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Why logistics commonality is not always a quick fix

Gun commonality across services has limits when naval and land requirements differ sharply.

Question

Why is common logistics across all services not always possible, particularly for land and naval guns?

Short answer

Commonality can help, though naval and land-gun requirements may diverge enough that combining them saves little or creates new problems.

Notes

Cross-service standardization offers no automatic logistics solution. Land guns were traditionally much smaller than naval guns, so combining the systems was not always sensible even where some commonality was possible. A large empire could also sustain separate production streams at sufficient scale, reducing the benefit of standardization. Commonality helps only when service requirements and production scale make it worthwhile.