six 28 cm weapons. The revision preserved a modest air group and long range while intensifying the conflict between flight operations and heavy forward artillery.

Project A combined battleship-scale protection and heavy guns with a flight deck. It was intended to provide its own air cover while operating as an independent commerce raider.

No construction order followed. The proposal remained one of several preliminary hybrid studies produced during 1942.