[keltos01]

[QUOTE=HMCS;1498569]There's quite a bewildering array of Japanese sub types. How many will be playable in the campaign?

14 ! but I am still hoping for a KD7 and another type :

Kaichu K5 and K6 version (RO-33, RO-34, RO-35, RO-36, RO-37, RO-38, RO-39, RO-40, RO-41, RO-42, RO-43, RO-44, RO-45, RO-46, RO-47, RO-48, RO-49, RO-50 , RO-55 and RO-56)

Type A1 (I-9, I-10, I-11)

Type J1M (I-5)

Type C1/C2 (I-47)

Type C3 (I-52)

Kaidai 3a (I153-159 and I-60)

kaidai 3b

Kaidai 4 (I-61, I-162, I-164)

Jyunsen B (I-15, I-17, I-19, I-21, I-23, I-25, I-26, I-27, I-28, I-29, I-30, I-31, I-32, I-33, I-34, I-35, I-36, I-37, I-38, I-39)

Jyunsen B2 (I-40, I-41, I-42, I-43, I-44, I-45)

Jyunsen B3 (I-54, I-56, I-58)

Type AM (I-13, I-14)

Sen Toku (I-400, I-401, and I-402)

Sen Taka (fast attack sub) (I-201, I-202, and I-203)



intel on :

http://www.combinedfleet.com/sensuikan.htm#tromsi

I am currently polishing up the new Kaichu model (RO-35) but the rest are ready, Sen Toku is at 85%. We are using only ships with a great enough range though we are still discussing including the Ko Hyoteki we made to play single missions.

Also - will the campaign be essentially a "what if" campaign vis a vis Japanese subs?
Not really, we are trying to stick to what the japanese doctrine was and to what they used their subs for, though in RL they did a lot of suplly missions, you should see less of that in the campaign, but Peabody is really the one to answer that part as he make the campaign files.


One last question - ETA on the first release of the campaign?
asap with rl taken into account.

Thanks very much for your hard work, by the by.

our pleasure !


keltos



ps Tater found this site :

http://www.aeronautic.dk/MarineArtgallery-T-Yuki.htm

very nice paintings of IJN ships and subs, the above marine art come from that site.