R/C Naval Combat

Au contraire, mon ami. his traverse just fine. But to get all 3 turrets to bear, you have to be near directly astern, and I was at his 2 o'clock when he arrived, as I recall - out of the range of traverse of any of his stern guns. So he had to change position to put me at about 5:30 o'clock at the minimum to gain effectiveness.

One reason stern turrets are not needed (and often not desired) so badly on the Richelieu/Dunkerque type ships. The forward turrets have a great range of traverse (around 270 degrees, more or less), and you can bring them to bear at the extreme ends by a quick kick or the rudder. The stern turrets are more limited in their traverse range as a unit (the offside has very little traverse except in one direction). And, the stern turrets add more complexity and failure points to your mechanical/RF/co2 systems. And more sink points for those clubs that use them. Thus, many who take the trouble to arm them just set them for fixed astern.

Cheers,