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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins
The interplay between skill and luck is always unknown in naval gunnery. You can tell by the angle of the shot that the gun was elevated almost 45 degrees for a pretty maximal range shot there too. Which helped the sub to escape, I'm sure.
Luck and war are synonymous terms. And luck comes in the good and bad varieties with severe consequences...  |
The 45 degrees ... I noticed that as well those Japanese 8" could go +45 too. That or she rolled in her turn away.