The French battleship's many gun types make a single ship a logistician's nightmare. Each calibre requires its own ammunition supply and handling arrangements instead of drawing from a common stock. That complexity follows the ship into storage, replenishment, and combat resupply. The brief aside turns a cluttered weapons layout into a concise lesson in ammunition logistics.
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Why mixed gun batteries burden naval logistics
A French battleship crowded with different gun types becomes a seven-second lesson in the supply cost of mixed-calibre armament.