RFB Deck Gun Shooting Blanks?

Vlad34 · 09-30-07, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by captiandon

I was shooting this ship at point blank range, and nothing. I put several armor Piercing rounds thru his engine room and nothing. I should have shot his rudder off with just two rounds. Nothing. I thought this was supposed to be realistic. I do like all the other aspects of the Mod but man does it have some flaws as far as the deck gun. Reload times are slow. I watched video of guys loading a gun in WW2 and they loaded much faster than this. I coudnt make a dent in this ship after fireing over 50 shells at point blank range. I guess I should just pass him my mail and leave.

Never encountered such a glitch with the deck gun, nor have I heard about one until now. Are you sure you know how to aim that thing?:hmm:

captiandon · 09-30-07, 12:48 AM

Yep I do know how to shoot it, Sorry Beery if I sound like I am ranting I do like your addon its great but its just the deck gun should be more effective than this shouldnt it? I Blew off all the live boats and his anti aircraft guns and still didnt even get a fire to light up on deck. I have gone thru about half my shells and havent made a dent. one would think that I could at that range after putting a few shells thru his engines would have atleast slowed him down. Those Merchants were not armored. Heck the Titantic only took a few small holes to sink it. I was wondering if there is a way I can regain atleast half of the deck guns effectiveness. Heck I did most of that dammage with the AA guns.

captiandon · 09-30-07, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Vlad34

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Originally Posted by captiandon

I was shooting this ship at point blank range, and nothing. I put several armor Piercing rounds thru his engine room and nothing. I should have shot his rudder off with just two rounds. Nothing. I thought this was supposed to be realistic. I do like all the other aspects of the Mod but man does it have some flaws as far as the deck gun. Reload times are slow. I watched video of guys loading a gun in WW2 and they loaded much faster than this. I coudnt make a dent in this ship after fireing over 50 shells at point blank range. I guess I should just pass him my mail and leave.

Never encountered such a glitch with the deck gun, nor have I heard about one until now. Are you sure you know how to aim that thing?:hmm:

Nope its just with the Real Fleet boat mod. I recommend it but I think the deck gun needs alittle more work on this. Granted they had to bring the shells up but there were crew that would have been doing this. As far as my aim how could I miss at such a close range. I was close enough that I could have passed the mail to them. about 50 to 75 feet away.

Fish40 · 10-01-07, 02:48 PM

Not to sound like a smartass or something, but you were aiming below the waterline right? You could shoot a hundred shells at point blank range, and have the whole ship ablaze, but if there is no damage below the waterline, that baby aint going down.

As for the deckgun rate of fire, this has been covered a million times. I happen to use RFB as well, and I must say that Beery has gone to great lengths to ensure that the ROF is as accurate as could be expected in a COMBAT situation. Alot of research was done on this, and from what I could tell, nobody has shown it to be otherwise.

Digital_Trucker · 10-01-07, 05:00 PM

at point blank range, can you even hit below the waterline? I don't think you can lower the gun enough to hit below the waterline if you are extremely close to the target.

fred8615 · 10-01-07, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Digital_Trucker

at point blank range, can you even hit below the waterline? I don't think you can lower the gun enough to hit below the waterline if you are extremely close to the target.

As long as you don't zoom into looking through the eyepiece, the gun will go lower.

My complaint about the RFB deck was needing 20 to 30 or more shells to sink a wooden fishing boat or sampan! Even using a 3 incher it should blow some nice holes in a wooden hull.

captiandon · 10-02-07, 01:49 PM

Ya I was watching the Videos that came with the game and they said that it was a rapid fire deck gun and you could see clearly in one shot that they did alot of dammage to one ship with just one shell. Three rounds per min is way to slow. A revlotionary War 24 pounder could make 2 rounds a min and that was a muzzle loader on the USS Constitution. Were talking about a Gun with self containing shells that are breach loaded here and were firing at rates and damage factors of less then the old 24 pounders.

10-02-07, 03:41 PM

the slow rof was due to the shells below deck having to be handed up onto deck for the gun crew to load and you can understand that dropping one could be messy.

most times they were waiting for ammo so having shells ready on deck they could fire faster but not getting shells from below deck in a steady fire situation.

10-01-07, 05:00 PM	#5
Digital_Trucker Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The Peach State Posts: 4,171 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 10	I may be wrong, but..... at point blank range, can you even hit below the waterline? I don't think you can lower the gun enough to hit below the waterline if you are extremely close to the target. __________________ RSM-GIEP-Killflags-LV Tribute-Playable Elco __Peace be with you, Dave.

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09-30-07, 12:48 AM	#2
captiandon Soundman Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 148 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yep I do know how to shoot it, Sorry Beery if I sound like I am ranting I do like your addon its great but its just the deck gun should be more effective than this shouldnt it? I Blew off all the live boats and his anti aircraft guns and still didnt even get a fire to light up on deck. I have gone thru about half my shells and havent made a dent. one would think that I could at that range after putting a few shells thru his engines would have atleast slowed him down. Those Merchants were not armored. Heck the Titantic only took a few small holes to sink it. I was wondering if there is a way I can regain atleast half of the deck guns effectiveness. Heck I did most of that dammage with the AA guns.

10-01-07, 02:48 PM	#4
Fish40 The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Yonkers, NY U.S.A. Posts: 1,507 Downloads: 154 Uploads: 0	Not to sound like a smartass or something, but you were aiming below the waterline right? You could shoot a hundred shells at point blank range, and have the whole ship ablaze, but if there is no damage below the waterline, that baby aint going down. As for the deckgun rate of fire, this has been covered a million times. I happen to use RFB as well, and I must say that Beery has gone to great lengths to ensure that the ROF is as accurate as could be expected in a COMBAT situation. Alot of research was done on this, and from what I could tell, nobody has shown it to be otherwise.

10-02-07, 01:49 PM	#7
captiandon Soundman Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 148 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Ya I was watching the Videos that came with the game and they said that it was a rapid fire deck gun and you could see clearly in one shot that they did alot of dammage to one ship with just one shell. Three rounds per min is way to slow. A revlotionary War 24 pounder could make 2 rounds a min and that was a muzzle loader on the USS Constitution. Were talking about a Gun with self containing shells that are breach loaded here and were firing at rates and damage factors of less then the old 24 pounders.

10-02-07, 03:41 PM	#8
Webster Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	the slow rof was due to the shells below deck having to be handed up onto deck for the gun crew to load and you can understand that dropping one could be messy. most times they were waiting for ammo so having shells ready on deck they could fire faster but not getting shells from below deck in a steady fire situation.