deck gun reoad times

[Kip Chiakopf]

Anyone know what are realistic Commander setting to reload the deck and AA guns?

[PacificWolf]

Anyone know what are realistic Commander setting to reload the deck and AA guns?

Im guesing that time is much longer in real life than in the game

[JazzJR]

Im guesing that time is much longer in real life than in the game

I wouldn't say so, because the gun used on U-Boats was a fast loading 8.8cm gun. And i think a trained crew was able to reload the gun really fast. Also you have to remember that in case of a deck gubn fight there were more then just three men like in SH3. :salute:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-4006-31%2C_U-Boot_U-123_in_See.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

And we've just stepped back into a very old argument. In real life a gun that size could be loaded and fired an about four seconds. On land. In a test situation. At sea there is a small supply of ready use ammo, after which it must be passed up by hand, man to man, from the lockers below. Handlers tire quickly. The bigger problem is that a submarine is a very unstable gun platform, even in calm seas. There is no stabilization. The gunner must wait and shoot "on the roll", just like in the sailing ship days. In a calm sea this may take ten seconds or more. In any rolling sea at all he has to wait for the perfect shot, or else he'll miss. In a heavier sea that shot may never come. So the practice firing rate is almost useless.

I keep my 8.8cm gun set at 10 seconds and the 10.5cm at 12 seconds.

And even though I use the default storm settings that comes with GWX, for use with the flak gun, I never man the deck gun if I can see water washing over the deck.

[Jimbuna]

To achieve the rate of fire explained in the link below would need an expert gun crew aligned to an extremely stable platform and the best of weather conditions:

http://uboat.net/technical/guns.htm