RUb Deck Gun

JScones · 08-04-07, 09:20 PM

Trust me, you will find that it's been extensively discussed here, time and time again.

Here's one thread dedicated to RUb's deck gun... http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=80956

I'll leave the "heated" threads and posts for you to find, LOL!

onelifecrisis · 08-05-07, 11:06 AM

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction! I think, having read all that stuff and more, that I'll leave the setting where it is. The fact that (in SH3) you can dive immediately has to be compensated for somehow

and those statistics (only 5% of all U-boat targets sunk were sunk using the deck gun!) suggest that vanilla SH3's deck gun was way overpowered (I was getting more than 50% of my kills from it in the early stages of the war).

Heibges · 08-05-07, 11:59 AM

The deckgun has pretty much been "overpowered" in one way or another in just about every subsim.

It was thoroughly ridiculous in even the beloved Silent Hunter. You could easily sink the entire IJN before they even got the the range at which they opened up.:rotfl:

I would suggest consulting the relevent chapter on Conducting a Gunnery Raid in the Uboat Commanders Handbook.

08-05-07, 11:59 AM	#3
Heibges Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 1,633 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	The deckgun has pretty much been "overpowered" in one way or another in just about every subsim. It was thoroughly ridiculous in even the beloved Silent Hunter. You could easily sink the entire IJN before they even got the the range at which they opened up.:rotfl: I would suggest consulting the relevent chapter on Conducting a Gunnery Raid in the Uboat Commanders Handbook. __________________ 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/

08-04-07, 09:20 PM	#1
JScones Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5,501 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Trust me, you will find that it's been extensively discussed here, time and time again. Here's one thread dedicated to RUb's deck gun... http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=80956 I'll leave the "heated" threads and posts for you to find, LOL!

08-05-07, 11:06 AM	#2
onelifecrisis Maverick Modder Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: England Posts: 3,895 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 3	Thanks for pointing me in the right direction! I think, having read all that stuff and more, that I'll leave the setting where it is. The fact that (in SH3) you can dive immediately has to be compensated for somehow and those statistics (only 5% of all U-boat targets sunk were sunk using the deck gun!) suggest that vanilla SH3's deck gun was way overpowered (I was getting more than 50% of my kills from it in the early stages of the war).