Effectiveness of AA guns - Page 2

CCIP · 11-05-10, 06:32 PM

Actually, I got a little wrapped up in U-boats with my thinking and forgot about one decisive advantage that the US submarines had from quite early on in the war: effective, working SD radar. The SD radar honestly does do wonders, and while you still need to react to its signals in time to avoid a threat, if you dive as soon as it makes contact, the dive time is usually a non-issue. Even early SD radar will generally allow you to get under before the plane actually gets close enough.

SD radar, not AA guns, is a fleet boat's real plane antidote

TheBrauerHour · 11-06-10, 08:39 AM

So far, in 3 patrols of the USS Barb that I am reading in "Thunder Below", the only time AA guns have been used is in attacking junks/sampans. He also ordered the 40mm and 20mm guns manned for true AA duties when they were rescuing shipwreck survivors since they had to come to a stop. Otherwise, Fluckey never even thought to duke it out with an airplane.

The preferred method of dealing with airplanes is to yo-yo (dive and wait until the plane leaves, then surface)

11-05-10, 06:32 PM	#16
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Actually, I got a little wrapped up in U-boats with my thinking and forgot about one decisive advantage that the US submarines had from quite early on in the war: effective, working SD radar. The SD radar honestly does do wonders, and while you still need to react to its signals in time to avoid a threat, if you dive as soon as it makes contact, the dive time is usually a non-issue. Even early SD radar will generally allow you to get under before the plane actually gets close enough. SD radar, not AA guns, is a fleet boat's real plane antidote __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

11-06-10, 08:39 AM	#17
TheBrauerHour Mr. Eastwood Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 364 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	So far, in 3 patrols of the USS Barb that I am reading in "Thunder Below", the only time AA guns have been used is in attacking junks/sampans. He also ordered the 40mm and 20mm guns manned for true AA duties when they were rescuing shipwreck survivors since they had to come to a stop. Otherwise, Fluckey never even thought to duke it out with an airplane. The preferred method of dealing with airplanes is to yo-yo (dive and wait until the plane leaves, then surface)