what am i doing wrong? (N Atlantic Convoy mission)

[SeaQueen]

Originally Posted by Dr.Sid

76mm can be fired at missiles ? I mean .. does it hit ? I guess it could with special flak ammo, but with direct hit ?

The 76mm is a dual purpose gun. You should be able to use it on air or surface targets. If you watch "show truth" you'll see other ships shooting their guns at incomming missiles. My sense of things is that it's a long shot, but if you save your ship by a long-shot gun hit or a missile shot the end result is a good one. :-)

[Molon Labe]

Originally Posted by SeaQueen

The 76mm is a dual purpose gun. You should be able to use it on air or surface targets. If you watch "show truth" you'll see other ships shooting their guns at incomming missiles. My sense of things is that it's a long shot, but if you save your ship by a long-shot gun hit or a missile shot the end result is a good one. :-)

In my experience, the gun does not take into consideration the altitude of a contact. I tried shooting at a helo once, and the rounds splashed down in the water underneath it.

Even if there is a slim chance of a hit, why would you want to waste a decent chance of a hit with an SM-2?

[Dr.Sid]

Hm .. I remember shooting helo once too .. with no success. If it can't hit helo, hitting incoming missile would be a miracle. Occupying tracking radar does not give sense.

Other ships use their bigger guns .. but those are AI and AI does pretty everything in different way.

[Looney11]

My guess is, that at present, the gun fires ordinary "dumb" projectiles. It fires metal slugs like our great-great-great ancestors used on their old wooden ships . With a ballistic trajectory, this makes for hitting a speedy missile neigh impossible.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otobreda_76_mm gives you a look at the oto-breda 76mm naval gun used on a lot of naval vessels.

As you can see, it can carry a meriad of different types of ammo:
- HE
- AP
- Training (lead-slugs)
- Proximity fuses / Timed fuzes / impact fuzes
- Incendiary
- AA

From what I recall from my naval years is that types of fuzes can be switched to match the task at hand. I believe this is done manually and not common practice.

For the 76mm in DW I'd love to see AA / Proximty rounds/fuzes so you can effectively engage airborne targets.

Proximity fuzes -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proximity_fuze

[GhOsT55]

ot question here.how does a proxy fuze go off? like a magnetic feild or summthig?

[Dr.Sid]

Originally Posted by GhOsT55

ot question here.how does a proxy fuze go off? like a magnetic feild or summthig?

Ehm .. that's why there is the link to wikipedia in the post above ..