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crackaces · 02-03-11, 10:22 AM

Thanks for your quick repsonse!

I did check but I only noted the reinforcement schedule not an order of battle specifically. There are great pages discussing the ships involved.

My thoughts were around engaging and destroying a RN destroyer squadron of 26 ships including 4 CL's -- losing 19 DD's and 1 CL. [Bombardment mission and suddenly at night and raining -- here are this red triangles at about 3000 meters ....

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I am thinking that is a horrible exchange. My current undrstanding is that almost a 3:1 kill ratio is needed to make that strategy work or each engagment although won becomes a pyrrhic victory toward domination of the RN.

Thus a computation of the Order of Battle would determine a satisfying kill ratio .. much like Falkenhayn is thinking about Verdun ...

02-03-11, 10:22 AM	#3
crackaces Watch Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 25 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks for your quick repsonse! I did check but I only noted the reinforcement schedule not an order of battle specifically. There are great pages discussing the ships involved. My thoughts were around engaging and destroying a RN destroyer squadron of 26 ships including 4 CL's -- losing 19 DD's and 1 CL. [Bombardment mission and suddenly at night and raining -- here are this red triangles at about 3000 meters .... ..] I am thinking that is a horrible exchange. My current undrstanding is that almost a 3:1 kill ratio is needed to make that strategy work or each engagment although won becomes a pyrrhic victory toward domination of the RN. Thus a computation of the Order of Battle would determine a satisfying kill ratio .. much like Falkenhayn is thinking about Verdun ...