You wrote: "[...] The Gashidda-class 400-ton SDB was designed to penetrate the armor of
Imperial grav tanks [...]" and "[...] The funnels of the twin steam engines restrict the
turret rotation to 330° unless the cannon is raised for anti-air fire. [...]". And the vessel
is TL5.
All this says to me that the cannon is usually not used for indirect fire: for
a TL5 artillery firing on moving targets was fruitless as they could not
perform the required calculations fast enough and then load the gun in time -
not to forget that they were not capable to determine both positions (that of
the gun and that of the target) accurately enough.
That brings me to your design: even if the boat knows where it is, what about
the forward observer? How will he determine his position? Also with 2 times 3
sets of navigation instruments?
I still doubt that such a vessel would have (or need) this additional three
sets of navigation instruments in the turret.
Regards
thr
----------| Am 01.07.2008 19:30 schrieb Onno Meyer: |----------
Equipment
Body: Whistle; meteorology instruments; three sets of navigation
instruments; fire direction center; operating room; two 10,000-lb.
external cradles; 60-man environmental controls; 1,250 man-days of
provisions. Turret: Universal mount; two signal lamps, limelight;
three sets of navigation instruments. External: 4,000-sf top deck.
For a RIVER boat that has an operation timefram of just two days I doubt
that they will have THREE sets of navigation instruments as they are mainly
in sight of land. But I am absolutely sure that they do not have three sets
more of these instruments in the turret - for what reason?
Thomas Thrien
Indirect fire. They'll want to be REALLY sure where they are.
Onno
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