![]() It has a drum magazine attached to the mount. The Phalanx is a "bolt on" system and doesn't have deck penetration. I don't think a German loader could keep up with that loading one round at a time. A good loader could achieve about 24 rounds (120 rounds/min) without the gun stopping. The 40mm Bofors as used by the USN was, according to Navweaps, capable of 80 to 90 rounds/min sustained fire. Just a couple of comments about light AA rates of fire: That's not to take anything away from the brave German crews or their ships, they rolled the dice and came through, but honestly? Sending 3 premier warships through a 26 mile wide stretch of water should have ended up with 3 vessels scoured over by scuba divers 70 years later.Ħ(?) Swordfish was a tragically laughable response and a complete waste of talented crews. You have to admire the German pluck for Operation Cerebrus but it has British cock up written all over it. If I wanted to stop aircraft from attacking my squadron I'd want aircraft. As much as I'm fascinated by battleships and early 20th century naval history. Practical ROF of handloaded 3,7 cm SK C/30 40 - 55 shots per minuteĪccording Handbuch für Admiralstabsoffiziere für an Bord befindliche GeschützeĪs well as MDV 700 MDv 700 Seekriegsanleitung\Heft 3c LV KüsteĪ telling statistic. Scharnhorst was also attacked by Swordfishes in this case 1 aircraft was shot down by Scharnhorst 3 were downed by fighters. Whatever the validity of the claims by ships' AA, some of the Swordfish were destroyed or damaged by JG 26 Fw 190 fighters which had to attack from astern, and lower their landing gear in order to fly slow enough to "draw a bead".
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