Designers considered an octuple mount combining four Bofors with four pom-poms. The Bofors half would extend engagement range, while the belt-fed pom-pom half would sustain fire without repeated clip loading. The proposal shows how the two weapons answered different requirements and could complement each other. In this assessment, even the hybrid would not have saved HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire from a carrier air group because their missing fighter and formation layers were the decisive problem.
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A proposed mixed octuple mount would combine both 40 mm strengths
A considered mounting paired four Bofors with four pom-poms, physically combining longer-range fire with sustained belt-fed volume.