Question about CA Guns.

[Seagoon]

Anyone know the Time on Target for the CA's big guns? In other words how long does it take the CA's 8 inch shells to fly say 10K?

Also, what is the rough equivalent of a CA shell to a bomb? Is it the equivalent of a 100 lb. bomb? 250? etc.

Thanks in advance,

Seagoon

[LYNX]

Originally posted by Seagoon
Anyone know the Time on Target for the CA's big guns? In other words how long does it take the CA's 8 inch shells to fly say 10K?

Also, what is the rough equivalent of a CA shell to a bomb? Is it the equivalent of a 100 lb. bomb? 250? etc.

Thanks in advance,

Seagoon

Good questions that I have no real answers to.  Time of flight is around 3/4 the range.  Have no real data other than experience.

Shells 3 x 8Inch layed in can take out 6 structures on a fresh town so I'm speculating 250's or more.  100's I shouldn't think so.

Sorry it's vague just guesstimates from experience.

[whels]

Shells will travel about 13k  from time of fire to the reload sound is done, u figure the secs.

shell to bomb weight,   takes 2 hits from 8" guns to sink Cruiser so
2 shots x 3 shells = 6 shells
6 shells / 2000lb (cruiser death lbs) = 333.3333 lbs per shell. so id say
each shell is near 350 lb bomb equivalent.

[Daubie]

If nobody pesters me, I can level a town &/or base and lately will take command of a task group to my end of doing so to intended target.  

In range, 8 inch guns on the cruiser, max outer distance (not visual range) of firing a salvo, after the guns reload and I get a text message of targets taken out (damage reaccessment), I count about 15 seconds beyond the 2nd reload click.  

Widewing has a pretty good tute concerning how the cv task groups should be done.  

I usually lose interest when a lower scoring guy overides my command, then I abandon what I'm doing there.  Especially more so when lower scoring guy loses the cv and it gets sunk.

How about 16 inchers like the North Carolina battleship had?  I visted that ship a few years ago.  I think it was 25 miles pin point accuracy with a shell that weighed about what an old VW Beetle did.  I bet Google knows as to velocity of said round.

http://www.google.com/search?q=USS+North+Carolina+main+guns&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1

http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_16-45_mk6.htm

[trax1]

Originally posted by Seagoon
Anyone know the Time on Target for the CA's big guns? In other words how long does it take the CA's 8 inch shells to fly say 10K?
Seagoon

theres an easy way to figure that one out, get in a 8" gun set your range to 10k, zoom in on your target and count the seconds until you see an impact.

[hunter128]

How about 18 inchers like the North Carolina battleship had?

The only ship that had 18 inch guns was the Yamato, The North Carolina, and all the Iowa class battleships had 16 inch guns

nitpicking aside, i like the sound of that. Give us some Battleships!:D

[Daubie]

Yes.

I was editing when you replied.  See links.

That was 1980's I was there.  Time tends to play havoc with memory.

[hunter128]

sorry bout the nitpicking.

i dont seem to have very good timing:D

oh, and for some reason i thought the North Carolina was an Iowa class...oops:rolleyes:

[Daubie]

Yeah, me too, I thought North Carolina was Iowa class.  Age, middle fifties, my memory is mush.

http://www.google.com/search?q=Iowa+Class+battleships&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1