Secondary batteries in GQIII A1
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Posted 29 December 2007 - 03:47 PM
Other navies also had specific starshell guns too. For example, the first batch of Italian Soldati class destroyers had a short barrelled 4.7" starshell gun in the midships position. The second batch had the full lenght 4.7" gun in it's place and many of the (surviving) first batch were retrofitted. The Ship logs only ever show the full length gun in the midships position, never the starshell gun.Zippee, Your comment about using these guns as starshell mounts is a good clarification. Seems the Royal Navy did indeed use that tactic. Makes sense as full director control wouldn't be required and it would enable all of a DD's main battery mounts be used for gunnery attacks. We'll add that to our house rule.Thanks for the clarification,LONNIE
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Posted 06 January 2008 - 01:21 PM
True enough that some navies used specialized starshell guns (sometimes called lighting howitzers). In many cases, these were done away with in favor of proper guns or replaced with AA weapons.In the case of the Italian short 4.7" (or 120mm/15) its no wonder the Italians decided to drop this dubious weapon since its effective range was only 4400yds (far too short to be an effective star shell gun). It was carried on a handful of DDs and on the 'Zara' class CAs, but seems to have been replaced or removed rather quickly.Other navies also had specific starshell guns too. For example, the first batch of Italian Soldati class destroyers had a short barrelled 4.7" starshell gun in the midships position. The second batch had the full lenght 4.7" gun in it's place and many of the (surviving) first batch were retrofitted. The Ship logs only ever show the full length gun in the midships position, never the starshell gun.
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