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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins
This smells like as lousy an idea as Ducimus' evil airplanes.  I have to confess that when he announced that I thought it was the stupidest thing anybody ever thought of. And when I played with it I realized that it was genius, the best new idea in Silent Hunter 4 to date.
I agree !
I think this is another one of those game-changer ideas that will force us to operate with a little more fear and in a little less Rambo-like fashion. thus more realistically If we're setting up a surface attack and a fleet of six torpedo boats with two or four of these torpedoes charges us from two directions at 30 knots, what do you think our reaction would be?
dive dive dive !
Did the Japanese have E-Boats or the equivalent? yes but bigger, see below They certainly were good at destroyers and torpedoes, so something can be cooked up in any event. This promises to mess up our nice tidy game and introduce a little refreshing mayhem!  |
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=68979
Tomozuru was one of four Chidori-class torpedo boats of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She capsized in a storm on March 12, 1934, shortly after her completion. Her loss forced the IJN to review the stability of all of its recently completed, still building and planned ships. She was salvaged and put back into service after extensive modifications. She saw service in the Battle of the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies campaign as escorts and continued in that role for the rest of the war.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanes..._boat_Tomozuru
They also had smaller Torpedo Boats :
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...t_No2_1941.jpg
type 101 torpedo boat :
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...round_1943.jpg
type 241 torpedo boat :
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...pe241_1944.jpg
torpedo boat n° 14 :
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..._No14_1944.jpg
IJN torpedo boat main picture page :
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ca..._Japanese_Navy
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