The Honour of deck guns... - Page 2

leeclose · 03-07-07, 09:01 PM

Ive managed to take out a few DD's at extreme range with my 105 becous ei have a really good gun crew and a brilliant boat the trusty u-111 IXB all the way

Iron Budokan · 03-07-07, 09:17 PM

Yup, I love my deck gun, too!

I also like raking fishing vessels and other small craft with my AA until blood runs from the scuppers. Great fun!

bookworm_020 · 03-07-07, 11:00 PM

Using my 37mm flack gun when I had Stock Sh3 I could sink coastal and small merchants. GWX means its deck or nothing.

In Stock Sh3 I have sunk around 100,000 with the deck gun alone (there use to be a place where unescorted liners would come through like clock work in a two year time frame.

GWX I have sunk 36,000 with the deck gun, but as the years pass (i'm into 1943) the deck gun is getting less and less use.

03-07-07, 11:10 PM

My Dad once after getting fustrated with torpedo missings surfaced and duked a Flower Corvy with his deck gun, I was calling him an idiot the whole time but he killed the bugger, He rammed it once or twice too, (you know the whole sliding along the side and waving to the crew on the ship while you slide by rammings) :p

Dantenoc · 03-08-07, 12:57 AM

Yes, many people have mentioned the deck gun as very satisfying since it makes you feel like a pirate praying on the weak and lone merchants

xlbob · 03-08-07, 01:04 AM

I use deck gun when ever possible... trying to save torps for later

Usually if the ship is big I fire one torp first, if one torp doesn't sink it, I surface and finish it with the deck gun.

Crosseye76 · 03-08-07, 02:04 AM

Same here Xlbob.

Crazy Ian · 03-08-07, 07:34 AM

Here's another deckgun related question...

If you give your watch officer a gunner/flak gunner qualification, does it affect the skill of your deck/flack gun crew?

And who actually uses Starshells???

alamwuhk2a · 03-08-07, 07:42 AM

I think the qualifications only increase the accuracy of AI gunnery.
By the way, I tried to use the deck gun on my VIIC in 1940, getting 60k tonnage

Corsair · 03-08-07, 07:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crazy Ian

Here's another deckgun related question...

If you give your watch officer a gunner/flak gunner qualification, does it affect the skill of your deck/flack gun crew?

And who actually uses Starshells???

I guess most people around this forum use GWX now, so only HE available...

Brag · 03-08-07, 07:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crazy Ian

Here's another deckgun related question...

If you give your watch officer a gunner/flak gunner qualification, does it affect the skill of your deck/flack gun crew?

And who actually uses Starshells???

In GWX, having an officer & PO gunner qualified makes a BIG difference, in accuracy, effectiveness and speed of reloading. Earlier, I mentioned sinking a ship with four shots. That was with gunner officer and PO.

Happy shooting, Mates.

Crazy Ian · 03-08-07, 08:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brag

In GWX, having an officer & PO gunner qualified makes a BIG difference, in accuracy, effectiveness and speed of reloading. Earlier, I mentioned sinking a ship with four shots. That was with gunner officer and PO.

Happy shooting, Mates.

I can see a major increase in tonnage coming up...

leeclose · 03-08-07, 09:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rilder

My Dad once after getting fustrated with torpedo missings surfaced and duked a Flower Corvy with his deck gun, I was calling him an idiot the whole time but he killed the bugger, He rammed it once or twice too, (you know the whole sliding along the side and waving to the crew on the ship while you slide by rammings) :p

Yup i have doen that before in fact i git a armed trawler so hard once i ducked the thing under the water and it didnt come back up i'm sure i got a piccy some where but that was with vanilla SH3

Crazy Ian · 03-08-07, 10:39 AM

Ah armed trawlers.. hours of fun to be had surfacing 700m directly behind them and watching 'em desperatley twist and turn to get a bead on you with their main ordinance

leeclose · 03-08-07, 03:19 PM

Yup i love it espesh when u use a IXB which can out turn the the buggers

03-07-07, 09:01 PM	#16
leeclose Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 879 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Ive managed to take out a few DD's at extreme range with my 105 becous ei have a really good gun crew and a brilliant boat the trusty u-111 IXB all the way __________________ “There are only two kinds of naval vessels - submarines, and targets.” Uber-Boot Dev Team

03-07-07, 09:17 PM	#17
Iron Budokan Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,778 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Yup, I love my deck gun, too! I also like raking fishing vessels and other small craft with my AA until blood runs from the scuppers. Great fun! __________________ "You will take on England wherever you find her ships, and you will break her power at sea." --Iron Coffins, Herbert A. Werner http://kennethmarkhoover.com

03-07-07, 11:00 PM	#18
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Using my 37mm flack gun when I had Stock Sh3 I could sink coastal and small merchants. GWX means its deck or nothing. In Stock Sh3 I have sunk around 100,000 with the deck gun alone (there use to be a place where unescorted liners would come through like clock work in a two year time frame. GWX I have sunk 36,000 with the deck gun, but as the years pass (i'm into 1943) the deck gun is getting less and less use. __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

03-08-07, 12:57 AM	#20
Dantenoc Captain Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ensenada, B.C., Mexico Posts: 504 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yes, many people have mentioned the deck gun as very satisfying since it makes you feel like a pirate praying on the weak and lone merchants __________________ Going to U-boot school : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=88922 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=90234 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=88961 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=97682

03-08-07, 01:04 AM	#21
xlbob Gunner Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Jakarta, Indonesia Posts: 99 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I use deck gun when ever possible... trying to save torps for later Usually if the ship is big I fire one torp first, if one torp doesn't sink it, I surface and finish it with the deck gun. __________________ xlbob GWX v 2

03-07-07, 11:10 PM	#19
Rilder Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	My Dad once after getting fustrated with torpedo missings surfaced and duked a Flower Corvy with his deck gun, I was calling him an idiot the whole time but he killed the bugger, He rammed it once or twice too, (you know the whole sliding along the side and waving to the crew on the ship while you slide by rammings) :p

03-08-07, 02:04 AM	#22
Crosseye76 Lieutenant Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 258 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Same here Xlbob. __________________ There are only two kinds of ships. Submarines and Targets.

03-08-07, 07:34 AM	#23
Crazy Ian Torpedoman Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: UK Posts: 115 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Here's another deckgun related question... If you give your watch officer a gunner/flak gunner qualification, does it affect the skill of your deck/flack gun crew? And who actually uses Starshells??? __________________ Make tubes 1 and 4 ready in all respects...

03-08-07, 07:42 AM	#24
alamwuhk2a Helmsman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 107 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	I think the qualifications only increase the accuracy of AI gunnery. By the way, I tried to use the deck gun on my VIIC in 1940, getting 60k tonnage __________________ Come from the secret Hong Kong U-boat base

03-08-07, 10:39 AM	#29
Crazy Ian Torpedoman Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: UK Posts: 115 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Ah armed trawlers.. hours of fun to be had surfacing 700m directly behind them and watching 'em desperatley twist and turn to get a bead on you with their main ordinance __________________ Make tubes 1 and 4 ready in all respects...

03-08-07, 03:19 PM	#30
leeclose Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 879 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yup i love it espesh when u use a IXB which can out turn the the buggers __________________ “There are only two kinds of naval vessels - submarines, and targets.” Uber-Boot Dev Team