What about hiroshima?

[Loud_Silence]

Has anyone get close enough to see Little Boy fall in Hiroshima on August 6th 1945? I saw the battle off Samar with the stock game v1.5 and it was quite accurate with its real life counterpart, so i was thinking about other great events.
An atomic explosion from the bridge would be a hell of a great sight, and i would drop even the biggest unprotected convoy to see it

[rcjonessnp175]

That would be awesome as it was big payback for all the war attrocities and pearl harbor, anyway historicly its the only such attack with such weapon. That stuff still seams so science fiction to me what that bomb actually does


Jonesy

[Torplexed]

Originally Posted by Loud_Silence

Has anyone get close enough to see Little Boy fall in Hiroshima on August 6th 1945? I saw the battle off Samar with the stock game v1.5 and it was quite accurate with its real life counterpart, so i was thinking about other great events.
An atomic explosion from the bridge would be a hell of a great sight, and i would drop even the biggest unprotected convoy to see it

The actual event is not simulated in the game. You get a radio message that it's taken place and that's it. We did have a thread wondering if it was in the game about a year ago.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ht=atomic+bomb

The historical battles represented in the game are mere shadows of the actual events for the most part, especially given the wacky air model.

[Soundman]

While this is only a game, we still would not have known about the dropping of "Little Boy" or "Fat Boy', very few did, and although it is true history and a real event, I still don't wish to see it simulated. Please don't accuse me of being a "soft liberal", I'm certainly not. Of course we did what we felt we had to do, and the past can't be changed. To the contrary, I was raised in a military family, and support our military wholeheartedly, but to this day, I only wish we would/could have had a less horriffic alternative.

BTW, Sorry..my intent is not to start some big debate issue here.. just my humble opinion.

[Torplexed]

It's funny. We've gotten a lot of questions since the game came out asking if it's possible to ambush the Japanese carrier fleet as it steams toward Pearl Harbor. I guess it's hard for players to suppress advanced knowledge of events like Pearl Harbor, Midway or the A-bomb.

I always wondered if it's possible to see Mt. Fuji through your periscope in the game like many skippers did in real life. However, I have to assume it's not modeled as I'm certain someone would have posted a screen shot by now.

[rcjonessnp175]

Might have to go check that out .........

[andy_311]

Am there now in March 28 1945, 2miles SW of Hiroshima and not a lot to see apart from a ISE BB and a carrier and thats it and a lot of Jap planes buzzing around.

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by rcjonessnp175

Might have to go check that out .........

The race is on! First one with a screenshot of Mt. Fuji wins!