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gsx69bun
02-17-12, 03:30 AM
just a thought, with the salt water and all, what did the guys do to keep the guns from rusting fast?
GoldenRivet
02-17-12, 03:54 AM
Constant maintenance, constant lubrication, and near constant shooting LOL
Betonov
02-17-12, 06:24 AM
It helps when the guns are German made, not French :DL
Jimbuna
02-17-12, 07:41 AM
Constant maintenance, constant lubrication, and near constant shooting LOL

Rgr that...lots of hard work.
August
02-17-12, 08:30 AM
It helps when the guns are German made, not French :DL

I thought most of the German guns were made by French slave laborers?
Rockstar
02-17-12, 08:56 AM
We had a 20mm low and on the bow of the boat which took on green water all the time. On top of that in strong winds the barrel cover would rub all the parkerization off on the barrel.

Our solution was to apply gobs of grease to it and the barrel. Then we would wrap an ace bandage soaked in grease around the barrrel too. After two weeks we would do it all over again. It never failed to fire and it looked good in port.
Betonov
02-18-12, 06:18 PM
I thought most of the German guns were made by French slave laborers?

But not with french steel.
TarJak
02-18-12, 06:27 PM
Lube. Lots and lots of Lube.:03:
Torplexed
02-18-12, 06:31 PM
Lube. Lots and lots of Lube.:03:

French lube and German steel. :D

I think I just described a night in a typical Biscay port cathouse. :oops:
TarJak
02-18-12, 06:47 PM
French lube and German steel. :D

I think I just described a night in a typical Biscay port cathouse. :oops:

:har:
kraznyi_oktjabr
02-18-12, 07:25 PM
French lube and German steel. :D

I think I just described a night in a typical Biscay port cathouse. :oops:Where can I read your review of the service? :D


:har:
Jimbuna
02-19-12, 06:26 AM
French lube and German steel. :D

I think I just described a night in a typical Biscay port cathouse. :oops:

LOL :DL
nikimcbee
02-19-12, 10:26 AM
Some guns drain the seawater better than others.
krashkart
02-19-12, 10:29 AM
Some guns drain the seawater better than others.

And some guns drain when you don't want them to. :oops:
nikimcbee
02-19-12, 10:33 AM
And some guns drain when you don't want them to. :oops:

For the Bofors 40mm, there's a naval and airforce version. I think the 20mm Oerlikon drained itself pretty well, but I don't remember.