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Originally Posted by ShotMagnet
Can a merchant's deck-gun be suppresed by a sub's flak gun(s)?
Shot
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For me, right now, the jury is out on that one: having conducted some experiments on an old aft-engined tanker, after stopping it with a torpedo, I couldn't suppress its 25mm Hotchkiss (?) gun positions, even after making direct hits on the gun positions with 4' HE shells - plus direct hits from a 40 mm Bofors and twin 20mm Oerlikons - from about 900 yards to 500.
Other, more experienced captains might have better results to report.