i know, deck guns were not the primary weapons of the sub, if they could have used every round they had , like we do, plus thier torps, they would be out for months.
that wont and didnt happen, no one would want to stay at war any longer than they had too, no sane person anyways.
the morale of the command must always be considered.
the sub was just to vulerable on the surface, to fight as a surface vessel, accept maybe the yellow sea, and it wasnt the subs mission anyway.
aircraft was the submarines true tormentors, the u-boats found that out, and thats what defeated the u-boat. it defeated the battleship too, made it an obsolete weapon.
aircraft performed excately like billy mitchell said they would.
aircraft was the number one concern of submarine defense, and the best defense was not to be seen, but merchants were armed too, most of them, after awhile. just one lucky shot from an armed merchant
is all it would take to prevent the sub from diving, an so it would be exposed to enemy aircraft.
if i could, i'd take the gun off my sub. but im just not going to use it, accept to finish a ship i torpedoed first, and bring tonnage more closer to the real scores.
but what do you think, if a 7.62mm bullet can destroy a barrle many, many times its size, dont you feel that a 3,4, or 5 inch shell could take down a large freighter, many many times its size?
i think i proved the point, myself.
when i use the gun, i fire at the waterline, and then work up, cutting her open like a can opener,same spot, right under the stacks, until she destablizes, or mostly in sh4, she blows up.
but as i said, i am done with the deck gun.
when playing this game, in the pacifac, i want to replace the gun, with aaa, because i dont dive for aircraft, i fight them. i would rather have another anti aircraft weapon, than a
deck gun.
