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Old 11-13-06, 02:06 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by hyperion2206
I think it's realistic that bigger and newer vessels don't think so fast, but most of the ships were really old ones dating back to WWI and most of them went down after only one torpedo. I think that should be modeled as well, don't you think? However, don't get me wrong: I love TGW!!!!!!
Just because they were old does not mean a thing. In fact they usually survived better then the newer vessels. What usually would happen is the older vessels would make port but usually scrapped out because of the torpedo hit. I read this in 'twilight of the U-boat".
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