[WIP] Japanese Campaign

[tater]

Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980

The Atami and Hira gunboats.I plan on creating a "patrolboat/subhunter" layer for RSRD when I am home for thanksgiving, release it if possible(if lurker does not mind) here soon, in order to make up for the lack of patrols in RSRD.Atami and Hira gunboats with charges would be great for harbor patrols and shallow coastal areas as well as being "small fry" escorts in coastal areas.

Assuming I get this layer to work, plan to build new single merchant layers and replace them in my own RSRD.

Those riverboats should not be seen at sea. I don't think they carried DCs or even hydrophones. They were rivervine craft. Look at the freeboard! So yeah, as close in coastal randfom things, they could rarely be seen, but they would not have prosecuted subs, IMO.

Lurker and I both deleted these things from our campaigns for that reason. They can be harbor traffic (what a waste of 3d modeling work). So

[Bubblehead1980]

Originally Posted by tater

Those riverboats should not be seen at sea. I don't think they carried DCs or even hydrophones. They were rivervine craft. Look at the freeboard! So yeah, as close in coastal randfom things, they could rarely be seen, but they would not have prosecuted subs, IMO.

Lurker and I both deleted these things from our campaigns for that reason. They can be harbor traffic (what a waste of 3d modeling work). So

Yea I realize that but they were in the game, so could be used as coastal types i'm thinking. I think they had hydrophones in the game, they seemed to keep track of sub pretty well when submerged.Figured add a few DC's and active sonar on them, have a pesky little adversary.

Mainly I think itd be nice bc I plan on making a "coastal traffic" file to add in the freighters making local coastal runs with small escorts from around November 43 on.This became common in home waters and some other places from late 43 on.A large tanker needs to make a run from Tokyo to Kii Suido, would not do it alone but usually didnt want to assign a main line escort to this duty, so they employed small ships like the CHA-1 and patrol type boats armed with sonar and depth charges.Since already had the gunboats figured theyd be a good stand in.USS Tang's patrol in summer 1944 was filled with 1 or 2 ships making coastal runs with 2-4 small escorts, sometimes planes.

Also, theyd be good for shallow patrols in the bays, add some variety.

[keltos01]

I-400 surrender color movie




found by SImon on the french forum :

Surrender of Japanese submarine 1-400 in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. The Japanese submarine 1-400 underway at sea after surrendering to American crew. A ship underway at sea. Men on the deck of the Japanese submarine. A motor whale boat with boarding party aboard goes along side the submarine. The Japanese crew lined up on the deck of the submarine 1-400. United States boarding party on the conning tower of the submarine. The Japanese submarine underway at sea.

US Government Archive number for this historic video is:
428 NPC 14788 INSK

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65...crew_surrender

I-400 surrender at sea

keltos

[Bubblehead1980]

Very cool, it is a shame they sunk them to keep them from the Soviets instead keeping them of telling the commies to gth since they became the enemy(were all along anyway)

[keltos01]

emptying I-400 of its rice :

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65...marine-tied-up

other jap sub movie (maybe part of gochin)

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65...ing-on-uniform

deck gun firing on a kaidai :

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65...ugh-binoculars

torpedo loading etc :

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65...ring-earphones

sinking of I-201 in 1946 (color)

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65...ubmarine-sinks

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65...ater-and-smoke

[keltos01]

submarine simulator for IJN submariners :

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65...-control-wheel

[Admiral Von Gerlach]

I am glad to see you lads are still at work, i will go look for the Junsen beta...thanks for releasing that ...i do hope things are going well, cheering you on always!

Sorry i was away for a while, had to have another large operation and am just now getting strong enough to sit up at the computer... lol

good work!!!