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Originally Posted by Cohaagen

Only two of those listed were at sea and at action stations, though. That makes a far bigger difference than can be quantified in a mere game. QE, Valiant and the Italian ships were all salvaged as were, of course, many of the ships at Pearl Harbour. Hood goes down very easily given the sheer size of her. 48,000 tons is a lot of displaced water.

I've found that people who play a lot of computer sims and tabletop wargames become fixated on armour schemes, belt thickness, hit points, etc., sort of a "Top Trumps Syndrome" whereas real-life matelots and soldiers take a far more human-oriented view of things. They also have a much better understanding of actual effectiveness of weapons systems, as opposed to claimed effectiveness.

Do you think a real-life captain, having received three hits to the bow, would continue to order maximum revolutions so as to make the torpedo holes bigger and force even more water into the ship, as they do in SH3?

No, I want him to stop and lay still like a duck waiting for my final torp