[akdavis]

Originally Posted by rascal101

Hi on patrol from Brisbane, up near Soloman Islands, seems the place is infested with sampans, just about every radar blip is another sampan, can this be toned down or removed. Sampans as wooden boats and ships they might show a differanct profile at least on radar so you dont spend all your time and fuel chasing a sampan.

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Sampans and junks are Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean or Japanese trading vessels. I doubt many would have been in operation around Solomans or New Guinea, a bit too far south.
If these are supposed to be enemy coastal tradinbg vessels can they be altered to look like a barge or whatever, I dont like the idea of shooting up defenceless and inocent pacific islanders!

Islanders use praus and outriggers, and wouldnt bother with something as slow as a junk or sampan. If these sampans are supposed to represent local traffic, it is not cool to shoot up inocent, piece loving Islanders no siree!!

Yes, they are inappropiate both for the locals and for Japanese coastal shipping. What is needed for the SW Pacific are an abundance of Japanese "sea trucks" plying the coastlines: