I am building a 3.5 unit Sverige to be legal in Treaty, MCWI, and IRCWCC. My question is on units. Treaty allows for splitting of units--say a 75 round bow, 75 round stern, and volume based pump output set at 1/2 a unit for battleship rules. My understanding of MWC and IRC rules are that you get one 1.5 unit gun per ship to round up to any half-unit a ship gets. So it would have to be armed with one 75 rd gun, one 50 round gun and a pump with a 1/8" output. Is this an accurate reading of the rules?
You are correct. A 3.5 unit ship can have: 1) a 75 round cannon, a 50 round cannon, and a 1 unit (1/8" outlet) pump 2) three 50 round cannons and a 1/2 unit (3/32" outlet) pump. Some restrictions may apply depending on MWC or IRCWCC 3) since it is a PDN, one of the cannons may be a sidemounted cannon
I think I will go with three 50-round cannons then. I am assuming that since there are only two turrets, one turret will need to be duals (stern or bow), and the other can be set for bow/stern or sidemount.
Yup. That is the setup used with French PDN Verite. Twin 50 round sterns, a 50 round bow sidemount, and a half unit pump. In some battles, I have pinned a cannon to get a full unit pump.
In Evstafi (built before the sidemount rule), I ran a pair of bow guns and a full unit pump, and it was still hilarious to drive
Interestingly, it seems the original builder of this hull (big gun) powered the outer shafts. The rudder is under two square inches, but it is a really nice brass one, so I will leave it alone. It looks like it will be a challenge to fit the Clippard solenoids under the deck and fit the magazines in the same area.
I will start a build thread as soon as I repair the Battlestations Gustav's rudder and cannon mount for this weekend. Pics shall be included.
Tug, what was Effie's .5 unit? A stern gun? I am thinking Roma with 75 front, 50 rear and a full pump.
No, it was before the rule change, I just armed her with 3 units and threw her out against Steve Andrews' NC. We had great fun. I let him shoot me all he wanted, and he let me shoot him all I wanted, and he actually sank. He was so excited about 'the little turtle boat' that he wrote 'Turtle' on the back with a sharpie After I get the Nats BB and convoy done, I'm finishing the refit on Effie. The PDNs have so little volume, I can't imagine needing a full unit pump. Mike M. has done it, so he can probably provide better guidance on when/why to use one.
