Wrong Recognition Manual?

[Driscol]

I'm new to SH4 and although I played SH3 for a while about a year ago, I'm still mostly a noob. I suspect I'm missing something quite stupid, but I am unable to get any ships to appear in the in-game recognition manual, except for American warships. The Museum shows ships from all the countires, including Japan, but not the drop down manual that is used to activate the ranging stadimeter. I've tried the tutorials, specific missions and carreer modes and I've tried uninstalling and re-installing, together with the various patches and some MODs. Nada. All I get is a picture of an Iowa Class Battleship, while looking through a periscope at a Japanese tanker. Any help would be appreciated.