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Originally Posted by _Seth_
We all know about the german (and also the british...  )use of the Enigma in WWII. But were there similar devices in the pacific war, used by the japanese /usa? In that case: Do you think that this is implemented in SHIV? |
What many people don't know is that the German Enigma coding machine with its relays and stepped rotors was actually a descendant of a coding device invented by an American sometime around WW 1. He tried to sell his machine to stock brokers etc but no one was interested. As a Navy radioman in the mid 1960's I used an "off-line" crypto machine that was a variation of the Enigma with many improvements. We also changed the code settings daily rather than monthly as the Germans did in WW2. I think we used a similar machine in WW2 along with "one time pads and cyphers" but don't know if adding this to SH IV would be useful. Would rather have the opportunity to CO an old "S" boat instead or maybe one of the Brit boats. After all the Brits and to a lesser extent the Dutch played a part in the Pacific too. Rick Martin