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How the turret looks externally is irrelevant. All 5.25" development stopped in 1947, the mounts on Vanguard were low RoF weapons with heavy manual involvement. Even the improved Mk.IV gun in the Mk.III mounting that was abandoned in 1947 was considered inferior to larger numbers of 4.5" Mk.VI and 5.25" mounts were being rejected from cruiser designs in 1950.Aside from the 4.5" Mk.VI every gun I can think of that was being considered for new construction in the 1950s was an automatic weapon which the Vanguard mountings were not.
How the turret looks externally is irrelevant. All 5.25" development stopped in 1947, the mounts on Vanguard were low RoF weapons with heavy manual involvement. Even the improved Mk.IV gun in the Mk.III mounting that was abandoned in 1947 was considered inferior to larger numbers of 4.5" Mk.VI and 5.25" mounts were being rejected from cruiser designs in 1950.
Aside from the 4.5" Mk.VI every gun I can think of that was being considered for new construction in the 1950s was an automatic weapon which the Vanguard mountings were not.
