Were deck guns really this powerful?

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

The starshell reference is interesting, especially in light of the recent thread about the captured u-boat that says they didn't have any.

perhaps some did and some didnt.

maybe it was one of those things that was up to the particular commander to decide.

[Weiss Pinguin]

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

perhaps some did and some didnt.

maybe it was one of those things that was up to the particular commander to decide.

Perhaps the captured U-boat had also simply expended all of its starshells? I really don't care much about SS rounds either way, just a thought.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Weiß Pinguin

Perhaps the captured U-boat had also simply expended all of its starshells? I really don't care much about SS rounds either way, just a thought.

An excellent point. I hadn't thought of that.

Originally Posted by BasilY

Almost through out WWI and early in WW2, a single deck gun shot may not sink a ship, but it is often enough to convince an unescorted merchant to abandon the fight.

On the other hand I've read several accounts of one shot from a merchant being enoough to convince a u-boat to break off the attack and dive.

In SH3, however, those merchants sailors has absolutely no regard for their own personal safety. (Neither does a lot of SH3 players...)

Both true.

Wasn't the C2 only available in stock? I haven't come across any C2's in GWX2.1.

Just to back up what AVSM and Jimbuna said, in the stock game there were Coastal Merchant, Small Merchant, C2 Cargo and C3 Cargo. Several of us complained that the latter two were American-specific, and no other freighters were represented. The only logical solution at that time was to rename them. C2 and C3 became Medium and Large Cargo respectively. With all the new models available these days I've been giving those particular ones only their actual names in the Ship Names mod, and campaigning to have them become C2 and C3 again.

@ Faamecanic: good description.