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AA and ASW R and D

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 3:29 pm
by Cavalry Corp
In theory it would be good for some sort of development of AA and ASW for ships as it seems to me that many ships could have been much improved sooner . I wonder what stopped them ?
We have R and D for planes and for ASW and AA it seems logical that you can choose to invest in this as well

Michael

RE: AA and ASW R and D

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 4:09 pm
by Dixie
I believe that the major factor in AA upgrades was the bottleneck in the production of the 40mm guns in particular.  IIRC the RN put in a large order for these weapons, many of which were reallocated to the USN ships in the Pacific.