Thoughts on Ranges

[Dr Dave]

Whist I understand the range boundaries and that different weapons will have different ranges, it does get frustrating having to repeatedly check the rules to see if 17″ is long or extreme for whatever gun type…

Has anyone considered just grouping the guns into “very light, light, medium, heavy, very heavy”, or similar and then making the range boundaries more sensible?

HMS Exeter: 7 / 15 / 23 / 31            – why not use 8 / 16 / 24 / 32 – a medium gun

HMS Ajax: 6 / 12 / 18 / 25                – why not use 6 / 12 / 18 / 24 – a light gun

comments welcome?

… and yes it might leave all destroyers with the same gun type.

[Nat]

Because (and this IS something I’ve said to the author should have been stated 🙁 ) the rules dont make it clear how they got the stats….

Its the type of gun (not all 5″ guns are the same… ie 5″/54 or 5″/38)
Type of mount
Type of range finding and gun control
Type & quality of ammunition

This is why two ships that had the same guns (like the all the 5″/54) might have a 1″ range difference for example.

Table ranges are consistant at 1000 nautical yards per physical inch.

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