Sinking a merchant with AA gun?

Schnee · 05-29-08, 08:40 AM

....I guess it depends on the calibre of the AA gun. With .50 cal/20 mm, I've found them to be borderline useless even on fishing vessels. However, once I acquired a Balao class and upgraded the AA mounts to 40 mm, its easy to sink fishing vessels.

Don't know how effective it would be on merchents - I suspect the ship would have to be really crippled and you would have to get pretty up close and personal to do thew job. Even then it would take awhile.

As an aside - does anybody find the Jap gunners to be a little TOO good? Even at 2500 - 3000 yds?

Ronin1975 · 05-29-08, 09:05 AM

Thanks for the replies fellows

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Originally Posted by Schnee

As an aside - does anybody find the Jap gunners to be a little TOO good? Even at 2500 - 3000 yds?

Yeah I do, even when the weather is bad they shoot very very good. Lots of hits on my beloved sub

Tim Stan Armstrong · 05-29-08, 07:58 PM

Yeah i'll second that they are extreamly accurate, i had a DD land all shells from two salvos at about 8000yards

Starting to think the japs really do have radar.

les green01 · 05-29-08, 09:05 PM

i have kill crew with the aa my tatic is to manuver where i can bring every weapon to bear on the sailors and bridge and let it rip from bow to stern as the deckgun allso firing if they not dieing they sure a dodging lmao

JoeCorrado · 05-29-08, 11:59 PM

You can sink a Saipan with the 20mm - that's about it.

banjo · 05-30-08, 09:46 AM

You can polish off a damaged merchie with the 40 mm. I don't know if you can sink an undamaged one. I frequently man the 40 mm and help my gun crew finish a already damaged ship.

tomoose · 05-30-08, 10:39 AM

I've nailed the deck guns found on some merchants with my own deck gun but they continue to fire so, in my experience, you cannot "take out" a merchant's armament, the damage is only against the ship proper.

I've seen the AA cause damage (small explosions) to merchants but I've never wasted a lot of ammo from my own AA on a ship as I might need it against aircraft if I'm limping home etc.:hmm:

Red Devil · 05-30-08, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by JoeCorrado

You can sink a Saipan with the 20mm - that's about it.

.............. a whole island!!!!! :rotfl:

05-29-08, 08:40 AM	#1
Schnee Engineer Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 209 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Actually... ....I guess it depends on the calibre of the AA gun. With .50 cal/20 mm, I've found them to be borderline useless even on fishing vessels. However, once I acquired a Balao class and upgraded the AA mounts to 40 mm, its easy to sink fishing vessels. Don't know how effective it would be on merchents - I suspect the ship would have to be really crippled and you would have to get pretty up close and personal to do thew job. Even then it would take awhile. As an aside - does anybody find the Jap gunners to be a little TOO good? Even at 2500 - 3000 yds?

05-29-08, 09:05 PM	#4
les green01 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Freeman Missouri Posts: 1,784 Downloads: 1405 Uploads: 0	i have kill crew with the aa my tatic is to manuver where i can bring every weapon to bear on the sailors and bridge and let it rip from bow to stern as the deckgun allso firing if they not dieing they sure a dodging lmao __________________ I'll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done. Audie Murphy

05-29-08, 11:59 PM	#5
JoeCorrado Weps Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 366 Downloads: 176 Uploads: 5	You can sink a Saipan with the 20mm - that's about it. __________________ ============= My Game starts with GFO - Keepin' it real as it needs to be!

05-30-08, 10:39 AM	#7
tomoose Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 930 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Merchant deck gun I've nailed the deck guns found on some merchants with my own deck gun but they continue to fire so, in my experience, you cannot "take out" a merchant's armament, the damage is only against the ship proper. I've seen the AA cause damage (small explosions) to merchants but I've never wasted a lot of ammo from my own AA on a ship as I might need it against aircraft if I'm limping home etc.:hmm:

05-29-08, 07:58 PM	#3
Tim Stan Armstrong Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Geelong, Australia Posts: 10 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Yeah i'll second that they are extreamly accurate, i had a DD land all shells from two salvos at about 8000yards Starting to think the japs really do have radar.

05-30-08, 09:46 AM	#6
banjo Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 762 Downloads: 55 Uploads: 0	You can polish off a damaged merchie with the 40 mm. I don't know if you can sink an undamaged one. I frequently man the 40 mm and help my gun crew finish a already damaged ship.