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As it says, simply wondering why more efforts were not put into auto-loading guns IOTL for naval use.

Two examples come to mind:
AA fire fom 75-88mm guns (75mm used on Des Moines class designed in 1943).
Heavy artillery, eg. again the Des Moines class with its 8'' guns.
German AA Gerät 50 also jumps to mind as a suplime DP choice.

I guess electrical power is one manageable thing, but what else prevented earlier introduction of such weapons?

Or for that matter introduction on evenheavier weapons? The Des Moines system allowed loading with elevated turrets, why not something simpler for larger guns?
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