The Honour of deck guns...

Crazy Ian · 03-07-07, 06:22 PM

Am I not the only person who loves engaging targets with a deck gun where ever reasonably possible? In my mind there is no better way to add to your tonnage using the good 'ole weapon..
When the weather works with you (a rarity, I know) you can rack up a quite impressive patrol tonnage when added to your torpedo kills.
Whats the most tonnage anyones sank with a deck gun?

Heibges · 03-07-07, 06:26 PM

I totally agree.

One patrol, over the course of a couple of days of great weather, i came upon 5 small merchants and sank them with the deck gun. Great fun!

leeclose · 03-07-07, 06:32 PM

Yup i like taking merchants Out with My deck gun and when i want a luahg my AA guns

High Voltage · 03-07-07, 06:36 PM

the best is when you aim at their cargo after peppering the waterline with shots, and a giant fireball shoots up into the sky!!! Man I love that....

IRONxMortlock · 03-07-07, 06:46 PM

I love using the deck gun. In my current career though I used a Type II for my first 16 patrols. Now that I've got a Type VII I rarely find unescorted targets to use my deck gun on. Radar is just coming out and it's making any kind of surface attack suicidal. I'll probably keep installed so I can hurt stragglers though I guess.

Here's a question. If I remove my deck gun using SH3C does it improve my underwater performance?
If so it might be coming off rather soon.
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BeautifullNightmare

Crazy Ian · 03-07-07, 06:51 PM

I think we've all forgotten the noble sport of "Funnel Skittles" too

leeclose · 03-07-07, 07:01 PM

Great fun to do with AA guns

Crazy Ian · 03-07-07, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by leeclose

Great fun to do with AA guns

Thats something I meant to ask.. can you damage Merchants with your AA weaponry?

Kingcobra24 · 03-07-07, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Crazy Ian

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Originally Posted by leeclose

Great fun to do with AA guns

Thats something I meant to ask.. can you damage Merchants with your AA weaponry?

Your anti-aircraft guns will blow up deck cargo, but rarely sink anything other than VERY small trawlers, tugs, fishing boats, etc. From coastal vessels on up, go with the deck gun and HE rounds, rather than AP rounds.

Richard Zapp · 03-07-07, 07:20 PM

I have sank Elco Torpedo boats with the Flak gun but I never had
any luck with merchants. My only 100k patrol I had was in a type IX and
I sailed back to base completely out of torpedos and deck gun ammo.
This was pre GWX.

Crazy Ian · 03-07-07, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Kingcobra24

Your anti-aircraft guns will blow up deck cargo, but rarely sink anything other than VERY small trawlers, tugs, fishing boats, etc. From coastal vessels on up, go with the deck gun and HE rounds, rather than AP rounds.

Thats good to hear.. I sank a couple of elco's with Flak but never thought about the smaller civvie rigs... Fishermen of the Atlantic beware!!

leeclose · 03-07-07, 07:39 PM

I took out a medium merchant with my AA guns last night had ran out of Deck gun ammo and eels so had to rely on the AA guns and i made it sink it took me bloody ages but it worked

Brag · 03-07-07, 07:49 PM

On my previous patrol sank a small freighter with 4 rounds--satisfying

Pevs86 · 03-07-07, 07:54 PM

IXBs 37mm will punch holes in most things I've found, even the largest tankers.

But, being 37mm, it's not a very big hole, but gives you something to do between 105 reloads

Rykaird · 03-07-07, 08:34 PM

Yup, love the deck guns. Actually had four straight days of good weather - I mean water like glass - off the coast of Ireland in October 1940. Unreal. Lots of tonnage.

But I never use the deck gun during the day, and I never engage warships with it (unless I'm about to die anyway, and it's the whole "and for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee" thing.)

