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Originally Posted by dragoon500ly
A 120mm mortar on the forecastle 
Just a couple of problems....and the big one is recoil!
Hull and deck plating on a civilian ship is simply not that thick, more along the lines of maybe 1/2-inch thickness...at most. It simply cannot handle the recoil forces of a major caliber weapon without a lot of reinforcement of the deck and hull structure. |
What if he uses a man portable one? Less accurate of course... and isn't the power of the recoil in a mortar expended outward?