The Grand daddy of all Deckguns

Laufen zum Ziel · 02-19-09, 11:53 AM

mookiemookie · 02-19-09, 11:56 AM

The French cruiser submarine Surcouf:

Laufen zum Ziel · 02-19-09, 12:03 PM

My gun is bigger then your gun.....

Youpime · 06-01-09, 08:20 AM

Even huge, the Surcouf was not a bad sub : it escaped Brest to join the FFL and it was not sunk by an enemy : it was accidently bombed by a us catalina.

Kapt Z · 02-19-09, 02:00 PM

Wow. Who even let these ideas get off the drawing boards...

I cannot even imagine the weight of the shells alone.....

sunvalleyslim · 02-19-09, 02:05 PM

Man sure looks like a Death Trap to me.........I think the designer should be the first one to take her out.......in combat, lets see how brave he is.............

Jimbuna · 02-19-09, 03:40 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_M1

http://www.deepblu.co.uk/gallery/m1_2000.htm

http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/m_class.htm

http://flickr.com/photos/amphalon/2423031686/

Steeltrap · 02-19-09, 06:04 PM

"Sir, we sank a battleship....and one of its turrets seems to have landed on our deck!"

Platapus · 02-19-09, 07:14 PM

I guess with a gun that big you start with that and only use torpedoes to finish off crippled targets???

02-21-09, 06:34 AM

i think some of you are getting confused, or maybe just me. these are british subs.

i accidently made one off these, it was the afterbirth of the playable bismarck mod. had a massive gun jammed over my deck gun, fired two shells, the reloaded.

BasilY · 02-21-09, 10:21 AM

But how will the recoil effect the sub? Especially if you fire the gun at a 90 degree angle?

Jimbuna · 02-21-09, 02:07 PM

I doubt the weapon could be traversed 90 degrees....more a case of the sub being pointed in the general direction of the target and the weapon being able to reverse 30 degrees or so.

02-21-09, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

I doubt the weapon could be traversed 90 degrees....more a case of the sub being pointed in the general direction of the target and the weapon being able to reverse 30 degrees or so.

sure looks like it, but i think the surcoafs guns could be turned.

A Very Super Market · 02-21-09, 03:31 PM

I.. uh, don't know what surcoafs means..

bookworm_020 · 02-22-09, 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by magicsub2

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

I doubt the weapon could be traversed 90 degrees....more a case of the sub being pointed in the general direction of the target and the weapon being able to reverse 30 degrees or so.

sure looks like it, but i think the surcoafs guns could be turned.

The Surcouf could rotate the guns, but still only a limited axis. The weight of the guns was alot lot less than the M1 single gun. The M1 could only elevate or depress the gun and it could only be reloaded on the surface.

02-19-09, 11:53 AM	#1
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02-19-09, 11:56 AM	#2
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06-01-09, 08:20 AM	#4
Youpime Bilge Rat Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	Even huge, the Surcouf was not a bad sub : it escaped Brest to join the FFL and it was not sunk by an enemy : it was accidently bombed by a us catalina. __________________ SH3 inertia is nearly realistic

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sunvalleyslim Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, Ca Posts: 1,142 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	Man sure looks like a Death Trap to me.........I think the designer should be the first one to take her out.......in combat, lets see how brave he is............. __________________ Crew member/ decommission member TM2(SS)(SD) 3/68-7/70 DIESEL BOATS FOREVER USS SEGUNDO (SS398)

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Kapt Z Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: ...somewhere in the swamps of Jersey. Posts: 909 Downloads: 157 Uploads: 0	Wow. Who even let these ideas get off the drawing boards... I cannot even imagine the weight of the shells alone.....

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_M1 http://www.deepblu.co.uk/gallery/m1_2000.htm http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/m_class.htm http://flickr.com/photos/amphalon/2423031686/ __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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02-19-09, 07:14 PM	#9
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I guess with a gun that big you start with that and only use torpedoes to finish off crippled targets??? __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

02-21-09, 06:34 AM	#10
magicsub2 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	i think some of you are getting confused, or maybe just me. these are british subs. i accidently made one off these, it was the afterbirth of the playable bismarck mod. had a massive gun jammed over my deck gun, fired two shells, the reloaded.

02-21-09, 10:21 AM	#11
BasilY Weps Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 359 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	But how will the recoil effect the sub? Especially if you fire the gun at a 90 degree angle?

02-21-09, 02:07 PM	#12
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I doubt the weapon could be traversed 90 degrees....more a case of the sub being pointed in the general direction of the target and the weapon being able to reverse 30 degrees or so. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-21-09, 03:31 PM	#14
A Very Super Market The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Deep in the Wild Canadian suburbs. Posts: 1,468 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I.. uh, don't know what surcoafs means.. __________________ The entire German garrison of Vanviken, right here in your thread!