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[StartQuote] Hi Dave, OK my last was a little bit of a tongue in cheek bit of fun and I understand what you put forward as the way you wish to depict the 109. More power to you as each of us has his/her own idea as to what we see with the subjects of history being very hard to portray without either being there or some very accurate report covering every aspect at that time. However as you have the Book from N.Hamilton try page 554 paragraph 3 starting with, This was no-- And also page 556 after, Barney Ross recalls, Looking at it from a different angle one of the things that has to be taken into consideration is that the 37mm that was placed on the 109 was an antitank model not an automatic version that became standard on the boats over time, I do not know what the recoil forces on the 37mm was like however it was designed so that a fair proportion of the carriage recoil was transferred to the spades on the trail arms ( not to be confused with the recoil buffer that slowed, stopped then returned the barrel to battery) to be absorbed by digging the spades into the ground. Having been a member of an artillery unit in this country I have experienced first hand what that recoil can do, one 105 howitzer firing full charge with its spades dug into the ground hard up against a very large rock made such an impact on the rock that after a couple of dozen rounds we could fill sand bags with what used to be a rock! Imagine that on a PT Boats deck, while the 37mm may not be as powerful it would still need to be contained. But again it's only my two cents worth we will all build the 109 and other boats and other models and as long as we are happy with the result then what we say here, as far as I am concerned helps me to delve into a little bit of history( and sometimes add to the confusion as well as drive the wife nuts) with like minded people! Ta Dave, D.buck[EndQuote]
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