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The Blackburn Roc's turret weight

Turret weight remained a serious objection to the Roc even if it was intended as a stopgap.

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Question

Do historians judge the Blackburn Roc too harshly because it was intended as a stopgap?

Short answer

No. A turret consumed too much of the scarce weight available in a carrier fighter.

Notes

Turret weight was a serious objection to the Blackburn Roc because weight was especially scarce aboard a carrier fighter. Its stopgap status does not remove that objection.