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Originally Posted by cali03boss
lol you guys base your pacific theatre realism on a book written by a historian who only specializes in u-boats?
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Let me run down my sources: Thunder Below, Admiral Eugene Fluckey of USS Barb, most successful boat in history,
Torpedoman, Ron Smith, American torpedoman on several subs
War Patrols of the USS Flasher, Capt William McCants
Silent Running, My Years on a World War II Attack Submarine by Vice Admiral James F Calvert
Sub Duty, by Grover S McLeod, various US subs
Freshwater Submarines, the Manitowoc Story, Rear Admiral William T Nelson
Shinano! by Capt Joseph F Enright
That's a
portion of my library. Most of these are personally signed by the Captains. Also I have first hand data from years of conversations with my wife's grandfather, Warren Watkins of USS Kraken.
Yup. all U-Boat sources. Yup, I have no idea what I'm talking about. I agree totally with what Tater has said, and my sources back him up. We sank ships, not convoys. We did it the way Tater and I have outlined. The goal is to get in damn close and fire a spread at a single ship. If the target is particularly juicy and the positioning such that plan A isn't attainable a spread from 2000 yards is a worthwhile gamble.
No historians in my group, but Blair's conclusions agree with these and other original primary sources.
Edit: And you sure had MY AOB figured. Hit me right in the head with that grail. You'll get a bill for fixing that in the morning! 