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Old 02-22-09, 05:54 AM   #21
bookworm_020
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Originally Posted by magicsub2
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Originally Posted by jimbuna
I doubt the weapon could be traversed 90 degrees....more a case of the sub being pointed in the general direction of the target and the weapon being able to reverse 30 degrees or so.
sure looks like it, but i think the surcoafs guns could be turned.
The Surcouf could rotate the guns, but still only a limited axis. The weight of the guns was alot lot less than the M1 single gun. The M1 could only elevate or depress the gun and it could only be reloaded on the surface.
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