I suppose with a weak crew reload time will be slightly longer, as these articles say the numbers are different with an experienced crew..
Conditions wise there are videos of the crew using the gun, when up to their knees in water, and firing at a fairly fast rate. Yes! I know that these are Uboats
http://www.uboataces.com/tactics-deckgun.shtml
http://uboat.net/technical/guns.htm
If these numbers were not true (or way off the mark) I'm sure there would have been objections and corrections. One can still do this.
I'd settle for an average reload time of 10 secs for all conditions.
Anyway.. for those who want to change the reload times.. I'll produce a few files with adjustments..
Testing and playing - here's an Uber-Crew reload rate example...
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v2...nt=DeckGun.flv
Have problems uploading to my webby so used 'the bucket' instead..