Ammunition quality is the most urgent Italian technical problem. The defect was already recognized, leaving just enough time in January 1939 to impose stronger factory inspection and production discipline. Better quality control could improve ballistic consistency and make existing naval guns more effective without waiting for new ships. Enforcement would make examples of factory managers and anger people whom the regime wanted to keep content. The political obstacle was Mussolini's attachment to popularity and image.
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Repairing Italian ammunition quality control
Italian ammunition inconsistency was known before the war, leaving a narrow 1939 opportunity to enforce better factory quality control.