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Kip Chiakopf 09-08-11 09:19 AM

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

PacificWolf 09-08-11 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Kip Chiakopf (Post 1745489)
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 09-08-11 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by PacificWolf (Post 1745524)
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/wikipedi...123_in_See.jpg

Sailor Steve 09-08-11 10:17 AM

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 09-08-11 10:49 AM

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


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