Possible 5-inch/38 autoloader trials remain uncertain

Was the 5-inch/38 ever fitted to an autoloading turret?

Possible ground trials are recalled, but no official test or operational turret is confirmed.

Possible land-based autoloader testing with the 5-inch/38 is recalled, but neither its official status nor the memory of the photographs is certain. Development had largely moved toward the longer 5-inch/54. The availability of existing 5-inch/38 equipment makes experimentation plausible, but does not establish that a service turret was fitted.