Destroyer Command 2/Surface Sim Addon [Merged]

Sailor Steve · 10-24-09, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by JScones

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm sure I read recently (wish I could remember where) that (during WWII at least) the USN fired their ship guns in unison but the RN fired theirs in alternate, for aiming purposes.

During ranging a single shot might be fired to judge the range, or a ladder of shells spaced a known distance apart (only the Germans fired ladders in WW1, but by the second war everyone was doing it).

Once the range was confirmed battleships fired salvos: the left barrels of each turret fired, then the right, then the middle if they had one. Full broadsides were rare.

On ships with single guns in each turret the salvo of necessity was also a broadside. It was easiest for the Fire Control Officer to line them up and press the button (or blow in the tube in the Germans' case). That way the shells all arrived in a group and the FCO could judge how close they were by the grouped splashes.

mookiemookie · 10-24-09, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

It was easiest for the Fire Control Officer to line them up and press the button (or blow in the tube in the Germans' case).

Wait, what? The Germans fired their guns by blowing in a tube?

Sailor Steve · 10-26-09, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Wait, what? The Germans fired their guns by blowing in a tube?

According to this source they did: http://www.amazon.com/German-Destroy...6593635&sr=1-5

I'll try to remember to get an exact quote for you.