The Panama Canal and Beyond

emtmedic005 · 03-08-08, 01:47 PM

Hey so i had the brilliant idea to go through the Panama Canal, but i was wondering to myself, is it really worth it. What lies beyond the Panama Canal; Gold, a Trade route to the Indies or Nothingness??????????????? I know the Allies used the Canal to bring ships from one ocean to the other, but is it used like that in the game? I would also like to visit the Port of Spain and all those lovely oil tankers there. So my question is, is it worth going to the Panama Canal and travelling through it to sink ships in the Pacific? or should i just go to Port of Spain and be the Pirates of the Caribean?

Torplexed · 03-08-08, 02:19 PM

I'm assuming that if GWX put Allied-only canals like Panama and Suez in the game they went to some pains to defend them. You'll probably come under some coastal gun fire and air attack if you attempt to transit them. Not sure if there's any Pacific traffic to plunder either. Stop at Disney World in Orlando and do the pirate thing instead.

melnibonian · 03-08-08, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Torplexed

I'm assuming that if GWX put Allied-only canals like Panama and Suez in the game they went to some pains to defend them. You'll probably come under some coastal gun fire and air attack if you attempt to transit them. Not sure if there's any Pacific traffic to plunder either. Stop at Disney World in Orlando and do the pirate thing instead.

Well said Torplexed

Taz1969 · 03-08-08, 03:21 PM

I tried it on the Colon side,just getting into the break wall is a pain,alot of patrol boats,then the creep threw the harbor,the the canal has gun implacements on each side and a sub net across the canal.Didnt try the chagras river but im sure the same goes for there and the Pacific side.Give it a try,just save before entering the break wall and let us know how u make out

The reason i tried is i was stationed at Ft Davis and was trying to see if i could get to the future location of our docks of the 1097th river raiders,called Dock 45.Not only that but i was thinking Gatun Lake might have some nice targets waiting to go threw the locks but never got that far.Would have been cool if they have put the sub nets at the lock entrance and put ships in the lake at the holding area so we could have snuck in for a nice attack.But oh well,guess in a game like this u could spend years and years makeing it authentic and still never get everything.

Pablo · 03-08-08, 06:20 PM

Hi!

The Canal de Panamá is there but should be impenetrable to U-boats, as it was in real life. The main point of having the Canal is the City of Colón, which is an end point for convoys heading to and from the Caribbean ports, the U.S. Gulf and Atlantic coasts.

Pablo

JCB · 03-08-08, 06:49 PM

... not to mention the three sets of gates... It is impossible for a enemy sub to go through Panama. (unless you somehow find a way to piggyback a merchant going through the locks.) *think Millenium Falcon attached to the empire destroyer*

Onkel Neal · 03-08-08, 07:00 PM

Well, try going around the Horn, I wanna know what's out there.

KeptinCranky · 03-08-08, 07:21 PM

I believe they had the acronym MMSP for that (or something) Miles and Miles of South Pacific...

with nary a steamer to sink....

Good luck with that though....

Taz1969 · 03-08-08, 10:10 PM

That has to be one helluva float down around there,ugh

Jimbuna · 03-09-08, 09:25 AM

Bring back some nice shots of your crew sunbathing on the deck.

They'll be quite safe.....there's nothing out there to harm you other than sunburn

03-08-08, 01:47 PM	#1
emtmedic005 Weps Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: North Andover, MA Posts: 361 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The Panama Canal and Beyond Hey so i had the brilliant idea to go through the Panama Canal, but i was wondering to myself, is it really worth it. What lies beyond the Panama Canal; Gold, a Trade route to the Indies or Nothingness??????????????? I know the Allies used the Canal to bring ships from one ocean to the other, but is it used like that in the game? I would also like to visit the Port of Spain and all those lovely oil tankers there. So my question is, is it worth going to the Panama Canal and travelling through it to sink ships in the Pacific? or should i just go to Port of Spain and be the Pirates of the Caribean?

03-08-08, 06:20 PM	#5
Pablo Commodore Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 641 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Hi! The Canal de Panamá is there but should be impenetrable to U-boats, as it was in real life. The main point of having the Canal is the City of Colón, which is an end point for convoys heading to and from the Caribbean ports, the U.S. Gulf and Atlantic coasts. Pablo __________________ "...far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat." - Theodore Roosevelt, speech before the Hamilton Club, Chicago, April 10, 1899

03-08-08, 07:00 PM	#7
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Well, try going around the Horn, I wanna know what's out there. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

03-09-08, 09:25 AM	#10
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Bring back some nice shots of your crew sunbathing on the deck. They'll be quite safe.....there's nothing out there to harm you other than sunburn __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-08-08, 02:19 PM	#2
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	I'm assuming that if GWX put Allied-only canals like Panama and Suez in the game they went to some pains to defend them. You'll probably come under some coastal gun fire and air attack if you attempt to transit them. Not sure if there's any Pacific traffic to plunder either. Stop at Disney World in Orlando and do the pirate thing instead.

03-08-08, 03:21 PM	#4
Taz1969 Seaman Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 32 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	I tried it on the Colon side,just getting into the break wall is a pain,alot of patrol boats,then the creep threw the harbor,the the canal has gun implacements on each side and a sub net across the canal.Didnt try the chagras river but im sure the same goes for there and the Pacific side.Give it a try,just save before entering the break wall and let us know how u make out The reason i tried is i was stationed at Ft Davis and was trying to see if i could get to the future location of our docks of the 1097th river raiders,called Dock 45.Not only that but i was thinking Gatun Lake might have some nice targets waiting to go threw the locks but never got that far.Would have been cool if they have put the sub nets at the lock entrance and put ships in the lake at the holding area so we could have snuck in for a nice attack.But oh well,guess in a game like this u could spend years and years makeing it authentic and still never get everything.

03-08-08, 06:49 PM	#6
JCB Watch Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 26 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	... not to mention the three sets of gates... It is impossible for a enemy sub to go through Panama. (unless you somehow find a way to piggyback a merchant going through the locks.) think Millenium Falcon attached to the empire destroyer

03-08-08, 07:21 PM	#8
KeptinCranky Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,050 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I believe they had the acronym MMSP for that (or something) Miles and Miles of South Pacific... with nary a steamer to sink.... Good luck with that though....

03-08-08, 10:10 PM	#9
Taz1969 Seaman Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 32 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	That has to be one helluva float down around there,ugh