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Originally Posted by JazzJR
But how can i miss a C2 Cargo on 1500 meters???  |
Here's something to think about. Naval gunnery is a very imprecise science. Author Peter Padfield, in his history Guns At Sea, likens it to shooting a pistol at a ping-pong ball rolling across a mantle while sitting across the room in a rocking chair being rocked at random by someone else.
A C2 is much larger than a u-boat, which makes it a bigger target, but also makes it a more stable gun platform. A submarine rolls and pitches - a lot. Also 1500 meters is almost a mile, and that's a long way. On the other hand he shouldn't be hitting you very well at that distance either.
All of that said, if you read the reports the reality was that u-boats didn't engage in gun battles much. When a merchant opened fire the u-boat almost always would dive and not be seen again.