The G3 layout shortened the armoured citadel while separating magazines from hot machinery spaces. Heat and moisture could affect ammunition, so boiler-room insulation mattered to consistent gunfire. One proposed contributor to Littorio-class dispersion is inadequate separation or insulation between boilers and magazines. In that explanation, Italian substitutes for an unavailable American insulation material fall short of the intended performance. Several small shortcomings could then combine into a larger dispersion problem.
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What G3 magazine separation reveals about shell consistency
Magazine separation and substitute insulation provide a proposed explanation for one part of the Littorio class's dispersion problems.