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gmccabe01 · 08-11-08, 08:51 PM

Hi all new here, and 1st post.
As to sinking ships with the 20mm flak, yup could be done in real life with maybe a small coastal merchant at the biggest target.
As a retired navy man I know that 20mm ammo comes in Tracer,A.P.,Ball(normal lead bullit) and best of all Explosive, and I can tell you that the explosive makes at least a
10cm hole in sheet of 30mm thick steel. Remember the gun can fire at least
600-1000rds a minute so it can make quite a mess in the side or wheelhouse of a small vessel

08-11-08, 08:51 PM	#26
gmccabe01 Seaman Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Cobh in Ireland Posts: 42 Downloads: 207 Uploads: 0	Hi all new here, and 1st post. As to sinking ships with the 20mm flak, yup could be done in real life with maybe a small coastal merchant at the biggest target. As a retired navy man I know that 20mm ammo comes in Tracer,A.P.,Ball(normal lead bullit) and best of all Explosive, and I can tell you that the explosive makes at least a 10cm hole in sheet of 30mm thick steel. Remember the gun can fire at least 600-1000rds a minute so it can make quite a mess in the side or wheelhouse of a small vessel Last edited by gmccabe01; 08-12-08 at 12:18 PM.