Twin 40mm Bofors?

[ShadowStalker887]

I was just doing some tweaking in my SH4 files and noticed something I hadn't seen in game before; a twin 40mm bofors gun. After do a quick search on subsim I managed to find out that it apparently was going to be in the game but the devs decided not to finish it before release. I was wondering if anyone has managed to put together a mod that has got it functioning properly?

[Admiral Halsey]

Twin Bofors? Seems a bit unfair for the Sampan's doesn't it?

[ShadowStalker887]

I was thinking more along the lines of something to help even out the odds against late war TMO planes

[Aktungbby]

ShadowStalker887! After a silent run! Just out of curiosity since I don't play SH4

 

'Built under license from the Swedish manufacturer, the 40-mm Bofors was one of the most popular medium anti-aircraft weapons of World War II, and in a modernized form remains in production to this day. Most naval applications used a twin mount. Not originally fitted to submarines, the 40-mm was added to the arsenal when commanders argued that they needed something to fill the gap between the 20-mm and the deck gun for close-in attacks on small vessels. The single-barrel “wet” version used on submarines had seats for the aimer and trainer, who could elevate, depress, traverse, and aim the gun with hand controls. Stops were fitted to prevent traversing and/or depressing the gun to where it could hit the boat. Sights were fitted to both sides of the gun, so that either operator could aim when necessary.
Besides its rarely-used anti-aircraft role, the 40-mm was used for attacks on supply junks and other light craft that weren’t considered adequate targets for torpedoes or the main gun. (In actual practice, this was virtually the only thing it was used for, as shooting at enemy planes was highly discouraged except in harbor, where there was no possibility of submerging.)
Later in the war, a 40-mm was usually installed on the cigarette deck at the aft end of the conning tower, where it replaced the original 20-mm mount (which, in the case of most early boats, was itself something of an afterthought). Some boats also added a second 40-mm in the forward gun position at the front of the conning tower. Ready use ammunition was kept in pressure-proof lockers near the gun positions, where it was easy to get at.

In short as with any air/ high speed-advantaged attacker... forget fighting it out and just dive! http://www.maritime.org/doc/boforssub/index.htm

[aanker]

I think they were in prior to 1.3....

They disappeared around the time when the ability to easily mod the distance traveled submerged with the Mini Tweaker was changed to almost impossible. Ha!

Happy Hunting in 2016

[yubba]

Originally Posted by ShadowStalker887

I was just doing some tweaking in my SH4 files and noticed something I hadn't seen in game before; a twin 40mm bofors gun. After do a quick search on subsim I managed to find out that it apparently was going to be in the game but the devs decided not to finish it before release. I was wondering if anyone has managed to put together a mod that has got it functioning properly?

I got the twin 40 to work on the pt 109 mod found here,, I was trying to rid the single 40 on the bow it made me sea sick watching the guy sit out there at 30knots,, you see on the pt the 40s are the deck gun,, after some editing in the equipment files and deleting the single 40 out the ships parts libary I got one twin 40 on the aft of the pt as a deck gun I say it worked pretty good,, I'd go flying past a friegther and rake the living snot out of it,,it was also deadly on destroyers got out of a couple of scrapes with that twin 40 blastin away.

[torpedobait]

There was a mod for a twin 40 in a thread, but I could never get it to work in my set up. I got a CTD every time I tried to shoot, so I just gave up and deleted it. Would love to have one that worked!

[ShadowStalker887]

If there are no mods available, does anybody know exactly what is wrong/missing with the twin bofors? I've managed to narrow it down to an animation issue with the left barrel (or at least I think thats what it is), but I'm not sure exactly what is causing it.