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Originally Posted by Snestorm
They can all fire further than SH3 allows you to see.
A very simplified guesstimation is 1 mile for each inch of gun size.
It's not scientific or exact, but will give you a good idé.
But remember that they can increase the range by adding powder bags.
An armed merchant' would probably have a single 6 inch open mount (Same size gun as a light cruiser), always manned by a navy crew.
A 16 inch gun can fire out to 20 miles, and if he's firing HE, he does NOT have to hit you to sink you. (The projectile weighs as much as a car).
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Thought 16" guns had a range of 26 miles (not like it matters, if one of those shells were to come close you'd be toast)? Visibility ime is the biggest factor, have passed within 4000m of a task force with multiple BB's and DD's in poor visibility and they never opened fire. Have had some ships open fire as far away as 8000m (though the fire wasn't even close to accurate), once they get to around 2000m their aim on all batteries seems to finally get dialed in and can destroy your hull faster than you can crash dive if you wait too long.