well my problem is not the gun cause i cannot fire at anything in rough sea, but the Flak gun. I beleive that both gun and Flak relate to the same condition.
Two days ago i was on patrol about 300 km far off Gibraltar and i was underwater waiting for a better weather condition (it was heavy clouds, heavy rain no visibility the usual weather that accompany me in shIII). At some point the weather improved (from the obs periscope there was no more clouds, no rain, i could not tell the visibility from periscope probably it was moderate or better and high waves) so, after checking also for possible aircraft ( i am in late november 1941 and aircrafts are becoming frequent and dangerous) i surfaced. After some minutes on the surface ( i was cheking the map to change course and take a better position) i heard the pitch sound of an aircraft (my lookout hasn't said anything). It was too late to crash dive and 30 seconds after a bomb exploded next to me causing severe damage and 3 deaths. Many compartments had flooding and submerge was out of dicussion but i wasn't able to man the FLAK cuz of the high waves. That plane has't dropped any other bombs but passed other 3 times and fired with the machine gun killing other 3 men. SO i was asking if there was a way to put men on station also in rough sea because the simulator wasn't allowing me to do that and i was defenceless.
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