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I remember that the six pounder was a deadly anti tank gun when first used in NA.
ah if only the S-Boot arm would of been so fully equipped on even terms/Allies, this would then have been quite interesting plus without any air support for both sides to even up things a bit.....
it could not handle a triple 20mm but was in fact a tri0le 15mm due to the special mounting involved, usal was the set up of a zwilling 2cm with or without shield and two mg 34's canted on each side to this was added either a 3.7 or 4cm bofors or a 2cm Flakvierling. up front the 2cm was usually discarded for more aerodynamics
future 700 plus boots were to have possibly up four 3cm cannon in place but due to the placement and experimentation of the "new" KM cannon they were not equipped as they would of not had the range capable of quick and effective action. there were at least 4 S-Booten with special experimental armored bridges apart from the regular S-36 class and later as standard S-100 Boots
I remember that the six pounder was a deadly anti tank gun when first used in NA.
My old man was RN in small craft and had a few mates on MTB's they hated having to go head to head with E-Boats as they were very much out gunned. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong but off the top of my head I believe The US PT boats basic design (i think designated PT 8 or 9) came from a British designer Hubert or was it Herbert, Pain who designed and raced power boats. Of the various navies vessels i would pick the E Boat not that they had a much higher top speed but that they could do it in rougher seas so it gave them a huge advantage plus they had a pretty impressive array of weaponry for such a small boat
The hard chine of the PT and MTB hulls plained well but gave a much rougher ride in poor sea states.
Couldn't you say that, pound for pound the PT Boats were the heaviest armed fighting ships of the WWII?