Fairmile C (312)

Fairmile C (312)

Fairmile C (312)

Description

The Fairmile C (312) is a rank British motor gun boat with a battle rating of (AB), (RB), and (SB). It was introduced in Update 1.83 "Masters of the Sea" as part of the British fleet closed beta test.

General info

Survivability and armour

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Mobility

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Mobility Characteristics
Game Mode	Upgrade Status	Maximum Speed (km/h)		Turn Time (s)	Turn Radius (m)
		Forward	Reverse
AB	Stock	___	___
	Upgraded
RB/SB	Stock	___	___
	Upgraded

Armament

Primary armament

The primary armament is composed of two 40 mm guns, an aft-mounted 2 pdr Rolls Royce cannon with 1,200 rounds of ammunition and a bow-mounted 2pdr QF Mk.IIc automatic cannon with 1,120 rounds of ammunition. The aft gun has a magazine capacity of 4 rounds and a reload of 2.21 seconds with a stock crew, when used with an ace crew the reload is 1.7 seconds. The bow gun has a belt capacity of 56 rounds and a reload of 7.8 seconds with a stock crew, an ace crew can reload the gun in 6 seconds.

There are three ammunition choices available:

• Universal: HEF · AP-T · HEF · AP-T

• 40 mm HE: HEF · HEF · HEF · AP-T

• 40 mm AP: AP-T · AP-T · AP-T · HEF

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
	10 m	100 m	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	2,000 m
Universal	60	57	50	43	38	34
40 mm HE	60	57	50	43	38	34
40 mm AP	60	57	50	43	38	34

The best ammunition for general use is the 40 mm HE belt, with its higher concentration of HE over the other belts. It is the most effective against lightly armoured boats and aircraft. To deal with armoured targets, a large amount of the 40 mm AP belt should also be carried. Due to the long reload of the bow gun it may be advisable to try to engage targets with the aft gun when reloading or switching belts. Alternatively you may want to use the universal belt which trades damage output for more armour-piercing rounds, with this belt you will not need to reload when engaging armoured targets.

The bow gun has a total of 600 rounds of ammo in 10 belts of 60 rounds each and the aft gun has a total of 40 rounds of ammunition in 10 magazines of 4 rounds each. Because of this you should currently not rely on the aft gun for engaging targets.

Secondary armament

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Anti-aircraft armament

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Additional armament

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Usage in battles

Its very fragile and slow and the guns are bad for long range engagements, however the 40mm guns are efficient at taking out anything other than a Destroyer, once the battle starts seek cover half way between the spawn and the closest strategic point, angled cover that exposes your frontal 40mm guns but covers the hull its ideal, usually rocks or sand beach, stay close to that cover since it prevents guns with high muzzle velocity from easily shooting you, but allows your low muzzle velocity guns to shoot, this static gameplay makes you vulnerable to artillery strikes and high altitude bombers, but it should be a rare occurrence, in the long run you can contribute more to the battle this way by staying alive longer, and denying and area of free movement, if you need to move try to do it as part of a group, since a very common boat like a G-5 can easily take you out while being very hard to it with the 40mm guns, using the 12.7mm often work better for those situations but force you to expose your side making you an even bigger target.

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Low muzzle velocity of the 2 x 40 mm guns gives it good shell arc, allowing it to engage targets behind cover
• The turrets with twin 12.7 mm guns are efficient versus aircraft and fast-moving boats

Cons:

• Low survivability
• The 40 mm 2pdr QF Mk.IIc cannon is the only forward-facing gun and has a long reload time and
• Using both 40 mm guns exposes its side, making it vulnerable to total crew knockout
• No torpedoes

History

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See also

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External links

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Fairmile Marine Company
Motor Launch (ML)
Fairmile A	Fairmile A (ML100)
Fairmile B	Fairmile B (ML345)
Motor Torpedo/Gun Boat (MTB/MGB)
Fairmile C	Fairmile C (312) · Fairmile C (332)
Fairmile D	Fairmile D (601) · Fairmile D (617) · Fairmile D (697) · Fairmile D (5001)
Landing Craft Support (LCS)
Fairmile H	Fairmile H LCS(L)(2)