03-07-07, 06:22 PM	#1
Crazy Ian Torpedoman Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: UK Posts: 115 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	The Honour of deck guns... Am I not the only person who loves engaging targets with a deck gun where ever reasonably possible? In my mind there is no better way to add to your tonnage using the good 'ole weapon.. When the weather works with you (a rarity, I know) you can rack up a quite impressive patrol tonnage when added to your torpedo kills. Whats the most tonnage anyones sank with a deck gun? __________________ Make tubes 1 and 4 ready in all respects...

03-07-07, 06:26 PM	#2
Heibges Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 1,633 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I totally agree. One patrol, over the course of a couple of days of great weather, i came upon 5 small merchants and sank them with the deck gun. Great fun! __________________ U.Kdt.Hdb B. I. 28) This possibility of using the hydrophone to help in detecting surface ships should, however, be restricted to those cases where the submarine is unavoidably compelled to stay below the surface. http://www.hackworth.com/

03-07-07, 06:32 PM	#3
leeclose Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 879 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yup i like taking merchants Out with My deck gun and when i want a luahg my AA guns __________________ “There are only two kinds of naval vessels - submarines, and targets.” Uber-Boot Dev Team

03-07-07, 06:36 PM	#4
High Voltage Chief Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: U-33. Depth Charges...sinking.. Posts: 325 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	the best is when you aim at their cargo after peppering the waterline with shots, and a giant fireball shoots up into the sky!!! Man I love that.... __________________ The new-moon night is black as ink. Off Hatteras the tankers sink. While sadly Roosevelt counts the score-- Some fifty thousand tons--by MOHR

03-07-07, 06:46 PM	#5
IRONxMortlock Watch Officer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 339 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I love using the deck gun. In my current career though I used a Type II for my first 16 patrols. Now that I've got a Type VII I rarely find unescorted targets to use my deck gun on. Radar is just coming out and it's making any kind of surface attack suicidal. I'll probably keep installed so I can hurt stragglers though I guess. Here's a question. If I remove my deck gun using SH3C does it improve my underwater performance? If so it might be coming off rather soon. ________ BeautifullNightmare Last edited by IRONxMortlock; 08-14-11 at 02:56 PM.

03-07-07, 06:51 PM	#6
Crazy Ian Torpedoman Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: UK Posts: 115 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I think we've all forgotten the noble sport of "Funnel Skittles" too __________________ Make tubes 1 and 4 ready in all respects...

03-07-07, 07:01 PM	#7
leeclose Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 879 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Great fun to do with AA guns __________________ “There are only two kinds of naval vessels - submarines, and targets.” Uber-Boot Dev Team

03-07-07, 07:20 PM	#10
Richard Zapp A-ganger Join Date: May 2005 Location: Louisiana, USA Posts: 74 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I have sank Elco Torpedo boats with the Flak gun but I never had any luck with merchants. My only 100k patrol I had was in a type IX and I sailed back to base completely out of torpedos and deck gun ammo. This was pre GWX.

03-07-07, 07:39 PM	#12
leeclose Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 879 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I took out a medium merchant with my AA guns last night had ran out of Deck gun ammo and eels so had to rely on the AA guns and i made it sink it took me bloody ages but it worked __________________ “There are only two kinds of naval vessels - submarines, and targets.” Uber-Boot Dev Team

03-07-07, 07:49 PM	#13
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	On my previous patrol sank a small freighter with 4 rounds--satisfying __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

03-07-07, 07:54 PM	#14
Pevs86 Machinist's Mate Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Uxbridge, England Posts: 123 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	IXBs 37mm will punch holes in most things I've found, even the largest tankers. But, being 37mm, it's not a very big hole, but gives you something to do between 105 reloads

03-07-07, 08:34 PM	#15
Rykaird Weps Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 356 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	Yup, love the deck guns. Actually had four straight days of good weather - I mean water like glass - off the coast of Ireland in October 1940. Unreal. Lots of tonnage. But I never use the deck gun during the day, and I never engage warships with it (unless I'm about to die anyway, and it's the whole "and for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee" thing.)