Would make sense only if said guns are not being swapped in and out of ships for maintenance etc, which I assume is the case.
In the case of the 20mms the weapons are simplistic and straight forward and the only thing prone to wear being the barrels, the high rate of fire being the primary cause.
Break Up shot on the barrels reduces the life time significantly.
The guns themselves , given Eithnes were in place 20 years before the 'newbies' were acquired don't ever have to be removed, not saying they haven't been but the Rhino is a different kettle of Fish to the oerlikon which could be just 'popped out'
If a gun can spend twenty years on a ship being pummeled about inn the worst weather conditions known to man, a few hundred miles on a truck won't hurt it.
Some of the oerlikons in stores were built in 1938 and were still operational in 1986....and were still in operational conditions on retirement, which wasn't down to the gun, but the magazines!
they don't come in boxes marked fragile...life time of the gun is incalculable......if that was the case no one would ever bring a rifle to the range!
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