The big AA guns on our ships are of the 5"/38 Mk 12 family, pretty impressive weapons too. Each VT round weighs 60 lbs, with an 8 lbs HE warhead, and gets launched at 2,500 FPS. Drop a round within 30 feet of a target and it'll make any aircraft look like a sponge. Max range is listed as 18,000 yards (new gun) with an AA ceiling of 37,200 ft. Time of flight at the above velocity ends up looking like...
Time of flight for AAC projectile with MV = 2,500 fps (762 mps):
5,000 yards (4,570 m): 8.0 seconds
10,000 yards (9,140 m): 22.0 seconds
15,000 yards (13,720 m): 43.0 seconds
17,270 yards (15,790 m): 68.8 seconds
AAC is short for Anti-Aircraft Common, which is not a VT round but the two are fairly close in shell shape. Toss in radar-controlled guns and you end up with a fairly accurate weapon, as long as the target holds still. Against ships, boats, or heavy bombers it'd be pretty devistating. Against a maneuvering fighter (non-kamikaze) the gun director would be lucky to get a shell in the same ocean, let alone within 50 feet of the target. Especially at long range. I agree that long-distance accuracy for these puppies needs to be looked at. The current AI accuracy level at long range is far too high to be believable, especially against maneuvering aircraft.
Specs "borrowed" from the
http://www.warships1.com armory data page listing for the 5"/38 Mk12 gun.
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