Equipment must be good enough to survive and work without setting standards so high that too few units reach service. Germany's long reliance on the Panzer IV illustrates a system that struggled to replace a workable design at the pace seen elsewhere. The same production problem applies to ships and naval weapons. Capacity and operational adequacy matter alongside paper performance.
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Wartime production must balance quality and quantity
Neither the cheapest possible design nor the most exacting standard produces useful wartime mass on its own.