Rifle accuracy

[Neil]

The 16"/50 Mark 7 was a fantastically accurate rifle, especially with Mark 13 radar fire control.

Stipulated; however, required greater than squad deployment to effectuate sans floating mount, thus, a nullity in this discussion.

I suppose you're right.  Even a single gun mounted for coast defence would probably require the equivalent of a platoon to man it effectively.

More like a company I'd think, but I'm just guessing.

Well, you can man a triple turret with 90 men.

[dps]

The 16"/50 Mark 7 was a fantastically accurate rifle, especially with Mark 13 radar fire control.

Stipulated; however, required greater than squad deployment to effectuate sans floating mount, thus, a nullity in this discussion.

I suppose you're right.  Even a single gun mounted for coast defence would probably require the equivalent of a platoon to man it effectively.

More like a company I'd think, but I'm just guessing.

Well, you can man a triple turret with 90 men.

Yeah, but they're supported by lots of personnel that aren't actually in the turret, but who for a CD installation would be considered part of the gun's crew. 

[Neil]

The 16"/50 Mark 7 was a fantastically accurate rifle, especially with Mark 13 radar fire control.

Stipulated; however, required greater than squad deployment to effectuate sans floating mount, thus, a nullity in this discussion.

I suppose you're right.  Even a single gun mounted for coast defence would probably require the equivalent of a platoon to man it effectively.

More like a company I'd think, but I'm just guessing.

Well, you can man a triple turret with 90 men.

Yeah, but they're supported by lots of personnel that aren't actually in the turret, but who for a CD installation would be considered part of the gun's crew.

I wonder about that.  Maybe I can find a breakdown of gun crewing somewhere for dreadnoughts.  I have a pretty excellent reference work on French dreadnought construction...

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

Well, you can man a triple turret with 90 men.

Yeah, but they're supported by lots of personnel that aren't actually in the turret, but who for a CD installation would be considered part of the gun's crew.

Plus, co-locating three barrels in a single turret reduces the total crew required per barrel vice a single barrel installation, since the size of the ordinance handling and fire control teams will not scale linearly with the number of barrels.

[Neil]

Well, you can man a triple turret with 90 men.

Yeah, but they're supported by lots of personnel that aren't actually in the turret, but who for a CD installation would be considered part of the gun's crew.

Plus, co-locating three barrels in a single turret reduces the total crew required per barrel vice a single barrel installation, since the size of the ordinance handling and fire control teams will not scale linearly with the number of barrels.

I considered that when I started thinking about it, but I'll have to look into it.  40-50 men seems adequate if 90 can man a triple.  Since rate of fire was critical, I would think that shell and powder handling would come pretty close to scaling.

[Lucidor]

Wow, thanks Siege. Guns 101 for a European.

[Grey Fox]

Yeah, that was pretty interesting.

@Siege, next time you think you are stupid reread your rifle posts. Damn self-loathing Jew.

[Threviel]

The 16"/50 Mark 7 was a fantastically accurate rifle, especially with Mark 13 radar fire control.

I heard that the 381mm / 50 Model 1934 naval gun was the best, but of course they didn't have radar control.

[Neil]

The 16"/50 Mark 7 was a fantastically accurate rifle, especially with Mark 13 radar fire control.

I heard that the 381mm / 50 Model 1934 naval gun was the best, but of course they didn't have radar control.

Plus it was crewed by Italians.