Upgrade: Wide Cannon Ports

[Darayavahus]

New Upgrade: Wide Cannon Ports

 

Wider angle of cannon targeting in side ports: improved by 2-10 degrees

Higher chance of cannons being destroyed: 1-5%

 

Higher flexibility for ships that do not have stern/bow chasers - wider ports allow cannons to be placed on higher angle to hull, at the cost of possibilty to lose cannons as they are more exposed due to wider cannon ports.

 

[Pagan Pete]

Do we have a historical precedence? If so, Pagan Pete will support this.

[Guest]

dafuq

Just wondering how silly ships would look like with wider gunports.

Please. No.

[maturin]

The traverse limits are already at the historical maximum, IIRC.

 

Many ships would have had narrower fire arcs, especially for carronades.

[Kiithnaras]

Definitely a no on this one. The one exception would be a modification to the existing Gunboat - that rear carronade really should be able to traverse around a lot further...but then again, it isn't in a gun port (it's literally on a rotating carriage).

[maturin]

Definitely a no on this one. The one exception would be a modification to the existing Gunboat - that rear carronade really should be able to traverse around a lot further...but then again, it isn't in a gun port (it's literally on a rotating carriage).

Could be an option on other ships as well.

 

Privateers like Lynx often carried a long gun on a swiveling carriage, and HMS Shannon employed a light gun like this for targeting the enemy's wheel.