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Originally Posted by Palidian
Can only go by? Why is it that you select the information? Ill chose to go by this fact, and ought right ignore an other.
What about the training manual for the gun? Printed by the ordnance department, after all it is there gun, they should know what it can and cannot do.
Minds are like books they work best when they are open.
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What about the training manual? What does it say? Does it talk about sea states, or time and distance calculations?
Peter Padfield, in his excellent book
Guns At Sea, which is a history of naval gunnery from the earliest days through the development of the gun Director Control Tower (DCT) makes an interesting observation: "Naval gunnery is the equivalent of attempting to shoot at a tennis ball rolling across a mantlepiece with a pistol from the other end of the living room while sitting in a rocking chair being randomly rocked by somebody else."
You should heed your own quote about open minds, and remember all the posts mentioning that the listed rate of fire is the absolute maximum, disregarding all outside factors.