Deck Gun
 

Well I tried both stern and bow and I must go for bow on the grounds I'm more use to using it in SH3.

I like to charge at the enemy with my gun on the bow.

Bow because I'm "being more aggressive." :arrgh!:

Stern all the way. I almost finished the destabilized deck gun mod. I think the bow gun will pitch and roll BAD. The stern gun being on the center of the ship will be more stable.

Well, I voted both, since I'd rather have both, but since I usually only have the option for one deck gun installed, I allways put it on the stern. It just seems more 'sporting' that way, and it gives pursuing destroyers something else to think about besides catching me. :up:

And I swear I get better gas(battery) milage by not having to push a bow mounted deck gun through the water. Kinda like having the tail gate down on my truck, only different.. :p

What kv29 said. Near the center will be more stable when the guns get fixed.

Stern,

It has a greater firing arc and some of the boats dont have crew slots for a fore gun.

It's much more graceful to chase merchantmen on the surface with the deck gun shredding them as they flee than it would be trying to out-reverse them. :)

I think my best chance against a destroyer on the surface is to run at flank and let them chase me until my stern tubes give them a chance to swallow a nasty old fish. Sushi tastes great and is more filling...with seawater.

Bow for now
 

I have to say bow just because I'm an SH III player and that's what I'm used to. That may change with more experience. I especially like the comments about being nearer the center of rotation of the sub. Being a some-time offshore sailor, I can appreciate the advantages of that and hope to see it become a factor in the game.

Don't care, as long as it shoots.

Actually, I'm a destroyer kind of guy - two forward, two aft, one in the middle, a few torpedoes, a few depth charges, a very fast ship; you know, stuff like that.

Bow, because both my Gato and now my Balao can't accomodate stren gun crew slots.

How come a fishing boat can swallow 60+ HE hits and not sink?

Try using 60 20mm AP rounds from the twin AA gun. Works wonders and if you aim at the engine (big steel-looking thing in the middle) you'll blow it up in no-time flat.

I tried to figure out how to get two. I started a career in 45 with gato and there it was. Looks so cool can't wait to try it out.

What other subs and at what times can they have two deck guns? It looks so cool and feels so....manly.

Ditto.....

Hats off to that one. :yep: