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A possible G3 battlecruiser anti-aircraft outfit

A proposed mixed light anti-aircraft battery receives a tentative endorsement for a hypothetical surviving G3.

Question

Could a G3 carry forty 40 mm two-pounder pom-poms, twenty 40 mm Bofors, and thirty 20 mm Oerlikons?

Short answer

An outfit along those lines is considered possible, with the treatment of the larger guns still open.

Notes

The proposed outfit combines two-pounder pom-poms, 40 mm Bofors, and 20 mm Oerlikons. A battery along those lines is accepted as a possibility without establishing an exact final arrangement. What would happen to the larger guns during the ship's development remains open.