[REL] Deck Gun Range Mod

[Wreford-Brown]

This is a simple mod that will adjust the setting for 'Short Range' for your deck gun to 1500m rather than the default 1000m. Your deck gun crew will therefore engage any target from 1500m when you order them to 'fire at short range' through the Watch Officer.

I've recently started a new career and have enjoyed approaching ships at night and sinking them with my deck gun. This mod is one that I've been using for a while as I find that the standard 1000m is too close to some ships (especially jimbuna's Q-ships!). 1500m seems to be the best balance between accuracy and the ability to get the hell out of Dodge if the ship I'm attacking has too many weapons.

[nikbear]

Excellent idea,thank youyou can never be to careful,especially with some of the merchants being armed quite early in the wargive's you quite a shock!

[Philipp_Thomsen]

Originally Posted by nikbear

Excellent idea,thank youyou can never be to careful,especially with some of the merchants being armed quite early in the wargive's you quite a shock!

"QUITE EARLY" ???

1939, 70% of the merchants in convoys have at least on gun...

[Sailor Steve]

Really? I've never read that. Since many of the merchants in convoys in 1939 were quite small, I don't see how that's likely. Source?

What's an "on gun"?
:hmm:
:rotfl:

[Wreford-Brown]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Really? I've never read that. Since many of the merchants in convoys in 1939 were quite small, I don't see how that's likely. Source?

The Heronspool and Stonepool of 5,202 and 4,803 tons respectively were both armed with a 4-inch gun on the stern and a light machine gun. They each had a compliment of DEMS (Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships) gunners and were ordered to sail in convoy from Milford Haven to a point 400 miles out in the Atlantic before proceeding independently.

They left Milford Haven on Fri 6 Oct 1939 in Convoy OB 17. On 12 Oct the Heronspool became engaged in a surface gun battle with U-48 (Herbert Schultze) which forced the unsuspecting submarine to dive. U-48 finally won the battle, sinking the Heronspool by torpedo but with no loss of life.

Stonepool started a gun battle with U-42 (Rolf Dau) on 13 Oct. Stonepool hit U-42 and damaged it as well as smashing its deck gun. U-42 couldn't submerge and was scuttled by the crew when the destroyers Imogen and Ilex came to Stonepools aid.

War of the U-boats - British Merchantmen under fire. Bernard Edwards
ISBN 1-84415-501-3

[meduza]

Good idea, thank you.

[Jimbuna]

heers WB....will try this out

[Sailor Steve]

@ Wreford-Brown: I don't question that some, perhaps several, ships were armed in 1939. What I was questioning was the "70%".

Sorry for any confusion.

[Wreford-Brown]

@Sailor Steve - no problems. I agree that the 70% is a little high - of the convoy that left Milford Haven in 1939 the only armed merchants were the Heronspool and Stonepool. Incidentally, they were the only two ships sunk from the convoy.

I'd just finished reading the book so your question gave me an easy outlet for my new-found knowledge!

[Rolf Eschke]

Thanks