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Originally Posted by tater
Believe it or not, none of the available SH4 merchies, even modded has nearly the armament of many ships uses even in December, 1941. This actually surprised me, but many had 4x, even 6x what we see on SH4 merchies.
No kidding.
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I'm not real sure what you mean by "armament" in your statement above. Do you mean offensive power or defensive power?
It was my understanding that merchant ships were built to move cargo and not built for surviving battles at sea. If it was ship worthy enough to survive high waves and weather that was expected, it was built to those specifications. So a merchant ship was generally very susceptible to sinking from taking torpedo damages. Mostly because they didn't have crew experienced in damage control from being under attack and they only had enough crew to run the ship, let alone massive damage control. They may know how to put out fires but sealing holes and quick welding of bulkheads and hatches wasn't always in their training duties. Unlike that of a warship in the respected navies.
Basically, the ship may be rusty and in need of some repair and spit and polish. But, if it could haul cargo, then it sails, even if it is only one torpedo away from sinking.
Maybe I heard wrong. Anyone got any actual facts on this?