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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
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Originally Posted by lumat83
16000m daytime is realistic ?
Is it possible to see to 16000m on the sea ?
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When Bismarck sank Hood fire was opened at 21,000 yards, and that was an overcast, blustery day. Nelson's gunnery log shows that they opened fire at 23,000 yards against Bismarck. The longest range shot known to have hit was Scharnhorst against the carrier Furious (I hope I'm remembering the right one) at just over 26,000 yards, and that was the range they HIT at (firing had started sometime earlier). U.S. battleships fired at a Japanese destroyer at ranges exceeding 35,000 yards.
U-boats are closer to the water and thus will have a shorter sighting range, but 16,000m is not far at all. |
It was the Carrier HMS Glorious not Furious.
This might be of interest:
http://www.navweaps.com/index_tech/tech-006.htm