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Originally Posted by vanjast
the historical film footage showed the guncrew up to their knees in seawater, firing at a fast rate (4-5 Secs), in a real scenario.
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Do you still have that footage? I've been up to my knees in seawater on a moving ship, and I couldn't do anything but hang on for dear life.
Beery always said his numbers were based on average firing rates over a number of sea battles. I don't know where his information came from, so I always took it with a grain of salt myself. My biggest negative was toward the people who just said "I've read the official firing rates and that's final! I know they could fire twenty rounds per minute!" It didn't matter that firing tests were always conducted in good weather and not against real targets, but that didn't matter. So, while I didn't really agree with Beery I stood fast against his detractors, because it was apparent that their main motivation was to play the game to their best advantage. At least he tried to make some sense out of it.