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Old 07-09-09, 12:55 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve View Post
Well, let's talk about "realistic" for a second. I was the main mover behind getting starshells and AP removed from the game, and it was based on my reading of Naval Weapons of World War Two. Just recently it has been pointed out that the captured U-570 carried some of both. It has also been noted that prisoners giving details of their boats mentioned them, as does the ocassional kaleun's report.

So now you have the guy (me) who most strongly insisted that they didn't carry them saying "Well, maybe - just maybe - I was wrong". So it may very well be "realistic" after all.
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