The fifteen-gun ship's ranging performance gives weight to the argument for smaller but more numerous main guns. A larger salvo places more projectiles into each firing cycle and can increase the chance of securing hits even when each shell is less powerful. Twelve 14-inch guns may still fall short of the effect visible here, whereas roughly sixteen might reproduce the volume advantage. This is an interpretation of the game's results, balancing individual shell power against broadside volume.
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Broadside volume and the case for more 14-inch guns
The fifteen-gun test ship prompts a focused argument about salvo volume, hit probability, and what a much larger 14-inch broadside might have achieved.