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Old 08-28-06, 12:32 PM   #1
(SH3)JOHN LAMARRE
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Default P-class, Salmon, Tambor and Gato

can someone put those 4 classes on here like the photos what they look like
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Old 08-28-06, 12:48 PM   #2
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P-Calss


http://www.valoratsea.com/pclass.htm

Salmon/Sargo Class


http://www.valoratsea.com/Salmon1.htm

Tambor/Gar Class.


http://www.valoratsea.com/Tambor.htm
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Old 08-30-06, 09:01 AM   #3
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Here are the subs profile silhouettes


Correct me if I'm wrong,
The P Class had 6 tubes 4/2
The Salmon had 8 tubes 4/4
The Tambor and Gato had 10 6/4

Five P's had 2 external tubes forward added.
A few Salmon's also had 2 external tubes.
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Old 08-30-06, 11:02 AM   #4
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Wow, the difference between an S-Class and an argonaut.

I want an S-Class boat after seeing those. Looking forward to seeing it either in-game or as a mod'.
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Old 08-30-06, 11:42 AM   #5
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This is what makes me sad that there will be no playable japanese subs. The Pacific is nice and U.S. subs are okay, but the technical specs from P-class to Gato are very similar and they 'feel' almost the same - an evolutionary design.

The only U.S. sub which were different are S-class, Argonaut, Nautilus and Barracuda - but they all don't make it into the game ...
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Old 08-30-06, 08:34 PM   #6
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Would be nice to see silhouettes of the Type II, VII and IX on the same scale just to compare the relative sizes...
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Old 08-31-06, 12:23 AM   #7
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Not sure of the scale above. This one is 1:700 scale.

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Old 09-01-06, 08:12 AM   #8
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only subs in sh4 only
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Old 09-01-06, 09:09 AM   #9
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only subs in sh4 only

... interesting.....


Thanks for the profile pics, again I echo the lack of variety in subs. S Class would be nice. I always like little boats, big Type II fan in SHIII
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Old 09-01-06, 01:30 PM   #10
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Pictures from www.navsource.org

P Class


Salmon/Sargo


Tambor/Gar
Tambor (SS-198), off Diamond Head, Hawaii, circa 1943.


Gato
Albacore (SS-218) off Mare Island during her last overhaul, May 1944.

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Old 09-01-06, 01:37 PM   #11
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cmdrk
Pictures from www.navsource.org

P Class


Salmon/Sargo


Tambor/Gar
Tambor (SS-198), off Diamond Head, Hawaii, circa 1943.


Gato
Albacore (SS-218) off Mare Island during her last overhaul, May 1944.
The pics aren't showing up.

IIRC the guy who runs Navsource (Paul Yarnall) blocks direct linking as it eats up his bandwidth.

Only way round that is to host the images somewhere else, then link.

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Old 09-01-06, 01:43 PM   #12
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Sub warfare in the Pacific was very different to the Atlantic. US WWII submarines were typically much larger than the germans. The Gato / Balao class is quite abit bigger than the IX type uboats. They also were equipped with many features that the german subs lack such as air-conditioning, advance TDC's etc. etc.

The large US fleet subs worked well for the US in the pacific theatre.


Perhaps the most important thing thou is that the Japanese where no where as advance as the allies in terms of ASW warfare. They lacked advance electronics , radar equiped search planes, radar warning recivers etc.etc.. Conversely, american fleet type submaines benfited from decent Radars. lots of japanese ships were detected on radar then subsequently engaged with torps.

SH IV will offer a fairly different gameplay style. Lots more shallow water operations, more torpedoing of fast moving warships etc. etc.

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Old 09-01-06, 02:03 PM   #13
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Pictures from www.navsource.org
The pics aren't showing up.

IIRC the guy who runs Navsource (Paul Yarnall) blocks direct linking as it eats up his bandwidth.

Only way round that is to host the images somewhere else, then link.

Mike.
Thanks
I cropped the pictures and hosting them from my personal site.
Should be viewable now.
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Old 09-01-06, 03:33 PM   #14
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Perhaps the most important thing thou is that the Japanese where no where as advance as the allies in terms of ASW warfare. They lacked advance electronics , radar equiped search planes, radar warning recivers etc.etc.. Conversely, american fleet type submaines benfited from decent Radars. lots of japanese ships were detected on radar then subsequently engaged with torps.
So while in SH3 the challenge and excitement grows as the war progresses, it will decrease in SH4? Not a very good concept for a game
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Old 09-01-06, 04:22 PM   #15
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Perhaps the most important thing thou is that the Japanese where no where as advance as the allies in terms of ASW warfare. They lacked advance electronics , radar equiped search planes, radar warning recivers etc.etc.. Conversely, american fleet type submaines benfited from decent Radars. lots of japanese ships were detected on radar then subsequently engaged with torps.
So while in SH3 the challenge and excitement grows as the war progresses, it will decrease in SH4? Not a very good concept for a game
Yea... that's why the original Silent Hunter was such a flop as a game.
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