[REQ] Any chance for the Regia?

[Keef Kavannah]

as far i remember, fist sh5 video showed bunches of Italian RM submarines here and there. is anybody thinking of a mod, a med campaign, some add.on?

i underst it's too early to say, but i'm eager to know. Italy had up to 122boats bf the war, and even if a good quarter of them was UTTERLY unusable/subject to an incredible amount of unwisdomness erc, still they tried. they tried a lot.
:salute:

[SteelViking]

It is a shame that SH5 has no Italian subs. However, as far as the Regia Marina goes as a whole.....have ya been in the Mediterranean.....they're there.....I seen em:ping:

[thruster]

i know its non-historic, but what about a transfer of a Type VII to the Italians?

mod the external skins, crew uniforms and a pizza in the galley. a sub flag would top it off, but hows that for a simple way to play them?

[mobucks]

oh come on wasnt pizza invented in the USA? You need to put ravioli in the galley!

[Regio Sommergibile]

oh come on wasnt pizza invented in the USA?
Are you serious...?


Btw i wish it could be possible maybe to import the GWX model for AI from SH3, but it would require a complete rework just for textures and maps.

Needless to say i'm the first to sign up for such a project...:yep: (textures)

[TempDude]

I became curious about the Italian Submarine fleet when you mentioned it here so I did a bit of google:

http://www.sommergibili.com/ww2e.htm

Italian Submarines WWII Statistics

Active Boats 172
Missions done 1750
Miles done 2.500.000
Days at sea 24.000
Attacks done 173
Torpedos launched 427

[Regio Sommergibile]

I know it's not that much compared to the Germans, but still an important role in the Mediterranean sea. Worth a DLC ;)

[thruster]

i reckon itd be awesome to have an italian boat, i'd probably play it all the time. the good thing is atleast its on the same side as the stock game.

[Keef Kavannah]

back in 43 there was an agreement to lend over some type VII-C to the Italians, with the germans willing to obtain some large class ( the much larger CALVI class, see pic) to turn them into "merchants".

Cantieri :Damzigerwerft-Schichau Danzica
Ordinati : 05-06-1941 (S1 e S2), 25-08-1941 (S3 , S3,S5, S6, S7, S8, S9)
Consegnati alla Regia Marina : 26-06-1943(S1), 04-07-1942 (S2), 18-07-1943 (S3),
14-07-1943 (S4), 31-07-1943 (S5), 04-08-1943 (S6), 14-08-1943(S7), 25-08-1943 (S8), 26-08-1943S(S9).

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/it/b/bf/Sommergibile_Cagni.jpg

[Regio Sommergibile]

Great picture, i love the streamlined hulls of the italian ocean-going submarines!

Drawback is, much more difficult in 3D modeling... :shifty:

[SteelViking]

I know it's not that much compared to the Germans, but still an important role in the Mediterranean sea. Worth a DLC ;)

I agree. Considering that Germany only sent a fraction of its boats into the Mediterranean, the Italian sub fleet really was a major contributor to the Axis naval war effort there.

[Regio Sommergibile]

I was thinking about mixing some sub parts from the presents as a start. Maybe Undine turret and a bigger TypII hull... you know frankensubs :D