July 12 part 1

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The Viribus Unitis-class battleship SMS Prinz Eugen joins the Axis fleet for the fourth sortie of the WWCC's battle on July 12, 2009. SMS Prinz Eugen has four triple turrets, two forward and two aft, firing 7/32" caliber ball bearings. The two aft turrets were built as one massive, fixed six-barrel cannon, intended for close-range furballs and execution of stranded or disabled ships. I put a small waterproof, bulletproof camera aboard for the fourth sortie, to take a peek at what a battle looks like from the 1st person perspective.

Note: the cannon firing sounds very different from the bangs and pops you hear in my other videos because the camera is mounted directly on top of the cannon. The cannon truly does sound ferocious in real life, but what you hear here is just a little larger than life.

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• July
• 12

[nolifewithoutrc10]

um, exactly how to you make the cannons? i am trying to save money myself.

[kotori87]

@nolifewithoutrc10 I would highly recommend you look up the RC Naval Combat forums. You will get far more detailed and helpful answers than I can write here on YouTube.

[Mrblaze0505]

how much did it cost total to build the prinz eugen cuz thts the ship im probably gonna build either tht or a northampton

[kotori87]

@Mrblaze0505 That's very hard to estimate. I built four of them at the same time, bartered two of the hulls for some of the more expensive components, and built my own cannons from scratch to save money. Further, the expenses were spread out over a two-year period during which I slowly gathered the components, I used spare parts bought for other ships, and I also sold my previous ships to pay for the new ones. cost-wise, I might even have ended up with more cash than I started with.

[kotori87]

@Mrblaze0505 A "torpedo" is a battleship-caliber cannon in the scale location of a torpedo, that is fixed for hitting below the waterline at close range. You don't get many shots, but the ones you do get are devastating.

[Mrblaze0505]

@kotori87 how do you make torpedos

[kotori87]

@Mrblaze0505 You can arm as many guns as the historical ship had. Nine main guns? Yep. twelve guns? If it had them. We do place some limitations on torpedoes, however, for gameplay purposes.

[kotori87]

@Mrblaze0505 yes. Directly atop "C" turret, facing aft.

[Mrblaze0505]

@kotori87 gezze how many guns can you mount on one ship in tht club tht one battleship at 6:50 you squared off against had nine

[Mrblaze0505]

@obiDoglet  yuup