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Battlefield Pirates - BF1942 All At Sea
Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to the new Battlefield: Pirates total conversion mod for the enormously popular Battlefield 1942 PC multiplayer action game, imbuing the Second World War title with a much more sea-dog friendly ambience. This fan-made modification bills itself as "the mod with big ships, big guns, and big hats", and as the screenshots show, allows you to man galleons, fire fortress cannon from the shore, and even duel close-in with cutlass and flintlock. And according to the pirate-y rumor section, ingenious use of the Captain's pet is encouraged - "..a certain class o' pirate has been boastin about how they've been able to tame wild parrots, teachin em to fly around looking for enemy ships and reporting back to their master."
16c and early 17c galleon usually had less than 44 guns. especially spanish ships were known for being severly undergunned. cast iron guns were unreliable because they frequently exploded when they didn't cool enough between shots. most guns of that time were made of bronze, which was extremly expensive.
"Also, a ship with that many guns would probally not have two decks."
The Royal Princ3e, flagship of the english crown from 1670, a 3decker ship of the line with 100 guns had no more than 13 guns/deck (not counting 2 stern guns) and was considerably longer than a galleon.
but the screenshot shows hardly a galleon. the hull looks remotly like one but the rigging is that of a n 18c ship. the mizzen mast shouldn't have 3 square rigged sail, only 1 on top and a lateen sail below. also an early 17c gallon had 2 sprit sails while the ship in the screenshot has jibs, which replaced the spritsail in the 18c. by then the galleon was obsolete.