What is the wire going down the barrel of the 88 for?

[pyremind]

Just a totally unimportant nerdy question, in case anyone knows.

[SpaceBikerV]

I asked the same question two years ago:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/494840/discussions/0/6039921111960888983/

[Andi]

I think OP's talking about the wire or rope winding along the actual barrel of the gun.
I could only imagine it's tied to the closure thingy that's not modeled

[Bang Bang Feuer Frei]

I know what you mean but it seems to be difficult to find information on that one. Interestingly I have seen several historical fotos of deck guns without that wire/cable thing around the barrel. It reminds me of what you can see on the periscope as well. If I should find some reliable info on that I will post it here.

[Fisken]

Isent that to keep the cover for the barrel in place?

[Andi]

Originally posted by Fisken:

Isent that to keep the cover for the barrel in place?

What i meant. Yeah, just a safety kinda, so it´s not getting lost.

[SpaceBikerV]

I never noticed the 88 had a wire haha

[wolf310ii]

Originally posted by Bang Bang Feuer Frei:

I know what you mean but it seems to be difficult to find information on that one. Interestingly I have seen several historical fotos of deck guns without that wire/cable thing around the barrel. It reminds me of what you can see on the periscope as well. If I should find some reliable info on that I will post it here.

On the Gun, its for the plug that keeps the water out of the barrel, so it wont rust.
Here you can see the plug and the rope.
https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-8c2cf4f8bfc144b363137e5c9d5a6052-pjlq
When the gun was ready to fire, the plug should be attached to the foot of the gun mounting (the circle thing on the front of the mounting), but often they let it just hang down on the rope, if they dont forget to remove the plug befor fire the gun.

The ropes on the periscope:
https://www.uboataces.com/photos/2005914216133225.jpg

they were for reducing the wake

[dbond1]

That plug is called a tampion. There was at least one case of a U-Boat suffering casualties when they surfaced for a gun action and failed to remove the tampion before firing the weapon which exploded.

[Andi]

Thanks for the right term "plug"! Actually didn't know what it's called in english... ;b

[Andi]

Originally posted by dbond1:

That plug is called a tampion. There was at least one case of a U-Boat suffering casualties when they surfaced for a gun action and failed to remove the tampion before firing the weapon which exploded.

Oops. Better even. ;)

[Bang Bang Feuer Frei]

Originally posted by wolf310ii:

Originally posted by Bang Bang Feuer Frei:

I know what you mean but it seems to be difficult to find information on that one. Interestingly I have seen several historical fotos of deck guns without that wire/cable thing around the barrel. It reminds me of what you can see on the periscope as well. If I should find some reliable info on that I will post it here.

On the Gun, its for the plug that keeps the water out of the barrel, so it wont rust.
Here you can see the plug and the rope.
https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-8c2cf4f8bfc144b363137e5c9d5a6052-pjlq
When the gun was ready to fire, the plug should be attached to the foot of the gun mounting (the circle thing on the front of the mounting), but often they let it just hang down on the rope, if they dont forget to remove the plug befor fire the gun.

The ropes on the periscope:
https://www.uboataces.com/photos/2005914216133225.jpg

they were for reducing the wake

Thanks, makes sense. So to be totally accurate the rope on the gun should actually hold the plug and not just "be there" so to speak, at least when not using the gun.
As for the periscope one, is there actual evidence that it did indeed reduce the wake?