R/C Naval Combat

Greetings!

Typically there are no limitations on armament in 1:144 Big Gun, other than it has to be 3" or higher. WWCC was the sole exception for a while, but rescinded it recently. The Big Gun saying typically goes: if it is over 3" and you are skilled/crazy enough to arm it, go right ahead! The corollary is don't be surprised if stuff breaks more often due to added complexities. Most folks just arm the primary battery and leave the secondary and tertiary batteries alone.

Jeff Burns

BGCWI

The other problem is that the secondaries dramatically increase the point value of your ship without really increasing its offensive capability. So you are actually creating a competitive disadvantage by adding them.

Thanks guys. Maybe one day I can build one but definitely not for a first model!

Back when I first joined about 1997 or so, the reason seemed to be to give people a reason to build smaller ships instead of just massive battleships with tons of guns.  To ballance things out a little more.  Under the limits most heavy cruiser were still able to be fully armed.  I think that way too you didn't end up with everyone building whateve ship had the most speed and the most guns (Iowa) and got more varied ships.. since they were ALL limited to 6 main guns. 

I like that the limits are gone, however I do notice a lot less varried battleships and hardly any cruisers left other then torpedo cruiser... so it does seem like it worked for that reasoning.  Still, I think it it's better to have all the guns armed.  I feel it makes the big battleships a lot scarier of a thing to attack then they used to be.  The thought of 8 guns on the Frenchies and 9 on the Rodney all pointing at my little destroyers makes me think twice about attacking battleships...