No, it means you need a sailor with the gun ability. Otherwise, neutral crews would never work. These sailors have used other SN guns already with the same listed ability requirement, which is what confuses me.

Edit: After some quick experimenting, it seems like guns that require "SN gun" ability work if the guns are level 14 or lower, but the higher level guns with the same ability requirement don't work.

Ah, so it's just an unpublished restriction?

Thanks for filling me in. I guess I need to put some actual gunners on my ship again and level less crew at a time.

The math supporting delay-classed torpedo men is here:

http://fm.en.kupaisky.com/Community/Forum/View.aspx?num=3554&category=A04

They still cap torpedo reload pretty quick. If you're trimming your torpedo men then they don't actually take much more weight, and provide a lot more repair/restore.

yep yep ur Right needs Gnr classed Sailor not Armament Check Componets in game Info SN Guns

oh & BTW those are DP batteries better for AAing

You should read the whole thread, cause you're way off.

And yeah, those are Krasny Kavkaz (CA) T-slots in the screenshot. I use those for AA. Thanks for the heads up though.