At what range?

And in what weather? One of the reasons for the 1-minute cycle rate in RUB was that the game doesn't decrease the firing rate or accuracy with increased weather. The point of the mod in the first place was to increase one point of realism that the critics seem to forget: the deck gun wasn't used all that often.

It seems to me that some people just want to use it as the primary weapon, and that was never so.

They were at 800m or so... and in perfectly calm seas... makes life a lot easier.

If you read my whole post...you see I do NOT disagree with the 1 shell per min rate. Due to many factors not simulated in game (i.e. lack of experience between crew. U 564 was unusual that they had a crew tha for the most part had been on 7 patrols together)

There seems to be some argument over ROF here.

Best ROF is measured from a land mount- 6 RPM for the deck 8.8 is possibly the max, just pitching and stuffing.

Then there's Practical Rate of Fire:

Aim, Fire, load, re-aquire, aim, fire, reload.

Keep in mind, what seems like a dead calm to you isn't what happens downrange. Even 0.1 degree of roll/yaw/pitch will affect the gun's accuracy. Add time to wait for the fire solution, then Yes,
1 rpm isn't out of the ballpark.

And I know a stabilser was incorporated, but one still had to get the close solution, .

For those of you that haven't any personal shooting experience; When firing a rifle, even your heartbeat will affect the shot placement.


Wow- long post for me........



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Your source doesn't mentioned whether this was a sustained fire or whether they made breaks betwin the salvos to ob obseve the tanker for a while and maybe change the course and reangage. I remember seeing a video clip of an u-boat where the crew conducted rapid fire with the deck gun and i was amazed how fast they could shoot, that was roughly 5 seconds for a shot. They fired one round right away after another.