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Old 06-11-12, 06:09 AM   #1
Stew U-582
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Default Deck Gun Reload Times

I know there has been great debate over deck gun reloading times but
I have finally located unedited footage of consecutive rounds fired from
a U Boats deck gun. A 3 part series made by the BBC titled "The Battle of
The Atlantic" clearly shows , though be it only 2 rounds , continous film
footage of the deck gun in action. The time between rounds is approx 6
seconds and are the two final shots followed by the targets bow rising
and ship sinking. The whole sequence actually shows three rounds being
fired but there is an obvious edit between the first single shot and the
two consecutive rounds. For those interested the footage is located in
part two of the series about 14min 30sec. I could upload the footage
as its only a few seconds but am unsure of copyright laws. Maybe
someone could advise on this.
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