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Old 01-27-07, 05:12 PM   #1
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I was rereading a book about the USS Tang, about Richard O'Kane, in the book 'The Bravest Man' which describes a great deal about the US subs in the Pacific, (trying to get ready for SH4) when certain questions hit me. Are we going to see both the Australian bases and the big base at Pearl? And if we start the war out in Pearl will Ubi have the wreckage of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor all around? And as the years go by will this wreckage diminish historically until what we mainly see is still the sunken hulks of the BB ships Arizona and Oklahoma? Or will Pearl be a nice clean SH3 Germanic town?

Next: if we start at pearl will we be expexted to top off our fuel tanks at Midway, just as the REAL subs did?

Next: will we see the real screwed up command structure of the US sub force or as the book states on page 67: "In sum the Pacific submarine command structure was split three way, not from any naval or strategic logic but because that was the way the war command developed -- haphazardly."

And if so will we suffer what real sub captains suffered because, quote: "Brilliant as he was, King (Admiral King) never devised a systematic plan for sinking Japanese commerce. He failed to develop a strategic vision for the American submarines and their commands in the Pacific."

And will this game include the older S-boats based in Australia, in Brisbane, assigned as per reality to just the area of the Solomon Islands and East Indies?

Will the subs based at Perth, under ComSubSoWestPac under Wilkes and Admiral Carpenter find themselves in the same situation as historical reality, being under the ultimate command of General MacArthur, in Brisbane????

And if this is so will subs under MacArthur's whims find themselves doing missions that MacArthur actually forced subs to do (even though the sub captains hated the missions) of carrying supplies to troops and pro-American guerrillas, and landing special teams and guerrillas on islands??????

Also, will we see the pocket-sub bases, such as those in Brisbane, and Fremantle that were mainly makeshift bases where all the spare parts and services were supplied by sub tenders tied up to dockside???? (By the way this was an Idea I used in my Mod called V-Mod in Italian captured Somalia as some may recall).

So will we see these realistic command structures (per history) or will we only see ComSubPac in Pearl Harbor?

One more thing, will American subs be capable of launching their fish from 100 feet depth 33 meters just as was taught to submariners at the beginning of the war: launch a torpedo attack from 100 feet depth using sonar only, and at long distance.

ALSO: will the subs be able to travel QUOTE: "Running at 3 knots, a submarine could travel for up to 48 hours - or 150 miles distance." page 17.

And will we do what real US sub skippers did at the beginning of the war - only travel surfaced at night, and always travel submerged during the day? Although this system gave way by 43.

Will we have "depth charge medicine" (miniature bottles of bourbon, scotch, or brandy) to hand out to our men after battle?

Will the men cuss like real WWII US navy men aboard subs did, like when one officer stated, quote: "You mean we hit the son of a bitch?" Or will they all speak like politically-correct Euroweenies?

And will it contain real WWII terms for commands and so forth? Or some modern versions?

JUST WONDERING???

Last edited by Wave Skipper; 01-27-07 at 05:35 PM.
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