The sub is a lousy gun platform. The inaccuracy is partly a reflection of that and partly that sub crews were not trained to the standards of the surface Navy gun crews.
Our job is easy! Just install New Real Deck Gun and get a partial taste of reality. It doesn't matter what your reload rate is if you can only get off an aimed shot a couple of times per minute. Guns don't belong on subs. That's why you no longer see them there. They didn't work out.
The Japanese surface navy was way too accurate for our submariners' taste. They often scored hits from five miles away and further on the first couple of shots.
Last edited by Rockin Robbins; 06-26-08 at 04:24 PM.
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