Deck Guns

[ppk]

Originally Posted by Weiss Pinguin

Heavy flak guns are also great for disarming enemy vessels. Just rake the deck back and forth and watch all unsecured objects abandon ship!

Does that work with the quad flak ?

[cawimmer430]

Originally Posted by ppk

Does that work with the quad flak ?

Oh yeah. The Vierlingsflak (quad) is totally awesome.

Sometimes when I have disabled a destroyer using the homing torpedoes (they either usually sink the ship or blow off both its screws), I line up next to the destroyer and surface (if conditions permit). Then I destroy its guns with my FLAK guns or deck gun. Once he is "disarmed", I put some distance between us and sink him with the deck gun (if conditions permit). Sometimes conditions don't permit a sinking (weather, aircraft etc.) so I have to finish him off with a torpedo.

[mookiemookie]

If you're using deck guns, make sure that you aim your shots at various points along the waterline or just below so that it floods. Punching a bunch of holes in the side of a ship above water isn't going to do much to sink it.

That being said, I believe the damage model in stock is based around a hitpoints system, so you may theoretically be able to sink the ship that way. I dunno.

I do remember one time I sank a freighter with one shot. I think I hit the engine room or fuel bunkers, because it went up like 4th of July fireworks.

And you're right - once they start shooting back, it's time to ditch the deck gun altogether.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by ppk

Does that work with the quad flak ?

Your most lethal AA is the twin 37mm