Escort cruiser's

[apdsmith]

Hi youboat,

Can you advise why smoothbores for main armament? I'd been of the understanding that such weapons would be detrimental to accuracy at combat ranges - modern tanks use smoothbore main armament (well, except british ones, anyway) - but that's because they fire APDSFS with fins on the back, and even then, the maximum range is ~4km or so, quite short range for a ship.

Regards,
Adam

[youboat]

I figured if your firing guided munitions then you don't want to spin them, plus iirc it also means higher muzzle velocity.

Fred

[acelanceloet]

note that most if not all naval guns are smoothbores. naval guns are closer to artillery guns then to tank guns

[Thiel]

I'm pretty sure you mean the opposite.

[acelanceloet]

I'm pretty sure you mean the opposite.

ow? I might remember that wrong, but weren't naval guns curved track guns while tanks have linear track guns?

[Charwhick]

By track, do you mean the rifling? Because a "curved track" gun would then be a rifled gun, which is indeed what most naval cannons are. Smoothbores (ie no rifling) are what modern not-British tanks use.

[acelanceloet]

no, I mean the flight pad.

[apdsmith]

Hi Ace, are you able to clarify, because I'm afraid I just don't understand this...

[jabba]

[shippy2013]

i think what ace means is trajectory of the projectile. smooth bore is more of a curved rising and then falling to target trajectory " curved track " were as a rifled gun is more of a direct line of sight to target " Linear Track"
correct me if I'm wrong?