Dual Purpose Naval Guns

[MBot]

Now that we have the first true anti-ship strike fighter in DCS in the form of the Viggen, I think it is finally time that ships engage aircraft with their naval guns. Most naval guns are dual purpose, meaning that they are designed to engage both surface and air targets. This is evident by high rate of fire and especially maximum elevation angle (AK-176: 85°, AK-100: 85°, AK-130: 80°), which are design features that greatly increase gun complexity and that would not be necessary to engage surface targets only.

 

Additionally, most naval guns are capable to fire proximity fused ammunition against air target (all Soviet designs from 76 mm on for example).

[fixen]

That would indeed be nice to see. It looks to me that CWIS also needs an upgrade, since it hardly ever catches a missile that is going in a straight line.

[Silver_Dragon]

A very old request on the naval wishlish :(

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=109642

[MBot]

Considering the increasing naval theme of DCS, I would still like to see the dual purpose naval guns currently in game to engage aircraft with AA munition. While this might be less relevant for modern long-range ASM shooting fighters (even though these guns will also engage said ASM), this is still very relevant for the Cold War era. At the latest this will become a must have when RAZBAM comes forward with their Falklands theater.

 

 

 

76 mm AK-176

 

 

 

100 mm AK-100

 

 

 

130 mm AK-130

 

 

These guns should be capable of putting up quite a spectacle of AA fire.

[Northstar98]

+1 gun ammunition type availability seems to be something DCS is lacking in some areas both with tanks, ships and even some aircraft. It would be great to see these modelled in and/or corrected