Originally posted by Oleg
As far as i remember, all but one bomb's hits from level bombers was scored after both ships got numerous torpedo hits.
btw, this battle shows very clearly how ineffective real AA guns was. AA guns in AH absolutelly unrealistic and way way too deadly. But it dont helps, anyway.
Early AA guns had mechanical fusing - you either had to chop a fuse manually, or you had a mechanical device on the gun that would set the fuse based on the gunsight. Even this could be effective if you knew the enemy aircraft's altitude (88s were mechanically fused, and they shot down plenty of american bombers).
Even though the Prince of Wales was a "modern" battleship - she was a 1941 model - not a 1944 model. A lot of progress was made over that 3 years. By 1944 you have radar direction, height finding radars, and proximity fuses on 5" guns that can actually reach up high enough to hit an incoming bomber. If you watch films of kamikaze attacks in the pacific, the AAA is murderous - they score some hits, but a whole lot of them get shot down as well.
The AAA on an AH CV group is way too light, and the target selection by the auto-ack is downright silly. We need many more mannable 5" guns - put 3 mannable twin 5" turrets on each DD and maybe we get something a little more challenging to attack.
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