Yes in emergencies magazines were flooded.
They were not flooded at will. The “when not in use” suggested the normal state for a magazine was to be flooded when not in an engagement.
The flooding took time, for Baden the British noted it took 12 minutes to flood the magazines
bismarck is a lot newer took her less time they where mostly flooded in combat during bismarcks gun duel with king george she flooded her mags
germany also had there powder in flash tight canisters
Kriegsmarine/Krupp used main charges in a brass or metal “cartridge”. There was a small bagged “fore charge”. The fore charge allowed for small deviation in the space of the gun chamber. The sliding breech was sealed by expansion of the metal cartridge when it was fired. The cartridge was then ejected out the back of the turret. The fore charges (and possibly the main charge cartridges but I don’t recall) were kept inside metal containers until ready for use.
If this is true I don’t really understand the WT mechanic which treats shellrooms and powder magazines differently. The idea has been that propellants inside metal cartridges (shells^^) are mostly inert to fatal chain-like detonations.
WT Naval is really …
not to mention most ww2 era bbs had co2 exstiguishers and could redirect steam to magazines for damage control is pretty nerfed in this game for most countries
Explosives within hardened armor piercing steel ammo are functionally inert, but light and soft brass cases are only slightly more resistant than silk bagged charges or nitrocellulose cases. The primary job of the brass is to obturate while under pressure in the chamber while the gun is firing. It keeps the gas pressure from coming back out through the breech. But brass won’t stop hot shell fragments from lighting up the magazine, or prevent a fire in one charge from spreading.
they also have flashtight ammo storage which with brass casing helps a decent bit
heres her turret room btw theres a FORE and AFT charge which can be individually flooded you can leave one flooded in combat and use the other when that one runs low you can dewater it and use the other as there stored in water tight containers
In addition, bagged charges normally had a cloth envelope or pad sewn onto the end of the charge . This contained an igniter charge of several hundred grams of black powder which enhanced the action of the primer when the gun was fired, insuring that the fairly weak flash from the primer ignite the charge. While the main propellant, cordite, USN NC, German RP, etc. was fairly insensitive to all but the most sustained and intense flash, the igniter pads were not and keeping the charges in flashtight cannisters whilst in the magazines helped minimize accidental ignition from flash reaching the magazines. In German charges, the igniter pads were protected by the brass case of the main cartridge. In fore charges, the body of the charge was made of a sheet of rolled propellant with a rolled propellant central igniter tube running down the long axis (this tube, being internal, was not as vulnerable to flash as the end pads of USN and RN bagged charges). The propellant charge itself was stacked around the central tube and the ends of the charge sealed with a disks made of sheet propellant glued on. The whole was covered in cloth and the ends equipped with removable brass ‘bumpers’ to protect the charge during handling.
A British post-war analysis of the mountings on Baden criticized them for their lack of flash protection, but this seems overstated. The German use of enclosing all charges in brass greatly reduced the risk of flash igniting the charges. Thus they did not need the elaborate anti-flash fittings as found in British post-Jutland designs. The analysis noted that the German turrets were less foolproof than British designs as there were places where mistakes could jam them. The British report further stated that there was “a remarkable absence of precautions against sabotage” which seems more of a curious indictment against British sailors than a criticism of the German design.
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are these modeled in game as they dont seem to be because Bismarck and other german BBs die to flash fires in barbettes still they should give to time to exstinguish most fires
http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_15-52_skc34.php
bug report for gniesnau
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/DGrLU5C8gCK4