Deck Gun

PacificWolf · 08-28-11, 11:45 AM

Welcome again

I want to ask All of You, do You mount Deck Gun or your boats and use it.
I always take deck gun it helped me attack small ships (even armed) but from large distance and i am shooting then( because crew isnt experienced enough for now).

Gerald · 08-28-11, 11:49 AM

I can use it if the situation allows for this ... if weather and other things are favorable,

Obltn Strand · 08-28-11, 12:14 PM

I'm not much of deck gunner. It's good during early war when merchants are unarmed. Since I play always from -41 onwards it has been quite useless to me, save few distant shot as coup de grâce. It gets discarded for heavier AA armament after -42.

Fish In The Water · 08-28-11, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by PacificWolf

I want to ask All of You, do You mount Deck Gun or your boats and use it.
I always take deck gun it helped me attack small ships (even armed)...

Absolutely, you can always make a surface attack at night or pop up right behind them and quickly take out their guns. When it comes to armament, the more the merrier...

frau kaleun · 08-28-11, 04:09 PM

I love my deck gun. Early in the war (and TBH I don't think I've ever played past early 1941) I prefer to use it if at all possible, either initially when first attacking if the situation permits, or as a followup to a first torpedo hit in order to finish off a damaged ship. I have way more gun ammo than eels, and there's nothing more fun than training a big ol' hunk of naval artillery on another ship and letting 'er rip.

Sometimes I order "feuer frei" and then go to external cam so I can really watch the boys at work.

The only real downside to this approach early in the war is if you're using the Q-ship mod and the poor lonely merchant you just opened fire on turns out to be a well armed decoy. Those guys? They shoot back!

Jimbuna · 08-28-11, 04:48 PM

The deck gun can be useful in finishing off the mortally wounded thereby saving you an eel or two but come mid 41 (even earlier for some merchantmen) don't ever lose sight of the fact your boat was intended to be used aggressively under the waters surface and is quite vulnerable to shellfire whilst surfaced.

Did anyone mention the Q Ships?

frau kaleun · 08-28-11, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Did anyone mention the Q Ships?

Just like a man, they never listen.

(See my post directly above yours, big fella.

)

Wreford-Brown · 08-28-11, 05:05 PM

I always carry the deck gun and will use it to finish off ships even late in the war. I also surprised myself a couple of weeks ago (after being forced to surface by damage) by sinking a Flower class. Third round hit the main gun, fifth or sixth took out the secondaries and I could sink it at my leisure. The deck gun became my new best friend!

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Did anyone mention the Q Ships?

I prefer to call them the $£%^&%^$ Q-ships. Bloody things still surprise me even now, but I can't bring myself to disable your mod.

Obltn Strand · 08-29-11, 05:52 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

The deck gun can be useful in finishing off the mortally wounded thereby saving you an eel or two but come mid 41 (even earlier for some merchantmen) don't ever lose sight of the fact your boat was intended to be used aggressively under the waters surface and is quite vulnerable to shellfire whilst surfaced.

That's why I stopped excessive deck gunning. When small, "easy" targets not worth an eel suddenly opens fire with two cannons + flak, one torpedo is small price compared to damage it can cause.

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Did anyone mention the Q Ships?

Haven't encounterd them bastards yet. I wait wth anticipation.

Missing Name · 08-29-11, 05:56 AM

Q Ships are nasty surprises. They look exactly like tramp steamers...

08-28-11, 11:45 AM	#1
PacificWolf Ensign Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Gdańsk, Poland. Posts: 233 Downloads: 237 Uploads: 3	Deck Gun Welcome again I want to ask All of You, do You mount Deck Gun or your boats and use it. I always take deck gun it helped me attack small ships (even armed) but from large distance and i am shooting then( because crew isnt experienced enough for now). __________________ "All ships can dive, only submarines can surface"

08-28-11, 11:49 AM	#2
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	I can use it if the situation allows for this ... if weather and other things are favorable, __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

08-28-11, 12:14 PM	#3
Obltn Strand Commodore Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 614 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 0	I'm not much of deck gunner. It's good during early war when merchants are unarmed. Since I play always from -41 onwards it has been quite useless to me, save few distant shot as coup de grâce. It gets discarded for heavier AA armament after -42. __________________ Himmel, sukeltakaa!

08-28-11, 04:48 PM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The deck gun can be useful in finishing off the mortally wounded thereby saving you an eel or two but come mid 41 (even earlier for some merchantmen) don't ever lose sight of the fact your boat was intended to be used aggressively under the waters surface and is quite vulnerable to shellfire whilst surfaced. Did anyone mention the Q Ships? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-29-11, 05:56 AM	#10
Missing Name Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Westun New Yahk Posts: 748 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	Q Ships are nasty surprises. They look exactly like tramp steamers... __________________ Largest target sunk with deck gun: Japanese auxiliary cruiser, 15000 tons Largest engaged: HMS Nelson. Results inconclusive. Read Brag's stuff

08-28-11, 04:09 PM	#5
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	I love my deck gun. Early in the war (and TBH I don't think I've ever played past early 1941) I prefer to use it if at all possible, either initially when first attacking if the situation permits, or as a followup to a first torpedo hit in order to finish off a damaged ship. I have way more gun ammo than eels, and there's nothing more fun than training a big ol' hunk of naval artillery on another ship and letting 'er rip. Sometimes I order "feuer frei" and then go to external cam so I can really watch the boys at work. The only real downside to this approach early in the war is if you're using the Q-ship mod and the poor lonely merchant you just opened fire on turns out to be a well armed decoy. Those guys? They shoot back!