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Originally Posted by Beery
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Originally Posted by Jaber
Ok good to know. Thanks JC! Although it does seem like that much HE and AP rounds in even a 5K ton ship should go down... That is a lot of a large shells (expecially with HE) hitting the decks.  |
Look back at the figures I've posted in this thread - some captains put 200 rounds into ships with no effect. My deck gun is based purely on historical reports. If a real deck gun sank a freighter of a certain size so can RFB's deck gun.
As I've said before, if anyone can show me an example of a deck gun sinking a ship of a certain size I'll incorporate the figures into RFB. |
I have only seen one instance, in many patrol reports, of a 5K ship being sunk by the gun alone. Now, remembering that postwar analysis showed that most skippers overestimated the size of their kills, I think that proves Beery's point.
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