View Single Post
Old 07-19-09, 05:13 PM   #5
Bullethead
Storm Eagle Studios
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Wakefield, LA
Posts: 284
Downloads: 0
Uploads: 0
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by TheSatyr View Post
I wouldn't consider eyewitness accounts of gunnery personnel in "Q" turret complaining about the smoke and shock caused when "P" turret fired screwing up their gunnery as dubious,or the photographs I've seen of both midships turrets firing as being dubious,but then I guess it just comes down to which sources you believe.
Well, as I said, except for what was essentially a fixed bearing, it was impossible to fire on the far side except blindly at max elevation. The tiny fixed bearing without this problem was considered of so little utility that it wasn't worth doing. Lots of work for having only momentarily, if any, use in an engagement.
__________________
-Bullethead
Storm Eagle Studios
In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is strength, in water there are bacteria
Bullethead is offline   Reply With Quote