Why does the IRCWCC have 1/4 units in their rules? I have yet to see or even hear of 1/4 units. what are they for, why are they there, can you use them???? Rules: from ircwcc.org E. CANNONS 1. A cannon is an offensive battle unit which shall not fire any projectile other than a standard BB (.177" diameter steel shot). 2. Maximum cannon firing pressure shall not exceed 150 p.s.i. Use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's) or other ozone depleting chemicals as a propellant is prohibited. 3. Cannon units are defined as follows: a. A one unit cannon carries a load of 50 BB’s if fired single shot, or 15 BB’s if spurted. b. A ½ unit cannon carries 25 BB’s if fired single shot, or 10 BB’s if spurted. c. A ¼ unit cannon carries 12 BB’s if fired single shot, or 5 BB’s if spurted. 4. A ½ unit cannon magazine may be added to a 1 unit cannon magazine, making a one and one-half (1½) unit single shot cannon with 75 BB’s. 5. Except as provided in section 11.e, below, a ship may mount only a single one-half (½) unit cannon in its offensive armament, and a whole cannon unit shall not be divided into smaller (½ or ¼) unit cannons.
That's a good question, I have never heard of 1/4 units. Warspite (Marty) could shine more light on that one but I'm sure it's about really small unit boats.
Well, until the rule that allowed the Class two and below to divide units, it truly was useless! No ship in the IRC has less than 1 unit and none were ever given 1/4 units such as: 1,25 units. Now, the smaller ships could use them and make a destroyer with a half unit pump and two 1/4 unit guns. I suspect that the 1/4 unit gun go into the rule package by acident when someone said "let's difine the guns" without any thought of how a 1/4 unit could be used. Marty Hayes
Ships in Class 2 or smaller may use their battle units in one-half unit increments for either cannons or pumps. marty, the online rules seem to preclude you from using the 1/4's as well.
I beleive that it was included int he rules as an example of a prohibited arrangement. Myself, I think that .5 unit ships like DE's should be allowed a 1/4 unit gun and a 1/4 unit pump (neither exists currently, just an idea).
I think that you guys are right, it is left over from previous revisions and can not presently be used in any configuration. Marty Hayes
What would a 1/4 unit gun be? 12 or 13 shots? Or would you make the lucky owner cut a bb in half for the mathematically correct 12.5?
If someone actually managed to arm a destroyer escort, I'd give him the extra half BB out of respect 13 rounds!
the half bb is the last one in the magazine that rolls out on the deck because the damn small co2 tank ran out after the 12th one [:0]
I often wondered if in IRCWCC combat I could take a small torpedo boat and just put in a accumulator tank to carry 150psi and a small spurt cannon (like 1/4 unit) I have to believe that this might make the ship actually usable in a combat sense, or I'm just crazy. What criteria is used to determine[] a ships units if we could come up with some of the units for some of the smaller ships it would make it interesting well again just me musing.
Thats possible, but much more likely if your using a spurt cannon that uses all of the rounds. And a small ship can only carry so much ammo and CO2, so we cant give them too much. Besides carriers getting no guns in the ircwcc, i have no issue with the totem pole, if you will.
