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Offline ONTOS

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5" guns
« on: August 04, 2017, 11:29:34 AM »
The 5" guns need to  not fire when they are in line with the turret in front of it. Let one gun that is clear still fire, the one that is blocked not fire.
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Re: 5" guns
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2017, 04:12:41 PM »
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Re: 5" guns
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2017, 03:23:45 PM »
You say -1, but give no reason. Please give reason. I'm sure in real life, they did not shoot their own turret or super structure.
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Re: 5" guns
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2017, 03:26:52 PM »
They did on occasion. I believe it was the USS N Carolina?  One of the stops on a 5" turret failed and it destroyed the one in front.

I agree with you btw. They shouldn't be able to shoot through turrets.


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Re: 5" guns
« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2017, 01:09:29 PM »
It would be nice if the 5" guns gave chance to the 'wave surfing' torpedo bombers, as of not working under 50' or something. Right now you get blown away 5k from the fleet. :uhoh
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Re: 5" guns
« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2017, 04:42:19 PM »
-1 also. I like killing wave surfers!!
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Offline EagleDNY

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Re: 5" guns
« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2017, 07:04:41 PM »
Quote from: SFRT - Frenchy on August 06, 2017, 01:09:29 PM
It would be nice if the 5" guns gave chance to the 'wave surfing' torpedo bombers, as of not working under 50' or something. Right now you get blown away 5k from the fleet. :uhoh

If you look at actual ww2 footage of kamikaze attacks being fired upon by 5" guns you see that they go off in proximity to water - the burst radius of the shell was 70 yards, so low flying aircraft are not immune to the shell.   That said, there is a MINIMUM distance that the shell needs to travel before the proximity fuse activates - the electrical power for the fuse is provided by a neat battery that has a glass ampule of battery acid that is smashed by firing the shell.  The acid is spread over the battery plates by the spinning of the shell and the electric power fed to the fuse which starts the radio transmitting.   Obviously it take a moment for all this to occur - so there is a range inside of which you can't have the fuse be armed.   Muzzle velocity on the 5" is about 2500 fps, so I'd figure they couldn't be armed for the 1st second at least (1/2 mile), but the navy might have wanted a bit more than that.   
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