new boat ----> LCT(R)

[Skyguns MKII]

This could be fun to take out on the sea spawns.












This had a large set of launchers for the British RP-3 60 lb (27 kg), 3 in (76 mm) rockets mounted on the covered-over tank deck. The full set of launchers was "in excess of" 1,000 and reloads totaling 5,000 rockets were kept below. The firepower was claimed to be equivalent to 80 light cruisers or 200 destroyers.
The method of operation was to anchor off the target beach, pointing towards the shore. The distance to the shore was then measured by radar and the elevation of the launchers set accordingly. The crew then vanished below (apart from the commanding officer who retreated to a special cubby hole to control things) and the launch was then set off electrically. The launch could comprise the entire set or individual ranks of rockets. A full reload was a very labor-intensive operation and at least one LCT(R) went alongside a cruiser and got a working party from the larger ship to assist in the process. Used in both theaters, in the pacific, Atlantic, and the Mediterranean.




please stand by for more statistics and history info (hard to find so help out)

[skorpion]

+1 but where would we use it? wont do much but launch missles at a base for about a minute then die.

[Skyguns MKII]

+1 but where would we use it? wont do much but launch missles at a base for about a minute then die.

True it would only be able to fire once then run, however the devastation specifically on the town would be severe. Plus this baby is a bit heavier than our PT so it’s going to take a quite a bit of rounds to sink or at least big ones so you have time to get back to the spawn and land. They were used in both theaters, in the pacific, Atlantic, and the Mediterranean. Im pretty sure they had some sort of AA or at least a few did...

[Skyguns MKII]

+1 but where would we use it? wont do much but launch missles at a base for about a minute then die.

says they had 5000 rockets below deck for reload, so a total of 6000 launches, launching 1000 at a time....

[lulu]

LCT(R)


 


+1

[jolly22]

 

 

[LLogann]

Your math is of brotha.

says they had 5000 rockets below deck for reload, so a total of 6000 launches, launching 1000 at a time....

[EskimoJoe]

Your math is of brotha.

5,000 below deck, plus 1,000 currently on deck...
I think his math is right? 

[gyrene81]

5,000 below deck, plus 1,000 currently on deck...
I think his math is right? 

read it again...

says they had 5000 rockets below deck for reload, so a total of 6000 launches, launching 1000 at a time....

if they have 6000 total, launching 1000 at a time...how many actual launches are there?

[EskimoJoe]

This had a large set of launchers for the British RP-3 60 lb (27 kg), 3 in (76 mm) rockets mounted on the covered-over tank deck. The full set of launchers was "in excess of" 1,000 and reloads totaling 5,000 rockets were kept below. The firepower was claimed to be equivalent to 80 light cruisers or 200 destroyers.

 
Perhaps you're the one who should be reading the OP over again.
'reloads totaling 5,000 rockers were kept below'.
This implies that the total number of reloads kept below deck
totals 5,000 rockets, in addition to the 1,000 on deck.

read it again...
if they have 6000 total, launching 1000 at a time...how many actual launches are there?

Therefore, yes, a total of 6,000 launched rockets would be accurate
according to this information.

[gyrene81]

lol joe...think "launch sequence", "launch wave", etc...if you have 6000 total launching 1000 per sequence...that's 6 launches.

[EskimoJoe]

The launch could comprise the entire set or individual ranks of rockets. A full reload was a very labor-intensive operation and at least one LCT(R) went alongside a cruiser and got a working party from the larger ship to assist in the process. Used in both theaters, in the pacific, Atlantic, and the Mediterranean.

Yes, there could be six individual launches, however the total
number of launched rockets still would hit 6,000.

Your math is of brotha.

read it again...
if they have 6000 total, launching 1000 at a time...how many actual launches are there?

Which would mean that Skyguns has done his math correctly and
both of you have skewed it in a similar fashion, as far as I care.

[gyrene81]

uh huh...

[olds442]

+1

[LLogann]

Sheesh eJoe.......  We are just playing with it... BUT....  technically, Gyrene explains the situation correctly.  The way he wrote it, 1000 rockets was a single launch.  Nothing more to say, it is just the written English language and there is no ambiguity.  Now at the same time, we all realize what he meant, but it's more fun this way.  

Take a pill.