5inch AA Deckgun Round

[Torps]

Anyone ever notice that the AA Deckgun round does not explode near the target aircraft your trying to shot down?

[Xantrokoles]

Its time for a stupid question
where can u find a 5inch AAgun?
I only have a 5 inch deck gun and a 40mmAA

[Torps]

Originally Posted by Xantrokoles

Its time for a stupid question
where can u find a 5inch AAgun?
I only have a 5 inch deck gun and a 40mmAA

The 5inch gun was used on most US warships and it was able to fire more or less a flak type charge that detonated by the aircraft do to the planes magnetic field. The smaller shell for the 5inch deck gun is the AA round.

[Mush Martin]

Uhm yeah the 5"38 cal d/p gun was in common use
but it isnt the 5"25cal used on subs. the aa round
you see in the game is seemingly used on ai units
but wasnt put into the subs.

the Proximity AA shell has a small transponder in it
that emits an RF signal when the units reciever
detects the signal strength of a closely reflected
signal it is in proximity to an object and detonates.
hence the name.

most planes being made of aluminum didnt have
a significant magnetic signature magnetic anomaly
detection is used by patrol aircraft to detect subs.
the ijn made use of such a system during the war.
M

[Xantrokoles]

Oh Thank u...now i understand...

But this means i can't have one

[vanjast]

Here we go... a mean little device

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

[AlmightyTallest]

Found some info on the 5" 25 cal Submarine weapon here:

http://www.valoratsea.com/538.htm

here:

http://www.modelingmadness.com/revie...el5inchgun.htm

and finally here:

http://www.bowfin.org/website/bowfin.../deck/deck.htm

It would be nice if the crew would use the 5" guns against aircraft like they could in real life in our sim.

[Mush Martin]

one further point

In his book sink em all Uncle Charlie mentions that he was
anxious to get the AA proximity shell and talks a little about
its application in submarines where he says they were just
the very best thing for sweeping the gun crews off the
decks of enemy ships.