# How many guns on my ship? 8 or 16?

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**Created:** [June 17, 2022, 10:07pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/how-many-guns-on-my-ship-8-or-16/367355 "2022-06-17T22:07:41Z")\
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The only explanation i can think of the isnt the PG / Cpu / cap to fire all at once but they need to be there for field of fire purposess .

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