Compatible watch crew/operating deck gun?
 

We all know that you cannot combine a watch crew with deck gun manning. Your only option is to man both deck gun and FlaK, deck gun, FlaK or select watch crew.

As far as I know, in real life watch crew was also present in the bridge when the boat was engaging a target with the deck gun (yes, I know it´s a rare occasion, but sometimes you need to shell the enemy instead of using torpedoes), to prevent a surprise attack from any incoming enemy that could be unspotted. Furthermore, watch crew members had strictly prohibited to look at the engagement:
Throughout the entire engagement, the watch crew are prohibited from witnessing the attack sequence. Four watch crews are on deck, with each covering a 90 degrees arc and they had to strictly scan their respective zones for any activity. They are not allowed to watch the attack to prevent the U-boat from being surprised by a lurking enemy.

Source: http://www.uboataces.com/tactics-deckgun.shtml

What do you think about? A possible interesting mod? Perhaps hard coded?

Best regards.

If youll notice the pic when the game loads for the NYGM mod youll see several hanging out and one guy with binoc's keeping a lookout...I could go either way on having the conning loaded when deck and flak are going off...:cool:

Your watch officer does keep watch while the guns are manned. True, he's not as effective as a full watch team, but I suspect IRL the full watch team were a bit distracted by battle even if they tried not to be, so maybe it works pretty well as it is. :hmm: