Does Radar work?

u35_captain · 05-24-12, 02:13 PM

So far it's been very useful to me. Managed to hunt down a few targets in bad weather and hit them from point-blank range as a result.

That and it gives me warning of warships now and again I otherwise wouldn't have known about before it became dangerous.

Granted, I leave the AI to operate it, which probably makes a huge difference.

P_Funk · 05-26-12, 03:29 AM

The story of technology in WW2 is mostly that of idustrially inferior Nazi Germany bringing Europe to its knees with the might of its excellent armies and cutting edge technology for which the battle to control latter in the midst of the final months of the war began and whose results ultimately set the course for the next 20+ years of military technological advancement, culminating in the apogee of the space race with Astronauts being propelled into orbit on their way to the Moon by rockets designed by the same mind which harrowed the occupants of London with the V2.

Sounds pretty epic right? Well not when it came to radar. The germans made everyone look bad when it came to advanced Aircraft engines, submarine design, inventing the modern assault rifle, not to mention putting on parades, but when it came to a few things like crash nuclear programs and radar development they pretty much dropped the ball on that.

Often I find this fact to be relatively surprising to people. Generally the feeling is Germany made everything better, just they didn't have enough of it. When it came to Radar they had neither.

Apparently after the Americans or Brits had nabbed the core of the German Nuclear Weapon program they put them in some manor and bugged the rooms and after they'd overheard enough of the scientists talk about their work they realized that the Germans were no where near a they feared getting a nuke. They'd probably have been able to finish Plan Z before they got a nuke up.

Sailor Steve · 05-26-12, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by P_Funk

Often I find this fact to be relatively surprising to people. Generally the feeling is Germany made everything better, just they didn't have enough of it. When it came to Radar they had neither.

In fact it was so bad that the u-boats were blindsided because they couldn't make a radar set small enough to fit in an airplane, and didn't believe anyone else could either. They did finally start to equip their night fighters toward the end of the war, far too little and far too late

05-26-12, 03:29 AM	#2
P_Funk Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada, eh? Posts: 2,537 Downloads: 129 Uploads: 0	The story of technology in WW2 is mostly that of idustrially inferior Nazi Germany bringing Europe to its knees with the might of its excellent armies and cutting edge technology for which the battle to control latter in the midst of the final months of the war began and whose results ultimately set the course for the next 20+ years of military technological advancement, culminating in the apogee of the space race with Astronauts being propelled into orbit on their way to the Moon by rockets designed by the same mind which harrowed the occupants of London with the V2. Sounds pretty epic right? Well not when it came to radar. The germans made everyone look bad when it came to advanced Aircraft engines, submarine design, inventing the modern assault rifle, not to mention putting on parades, but when it came to a few things like crash nuclear programs and radar development they pretty much dropped the ball on that. Often I find this fact to be relatively surprising to people. Generally the feeling is Germany made everything better, just they didn't have enough of it. When it came to Radar they had neither. Apparently after the Americans or Brits had nabbed the core of the German Nuclear Weapon program they put them in some manor and bugged the rooms and after they'd overheard enough of the scientists talk about their work they realized that the Germans were no where near a they feared getting a nuke. They'd probably have been able to finish Plan Z before they got a nuke up. __________________

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05-24-12, 02:13 PM	#1
u35_captain Mate Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 54 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	So far it's been very useful to me. Managed to hunt down a few targets in bad weather and hit them from point-blank range as a result. That and it gives me warning of warships now and again I otherwise wouldn't have known about before it became dangerous. Granted, I leave the AI to operate it, which probably makes a huge difference.