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Ashikaga · 09-25-20, 08:59 PM

Firing a deck gun mounted on a U boat deck manned by four men with the movement of the waves and taking into account every grenade has to come from within the ship and given through a small hatch near the deck gun?

I think that one grenade every three seconds is completely unrealistic. There are some good original documentaries about U boats on youtube including an original German one which shows the operation of the deck gun in quite some detail. The short barreled 8.8cm deck gun is not a belt feeder ya know...

OLtzS Ashikaga

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Part 2. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x74dadg

09-25-20, 08:59 PM	#2
Ashikaga Commodore Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Netherlands Posts: 617 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	Firing a deck gun mounted on a U boat deck manned by four men with the movement of the waves and taking into account every grenade has to come from within the ship and given through a small hatch near the deck gun? I think that one grenade every three seconds is completely unrealistic. There are some good original documentaries about U boats on youtube including an original German one which shows the operation of the deck gun in quite some detail. The short barreled 8.8cm deck gun is not a belt feeder ya know... OLtzS Ashikaga 1. Part 2. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x74dadg __________________ Last edited by Ashikaga; 09-26-20 at 12:29 AM.