weapons on merchants

Stew U-582 · 05-13-12, 01:19 AM

hi guys,

is it possible to take out search lights and weapons on the merchant
ships with the flak or deck gun. I know you could do it on sh3 but
i havnt had any sucesss on sh5 yet. Has anyone pulled it of themselves ?

thanks

stewy

ADMIRALTIA · 05-13-12, 01:50 AM

I did once I took out a merchants AA guns using my deck gun.

Its very difficult to hit the guns at long rang so you should get in close... Insanely close

Cyril · 05-14-12, 01:46 PM

I also once by accident was able to take out a deckgun on a merchant and after that, I tried to concentrate my fire onto the locations, where deckguns and searclights were placed on enemy ships, but I found it to diffecult and dangerous to use that practice. Therefore I am now back aiming at the ship just above the sea level.

Good hunting

misha1967 · 05-15-12, 12:17 AM

Don't know about the guns, as I recall they only leave those positions when the ship is sinking but I could be wrong, but I can confirm that the searchlights must be made of Unobtainium, because even after a well-directed couple of dozen shots of HE right in the middle of them they refuse to go out.

So I just focus on sinking them instead. It's what the U-Boat is for, after all.

SINK 'EM ALL!

05-15-12, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by misha1967

Don't know about the guns, as I recall they only leave those positions when the ship is sinking but I could be wrong, but I can confirm that the searchlights must be made of Unobtainium, because even after a well-directed couple of dozen shots of HE right in the middle of them they refuse to go out.

So I just focus on sinking them instead. It's what the U-Boat is for, after all.

SINK 'EM ALL!

yep, gun crews are tied to the guns so they are there as long as the guns are or if the ship sinks (according to the game).

guns and many other things dont have damage models so the only way they are able to be eliminated is if the platform or other object they are mounted to can be destroyed so you arent blowing up the gun but the mounting platform or object its mounted to so that the gun cant exist without its mount

hope that clears things up for you guys

05-13-12, 01:19 AM	#1
Stew U-582 Lieutenant Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Adelaide Australia Posts: 266 Downloads: 240 Uploads: 0	weapons on merchants hi guys, is it possible to take out search lights and weapons on the merchant ships with the flak or deck gun. I know you could do it on sh3 but i havnt had any sucesss on sh5 yet. Has anyone pulled it of themselves ? thanks stewy __________________ Captain Stu from Down Under , Down Under

05-15-12, 12:17 AM	#4
misha1967 Commander Join Date: May 2004 Location: Texas, USA Posts: 470 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	Don't know about the guns, as I recall they only leave those positions when the ship is sinking but I could be wrong, but I can confirm that the searchlights must be made of Unobtainium, because even after a well-directed couple of dozen shots of HE right in the middle of them they refuse to go out. So I just focus on sinking them instead. It's what the U-Boat is for, after all. SINK 'EM ALL! __________________ Ansonsten, Herr Lutter, ist alles in Butter Liqui-cooled Intel i2550K @ 4.2 GHz, 8 Gb RAM, GTX 970 GPU

05-13-12, 01:50 AM	#2
ADMIRALTIA Machinist's Mate Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, Philippines Posts: 129 Downloads: 68 Uploads: 3	I did once I took out a merchants AA guns using my deck gun. Its very difficult to hit the guns at long rang so you should get in close... Insanely close

05-14-12, 01:46 PM	#3
Cyril Watch Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 27 Downloads: 144 Uploads: 0	I also once by accident was able to take out a deckgun on a merchant and after that, I tried to concentrate my fire onto the locations, where deckguns and searclights were placed on enemy ships, but I found it to diffecult and dangerous to use that practice. Therefore I am now back aiming at the ship just above the sea level. Good hunting