4.7"/50 Mk XI is a much better gun than all of the other possible DP guns used for the KGV, it has the shell weight of the US 5"/38 with slightly better range, the between decks mount is useful for the classes I mentioned earlier on, and a single mount is needed for the war emergency class destroyers, anything smaller than a O/P class really needs a twin 4".
Like the 14" it was a great gun that needed a much improved mounting, if a good power trained mounting can be made then it's probably the best DD gun in it class during WW2.
Pom Poms, all well and good wishing for more MV, but it's no good having a better weapon coming on stream in 1942/43 when you have already taken the majority of the casualties your are going to take because you didn't have enough AA guns in the first few years of the war, make lots of standard pom poms and then replace them with Bofors as they become available. Long barrelled Mollins Automatic 6pdr as the replacement AA anyone?
One big thing to upgrade on the KGV, skegs, great big enormous over engineered skegs that wont detach when hit by torpedos.
Like the 14" it was a great gun that needed a much improved mounting, if a good power trained mounting can be made then it's probably the best DD gun in it class during WW2.
Pom Poms, all well and good wishing for more MV, but it's no good having a better weapon coming on stream in 1942/43 when you have already taken the majority of the casualties your are going to take because you didn't have enough AA guns in the first few years of the war, make lots of standard pom poms and then replace them with Bofors as they become available. Long barrelled Mollins Automatic 6pdr as the replacement AA anyone?
One big thing to upgrade on the KGV, skegs, great big enormous over engineered skegs that wont detach when hit by torpedos.