deck gun reoad times

Kip Chiakopf · 09-08-11, 09:19 AM

Anyone know what are realistic Commander setting to reload the deck and AA guns?

PacificWolf · 09-08-11, 09:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kip Chiakopf

Anyone know what are realistic Commander setting to reload the deck and AA guns?

Im guesing that time is much longer in real life than in the game

JazzJR · 09-08-11, 10:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PacificWolf

Im guesing that time is much longer in real life than in the game

I wouldn't say so, because the gun used on U-Boats was a fast loading 8.8cm gun. And i think a trained crew was able to reload the gun really fast. Also you have to remember that in case of a deck gubn fight there were more then just three men like in SH3.

Sailor Steve · 09-08-11, 10:17 AM

And we've just stepped back into a very old argument. In real life a gun that size could be loaded and fired an about four seconds. On land. In a test situation. At sea there is a small supply of ready use ammo, after which it must be passed up by hand, man to man, from the lockers below. Handlers tire quickly. The bigger problem is that a submarine is a very unstable gun platform, even in calm seas. There is no stabilization. The gunner must wait and shoot "on the roll", just like in the sailing ship days. In a calm sea this may take ten seconds or more. In any rolling sea at all he has to wait for the perfect shot, or else he'll miss. In a heavier sea that shot may never come. So the practice firing rate is almost useless.

I keep my 8.8cm gun set at 10 seconds and the 10.5cm at 12 seconds.

And even though I use the default storm settings that comes with GWX, for use with the flak gun, I never man the deck gun if I can see water washing over the deck.

Jimbuna · 09-08-11, 10:49 AM

To achieve the rate of fire explained in the link below would need an expert gun crew aligned to an extremely stable platform and the best of weather conditions:

http://uboat.net/technical/guns.htm

09-08-11, 09:19 AM	#1
Kip Chiakopf Machinist's Mate Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: St. Louis, Missouri Posts: 130 Downloads: 259 Uploads: 0	deck gun reoad times Anyone know what are realistic Commander setting to reload the deck and AA guns?

09-08-11, 10:17 AM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	And we've just stepped back into a very old argument. In real life a gun that size could be loaded and fired an about four seconds. On land. In a test situation. At sea there is a small supply of ready use ammo, after which it must be passed up by hand, man to man, from the lockers below. Handlers tire quickly. The bigger problem is that a submarine is a very unstable gun platform, even in calm seas. There is no stabilization. The gunner must wait and shoot "on the roll", just like in the sailing ship days. In a calm sea this may take ten seconds or more. In any rolling sea at all he has to wait for the perfect shot, or else he'll miss. In a heavier sea that shot may never come. So the practice firing rate is almost useless. I keep my 8.8cm gun set at 10 seconds and the 10.5cm at 12 seconds. And even though I use the default storm settings that comes with GWX, for use with the flak gun, I never man the deck gun if I can see water washing over the deck. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo Last edited by Sailor Steve; 09-08-11 at 11:02 AM. Reason: Had my times wrong.

09-08-11, 10:49 AM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,481 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	To achieve the rate of fire explained in the link below would need an expert gun crew aligned to an extremely stable platform and the best of weather conditions: http://uboat.net/technical/guns.htm __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!