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What the Tiger rapid-fire six-inch gun still needed

The Tiger-class gun question separates a promising rapid-fire concept from the reliability work needed to sustain it at sea.

Question

What improvements did the Royal Navy's rapid-fire six-inch gun still need after the Tiger-class experience?

Short answer

Its main weaknesses were jamming and maintenance, problems that a larger production and service base might have helped engineers resolve.

Notes

The system's main weakness was the practical burden of keeping it working rather than a missing ballistic feature. Jams and maintenance demands undermined the value of a high theoretical rate of fire. Producing and operating more mounts could have supplied the experience needed to correct those weaknesses, making fleet scale part of weapon development.