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Originally Posted by oiler
Isn't deck gun undepowered? I fired all my AP/HE ammo to one modern composite merchant ship. About 75% hits almost everywhere maybe a little bit more under water line. I didn't sunk her  -moreover she gone away from me with no damage! and another question is: why isn't deploy decoys in RFB? |
It was a lot more difficult than it might seem to sink a ship with a deck gun. Basically you have to get your hits EXACTLY on the waterline to cause severe problems: a bit above the waterline and (unless you hit something very vital) there's no effect except an extra porthole and a lot of messed-up cargo; a bit below the waterline and the effect of the shell hitting the water reduces the shell's effectiveness so much that it bounces harmlessly off the hull.
As for decoys, I removed them based on the premise that US subs carried no official decoys in WW2. However, I've since found out that unofficial methods were used routinely and that late in the war some boats were equipped with decoys at least on a trial basis. I need to do more research on this to find out how ubiquitous the unofficial methods were and how useful the late-war decoys were.