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A 12″ gun is not aimed like a hand gun or a riffle. Their target is over the horizon, so they don’t even see it. Fire controls in a tower gives them instruction and they just aim and wait for the big bang. Triggered from the fire controls.
How do battleship turrets work?
A wing turret is a gun turret mounted along the side, or the wings, of a warship, off the centerline. The positioning of a wing turret limits the gun’s arc of fire, so that it generally can contribute to only the broadside weight of fire on one side of the ship.
How far can a 8 inch gun shoot?
| 8-inch gun M1 | |
|---|---|
| Traverse | 30° (initially), post-war 40° |
| Muzzle velocity | 2,840 ft/s (870 m/s) |
| Effective firing range | 12.5 mi (20.1 km) (minimum) |
| Maximum firing range | 20.24 mi (32.57 km) |
What is the longest ship in the world?
Seawise Giant
Oil tankers
| Name | Length overall | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Seawise Giant | 458.46 m (1,504 ft) | Broken up |
| Batillus class (4 ships) | 414.22 m (1,359 ft) | Broken up |
| Esso Atlantic Esso Pacific | 406.57 m (1,334 ft) | Broken up |
| Nai Superba Nai Genova | 381.92 m (1,253 ft) | Broken up |
What side of the ship does the F turret go on?
The first German dreadnoughts, which used a hexagonal arrangement, had B and C turrets to starboard, D turret aft, and E and F turrets on the port side, with F the forward one of the two. Later on, they switched to staggered wing turrets that allowed cross-deck firing.
How do you name a turret on a battleship?
When talking about battleships, it’s often necessary to somehow name turrets. In the pre-dreadnought days it usually wasn’t too hard, as there were only two main turrets, and you could call them “fore” and “aft”. But dreadnoughts generally had between three and seven turrets, and different nations used different techniques to designate them.
Is there a way to lock the turrets?
This should really be an option. A simple hotkey to lock the rear turrets in the six-o-clock position and another to lock the forward turrets in the twelve-o-clock position. I know WG doesn’t like to over-complicate things for the potatoes but that is very simple and you don’t have to use it.
Why didn’t the US Navy use wing turrets in WW1?
The turrets were simply numbered fore to aft. While this system is simple and effective, it had one major drawback. It didn’t deal with wing turrets well. This wasn’t a problem for the USN, which never used wing turrets, but most dreadnought-owning navies did, and needed a different system.