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Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
« 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

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Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
« Reply #1 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 :)

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Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2011, 06:43:23 PM »
      Pretty reasonable wish to my mind.  Shore batteries often had AAA defenses close by.
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Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
« Reply #3 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
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Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
« Reply #4 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).
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Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
« Reply #5 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.
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Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2011, 09:10:34 PM »
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Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
« Reply #7 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?
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Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
« Reply #8 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.
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Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
« Reply #9 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 :)


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Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
« Reply #10 on: March 07, 2011, 06:19:43 AM »

a single bofors in france.




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

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Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
« Reply #11 on: March 07, 2011, 12:17:21 PM »
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Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
« Reply #12 on: March 07, 2011, 12:44:02 PM »
Reasonable wish that makes perfect sense!

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Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
« Reply #13 on: March 09, 2011, 05:40:07 AM »
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Re: Single manned AA gun on top of shore bat?
« Reply #14 on: March 09, 2011, 05:47:11 AM »
Maybe when the shore  battery is remodeled  :old:
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