14.09.2009, 06:44
Good points from all who posted here..
but, changing the ROF on this cannon would only cause more discussion and highly probable; more disagreement.
The thing is:
The cannon was handloaded. A ROF of 12 secs would be about the max it should take.
I can imagine that in a confined space of the B-25, under highly stressfull combat conditions, as a loader, i'd be slamming shells into the cannon as fast as i could.
(bet any loader would do so).
But in the meanwhile you're rocked because of turbulence - flakburst turbulence, the aircraft is possibly hit, it also moves to dodge incoming fire.
All that just adds up to the stress.
So, a ROF of calculated 3-4 secs, seems way to high for me, even with the loader lap-loading, it seems high.
Thus I assume that 3-4 secs is under ideal conditions.
Then again, remember; the cannon was hand loaded. Lots of things could go wrong, slowing the process down.
Therefore, i assume a reload time (minus possible cannon jamming etc.) would be somewhere between 6-10 secs, a variable, with 12 being the max and 4-5 being the fastest time.
It would be most/more realistic, if such a variable reload time could be coded into the game, but I guess it can't.
but, changing the ROF on this cannon would only cause more discussion and highly probable; more disagreement.
The thing is:
The cannon was handloaded. A ROF of 12 secs would be about the max it should take.
I can imagine that in a confined space of the B-25, under highly stressfull combat conditions, as a loader, i'd be slamming shells into the cannon as fast as i could.
(bet any loader would do so).
But in the meanwhile you're rocked because of turbulence - flakburst turbulence, the aircraft is possibly hit, it also moves to dodge incoming fire.
All that just adds up to the stress.
So, a ROF of calculated 3-4 secs, seems way to high for me, even with the loader lap-loading, it seems high.
Thus I assume that 3-4 secs is under ideal conditions.
Then again, remember; the cannon was hand loaded. Lots of things could go wrong, slowing the process down.
Therefore, i assume a reload time (minus possible cannon jamming etc.) would be somewhere between 6-10 secs, a variable, with 12 being the max and 4-5 being the fastest time.
It would be most/more realistic, if such a variable reload time could be coded into the game, but I guess it can't.