AA gunner won't fire

[Platapus]

My anti Aircraft gunner won't fire his weapon.

I have a skilled PO assigned to the AA guns
I have selected the "man the aa gun" button and the AA gun area of the crew management screen is grey (active
I have selected either fire at will or fire at closing targets (tried them both)

and no shootin :(

And since the last patch did not fix the graphic blocking of the AA position, I can't even make the AA gun myself :(

What am I missin? <img>

Do I need to call the entire crew to battle stations???

[Grunt]

Try swapping out a crewman from damage control or something, see if he fires.

If not, try swapping a new mount when you head back to port or something.

I had that bug in SH3 sometimes, but I got around it by unmanning-manning the AA crews.

[Platapus]

I tried calling the crew to battle stations but still no firing of the Anti Aircraft gun.

No one else has this problem :(

I sure do wish the next patch fixes the graphic blocking issue :)

[-Pv-]

You can mitigate the blocking by using evasive manouvers (which you should do anyway rather than making yourself a sitting duck) and your targets will move into target position more often if you turn the sub. In the real war AA gunnery was used as a last ditch defense when you could not get away in time. More subs were sunk by aircraft (or with the assistance of aircraft) than any other means.
-Pv-

[Snowman999]

My anti Aircraft gunner won't fire his weapon.

I have a skilled PO assigned to the AA guns
I have selected the "man the aa gun" button and the AA gun area of the crew management screen is grey (active
I have selected either fire at will or fire at closing targets (tried them both)

and no shootin :(

And since the last patch did not fix the graphic blocking of the AA position, I can't even make the AA gun myself :(

What am I missin? <img>

Do I need to call the entire crew to battle stations???

I've found that sometimes (not always) if you have Fire at Will engaged and then change the range or opening/closing target button you have to cycle the Fire at Will button again or he "forgets". Now I set the tactics before I release the guns.