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Sailor Steve · 03-30-11, 02:02 AM

Merchants have very few actual decks. The engine and boiler rooms are large open spaces, several decks tall. The cargo holds extend from the keel to the weather deck.

http://www.jajones.com/pdf/Liberty_Ships_of_WWII.pdf

Scroll down to page 4 and you'll see a nice profile.

Also, hitting exactly on the waterline is nearly impossible. The target is rolling. Your boat is rolling. I've quoted Peter Padfield's description in the past: "Naval gunnery can be likened to shooting at a golf ball rolling across a mantle with a pistol, while sitting in a rocking chair being rocked at random by someone else."

johan_d · 03-30-11, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

"Naval gunnery can be likened to shooting at a golf ball rolling across a mantle with a pistol, while sitting in a rocking chair being rocked at random by someone else."

If this is the case, then most cannon shots in SH shouldnt be accurate as is now ?

Sailor Steve · 03-30-11, 12:28 PM

Padfield's comment was actually referring to capital ships with sophisticated gun directors and fire control systems. The average overall hit rate for naval combat was about 7%.

I don't have SH5, but in previous incarnations the gunfire is much too accurate. At 1000 meters on a perfectly calm day you should be hitting a large target most of the time, but as soon as the boat starts rocking at all you should be hitting about 20% of the time. A u-boat has no fire-control system at all, just the tube sight mounted to the gun, which is mounted to the deck, which is in constant motion. A merchant ship is larger and has less motion, but the u-boat is a smaller target, so theirs shouldn't be much better.

Not_Yet _Kameraden · 03-30-11, 02:26 PM

This is just my guess, but a keel shot would be used to damage compartments in the middle. Also the explosion would push everything up damaging the more vital components of the ship (like the engine room). Because you have less compartments to blast through when coming from underneath, which i some cases would blast a hole right through the whole ship.

Unless I,m totally wrong.

03-30-11, 02:02 AM	#1
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Merchants have very few actual decks. The engine and boiler rooms are large open spaces, several decks tall. The cargo holds extend from the keel to the weather deck. http://www.jajones.com/pdf/Liberty_Ships_of_WWII.pdf Scroll down to page 4 and you'll see a nice profile. Also, hitting exactly on the waterline is nearly impossible. The target is rolling. Your boat is rolling. I've quoted Peter Padfield's description in the past: "Naval gunnery can be likened to shooting at a golf ball rolling across a mantle with a pistol, while sitting in a rocking chair being rocked at random by someone else." __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-30-11, 12:28 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Padfield's comment was actually referring to capital ships with sophisticated gun directors and fire control systems. The average overall hit rate for naval combat was about 7%. I don't have SH5, but in previous incarnations the gunfire is much too accurate. At 1000 meters on a perfectly calm day you should be hitting a large target most of the time, but as soon as the boat starts rocking at all you should be hitting about 20% of the time. A u-boat has no fire-control system at all, just the tube sight mounted to the gun, which is mounted to the deck, which is in constant motion. A merchant ship is larger and has less motion, but the u-boat is a smaller target, so theirs shouldn't be much better. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-30-11, 02:26 PM	#4
Not_Yet _Kameraden Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 14 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	This is just my guess, but a keel shot would be used to damage compartments in the middle. Also the explosion would push everything up damaging the more vital components of the ship (like the engine room). Because you have less compartments to blast through when coming from underneath, which i some cases would blast a hole right through the whole ship. Unless I,m totally wrong.