The Regia Marina is described as a rounded organization with unusually dense anti-aircraft firepower, leaving few quick technical transformations available. Tighter shell-production quality control could improve gunnery, while purchases from Romania and other suppliers could build the fuel and ammunition reserves needed for sustained operations. These administrative and logistical measures could begin in the months before Italy entered the war. They offered a more realistic gain than trying to redesign the fleet before combat.
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Italy's achievable 1940 fixes: shell quality and stockpiles
With little time for fleet redesign, Italy's realistic gains lie in ammunition quality control and aggressive fuel and ammunition stockpiling.