Deck Gun

Jimbuna · 08-28-11, 06:57 PM

Mind you, removing it makes absolutely no difference to the performance of your boat.

desirableroasted · 08-28-11, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Mind you, removing it makes absolutely no difference to the performance of your boat.

Interesting! So you might as well keep it, even if its usefulness diminishes.

Jimbuna · 08-29-11, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by desirableroasted

Interesting! So you might as well keep it, even if its usefulness diminishes.

Well I do if I've a VII or IX....it does save on the odd eel

PacificWolf · 08-29-11, 08:27 AM

Thats right, so its always better to have it.

More historical and risky.

Jimbuna · 08-29-11, 11:30 AM

Oh I think they're rather quaint

GoDeep · 08-31-11, 07:12 AM

I keep my deck gun mounted for the simple reason that you never know when it might come in handy. Deck gun shells are more plentiful than torpedoes and if I can conserve my torpedo supply by sinking a ship with the deck gun, I'll do so. Of course the situation has to permit doing something like that. I won't use it close to enemy shores or air patrol zones, for instance. Especially later in the war, the risk is just too high.

Early in the war, it is excellent for picking off stray merchants, stragglers from convoys or already damaged ships that need a little extra "nudge" to help them sink.

One thing I have learned is: always check if the merchant is armed before trying to use your deck gun!

Obltn Strand · 08-31-11, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by GoDeep

One thing I have learned is: always check if the merchant is armed before trying to use your deck gun!

Absolutely correct. Always investigate.

Or your gun crew can look like this.

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08-28-11, 06:57 PM	#1
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,712 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Mind you, removing it makes absolutely no difference to the performance of your boat. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-29-11, 08:27 AM	#4
PacificWolf Ensign Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Gdańsk, Poland. Posts: 233 Downloads: 237 Uploads: 3	Thats right, so its always better to have it. More historical and risky. __________________ "All ships can dive, only submarines can surface"

08-29-11, 11:30 AM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,712 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Oh I think they're rather quaint __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-31-11, 07:12 AM	#6
GoDeep Planesman Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 188 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I keep my deck gun mounted for the simple reason that you never know when it might come in handy. Deck gun shells are more plentiful than torpedoes and if I can conserve my torpedo supply by sinking a ship with the deck gun, I'll do so. Of course the situation has to permit doing something like that. I won't use it close to enemy shores or air patrol zones, for instance. Especially later in the war, the risk is just too high. Early in the war, it is excellent for picking off stray merchants, stragglers from convoys or already damaged ships that need a little extra "nudge" to help them sink. One thing I have learned is: always check if the merchant is armed before trying to use your deck gun! __________________ On sailor's grave there are no roses, On a seaman's grave there blooms no Edelweiss. The only ornaments are the white gulls And the many tears a girl is weeping. -- German folk song, sung by German seamen during the war.