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Originally Posted by Subnuts
110 rounds was the usual outfit for a type IX. Compared with the 8.8cm gun used by the VII, the shells (including their case) were 20 pounds heavier, the actual gun mounting weighed 2 1/2 tons more, and the shells were four inches longer. I'd assume limited storage space in the hull, the greater destructive power of the gun, and the importance of keeping properly trimmed underwater, were all contributing factors.
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true. in reality there were not that many chances to use all that ammo probably and later in the war using deck or flak would be just crazy unless you find alone targed.
on the last patrol I sunk half of the convoy. I used even flak gun shells to try destroy small ships.
I bacame very good with using deck guns that I was even confident to attack warships. Even in the fog or bad weather it is good for fast attack and dissapear even before warship is able to find me.