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Title: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
Post by: Skyguns MKII on March 05, 2011, 01:58:32 PM
I was thinking, and before you take cover hear me out. Would it be alright to have a single dual 40mm manned AA gun on top of the shore battery? Or perhaps even a single 20 mm like we have on the CV? Just some sort of ground to air resistance... Now it’s my first post on wishes for about 3 years so im open for criticism.  :ahand
Title: Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
Post by: kvuo75 on March 05, 2011, 02:55:09 PM
ahh just wait for them to get lazy and fly in front of it, and shoot em WITH the shorebat :)

Title: Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
Post by: Rino on March 05, 2011, 06:43:23 PM
      Pretty reasonable wish to my mind.  Shore batteries often had AAA defenses close by.
Title: Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
Post by: Yossarian on March 05, 2011, 08:13:01 PM
Sounds like a nice idea to me.  Also, some better damage modelling on the SB would be nice...I've always thought it vaguely ridiculous that you can destroy a big ugly lump of reinforced concrete by firing a lot of rifle calibre bullets at it :P
Title: Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
Post by: kvuo75 on March 05, 2011, 08:38:35 PM
Sounds like a nice idea to me.  Also, some better damage modelling on the SB would be nice...I've always thought it vaguely ridiculous that you can destroy a big ugly lump of reinforced concrete by firing a lot of rifle calibre bullets at it :P

yea true, but it seems like a reasonably good balance the way it is, because they can cause alot of damage quickly to a task group if it has a shot. And on some maps, they can cover a maproom or a GV spawn, and cause much trouble (as is my method).
Title: Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
Post by: Volron on March 05, 2011, 09:08:25 PM
Gotta love picking off tanks at their spawn in one. :devil

But I agree, the SB could use SOME kind of AA defense added to it.  I'd be fine with a manned 40mm single and/or 2 quad 20mm auto's.
Title: Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
Post by: MachFly on March 05, 2011, 09:10:34 PM
+1
Title: Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
Post by: gyrene81 on March 05, 2011, 11:34:20 PM
Pretty reasonable wish to my mind.  Shore batteries often had AAA defenses close by.
what do you consider close by? what countries had shore batteries with aa guns on top of the bunker?
Title: Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
Post by: Rino on March 06, 2011, 07:51:47 AM
what do you consider close by? what countries had shore batteries with aa guns on top of the bunker?

      Got me, I said nearby...do your own research.  I have seen coastal AAA defenses by the Germans in Norway and
France.
Title: Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
Post by: Spikes on March 06, 2011, 08:20:20 AM
ahh just wait for them to get lazy and fly in front of it, and shoot em WITH the shorebat :)


I had a shore battery shoot my 262 down as I flew past once.
Title: Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
Post by: theNewB on March 07, 2011, 06:19:43 AM
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9fJALTovDT4/TGo5LOJzDUI/AAAAAAAAUq8/xTT8ZqFCxxs/s1600/ar3.jpg)
a single bofors in france.

(http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/1175/p1010056asm.jpg)

(http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/1671/p1010066asm.jpg)
Heres a neat one from a model company. Seems to be a replica of a german bunker.

anyway thats what I have offhand. And its a good idea :aok
Title: Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
Post by: Vudu15 on March 07, 2011, 12:17:21 PM
 :aok
Title: Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
Post by: LLogann on March 07, 2011, 12:44:02 PM
Reasonable wish that makes perfect sense!

+1

Title: Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
Post by: MarineUS on March 09, 2011, 05:40:07 AM
+1
Title: Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
Post by: EskimoJoe on March 09, 2011, 05:47:11 AM
Maybe when the shore  battery is remodeled  :old:
Title: Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
Post by: AAJagerX on March 09, 2011, 01:55:37 PM
+1  

Twin shore bat with anti air!  I can dig it.  Maybe our virtual admirals will stop parking the CV 2 miles from shore so often.

EDIT:  The LVT spawn would need to be changed to be closer to the beach though.
Title: Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
Post by: Skyguns MKII on March 09, 2011, 02:19:33 PM
+1  

Twin shore bat with anti air!  I can dig it.  Maybe our virtual admirals will stop parking the CV 2 miles from shore so often.

EDIT:  The LVT spawn would need to be changed to be closer to the beach though.

agreed...
Title: Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
Post by: AAJagerX on March 09, 2011, 03:01:48 PM
To make it fair, keep the rear of the shore bat open.  When someone jumps to that position, a few troops man the guns.  Kill the troops, and the gunner hits the tower and has to re-up to continue firing.

EDIT:  That way, the attackers have to brave the anti-air guns to stop the operator yet it wouldn't be a suicide run.

2nd EDIT:  The troops manning the gun should also be doing the Macarena.
Title: Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
Post by: Puck on March 09, 2011, 03:19:28 PM
Sounds like a nice idea to me.  Also, some better damage modelling on the SB would be nice...I've always thought it vaguely ridiculous that you can destroy a big ugly lump of reinforced concrete by firing a lot of rifle calibre bullets at it :P

HTC wasn't all that worried about shore batteries and used a pretty cheap concrete company.  Saved a few bucks.

Let's just revisit the whole thing (fleets have been updated after all) and make them more of a gun complex than a single 6" tube.  Couple big rifles, some AA, a decent stereo system, some pin ups...
Title: Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
Post by: Volron on March 09, 2011, 08:24:54 PM
HTC wasn't all that worried about shore batteries and used a pretty cheap concrete company.  Saved a few bucks.

Let's just revisit the whole thing (fleets have been updated after all) and make them more of a gun complex than a single 6" tube.  Couple big rifles, some AA, a decent stereo system, some pin ups...

Dude...You forgot the MOST important thing...   A SMALL SHEEP PEN!
Title: Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
Post by: SlipKnt on March 12, 2011, 07:09:31 PM
Even if they aren't "manned" ack.  Auto would be cool too...

I like this wish!!!

+1

 :aok
Title: Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
Post by: Yossarian on March 12, 2011, 07:20:20 PM
HTC wasn't all that worried about shore batteries and used a pretty cheap concrete company.  Saved a few bucks.

Let's just revisit the whole thing (fleets have been updated after all) and make them more of a gun complex than a single 6" tube.  Couple big rifles, some AA, a decent stereo system, some pin ups...

IlikeIlikeIlike!! :aok :aok
Title: Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
Post by: 321BAR on March 12, 2011, 11:35:17 PM
what do you consider close by? what countries had shore batteries with aa guns on top of the bunker?
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9fJALTovDT4/TGo5LOJzDUI/AAAAAAAAUq8/xTT8ZqFCxxs/s1600/ar3.jpg)
a single bofors in france.

(http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/1175/p1010056asm.jpg)

(http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/1671/p1010066asm.jpg)
Heres a neat one from a model company. Seems to be a replica of a german bunker.

anyway thats what I have offhand. And its a good idea :aok