Claire Clark's counterfactual gives the major navies effective late-interwar dual-purpose mountings, generally without assuming American-standard fire control or proximity fuzes. The Royal Navy and related navies are exceptions to that restriction because they could plausibly develop and deploy the supporting systems. Alex Clarke argues that Britain would need those systems included if it had established its dual-purpose gun earlier. Work on fire control was delayed while the navy tried to settle which gun it would accompany. The timing of the gun decision therefore matters to the development of the complete system.
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Pairing a dual-purpose destroyer gun with fire control
An early choice of destroyer gun could help British fire-control development proceed alongside the mounting.