One British 6-inch gun example gives a shell flight time of 47 seconds to 20,000 yards, approximately 18,290 metres. The distance is quoted in yards because that is how the Royal Navy range table expresses it. This example raises a problem when comparing historical shell flight with the apparent distances in World of Warships. A panelist clarifies that the game compresses its representation of distance, so a displayed kilometre does not correspond directly to the same physical scale in reality. Both explanations recognise the much smaller combat space used for gameplay.
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A 47-second shell flight and World of Warships scale
A British range-table example illustrates how compressed game distances complicate comparisons with historical gunnery.