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Old 10-17-09, 10:52 PM   #3
JScones
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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve View Post
On the other hand I always manned the main rangefinder when I played Destroyer Command. The guns were always popping off one at a time, when in reality the Fire-Control Officer would fire them all as a unit. To make that happen I had to do it myself. Fun, but hardly realistic.
Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm sure I read recently (wish I could remember where) that (during WWII at least) the USN fired their ship guns in unison but the RN fired theirs in alternate, for aiming purposes.
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