Why do we love submarines ?

Aktungbby · 10-24-15, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Kapitän

what systems are what given that I have been able to jump borders so to speak

Same here! I love boats; sail every week; and play the sims; When I SCUBA ...I am the submarine's engine & navigator. No two ways about it! A one man Nautilas; The mask to see with; the fins to propel with-no battery skooter for me...yet; the tank and regulator for respiration with; lights to see with; depth, nitrogen timer, air guage and compass to calculate time at depth: essentially in a self-contained neoprene mancave with 30 lbs lead ballast 100 feet down (hey at least I'm well insulated

) at 32 degrees... only it's pressurized nitrogen not CO2 that's the problem. Like the game, everything, especially at night is ongoing: must be monitored constantly and no errors of judgment are advisable...hypothermia, bends, embolism or nitrogen-narcosis being the primary concerns.

Time limit: 25 minutes....

Armistead · 10-24-15, 11:01 AM

Since a kid, always loved history. Not sure why I like subs so much over other games, guess it's because the tactics are so different.

Sure wish they'd make a Silent Hunter COOP where we could have several players in one sub.

Oberon · 10-24-15, 11:07 AM

Dangerous Waters has that but it's modern sub, would be interesting in a WWII boat, definitely. Have had some fun multi-crewing a Kilo with Raptor and Arclight before, even if the Russian sonar screen drives me crazy.

Betonov · 10-24-15, 11:48 AM

They're a succesfull underdog.

Underpowered, underarmed and undermaned. No match for the glorius capital ships and carriers.
But they did the job remarkably well. And were feared. It was a game of chess, not a game of guns.
Tacticaly of course. Even between capital ships was a chess game on a strategical level.

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 10-24-15, 11:53 AM

I've always liked subs because they're a bit unconventional since subs are effectively boats designed to go underwater for the purpose of sinking enemy vessels and to do so without being detected by the enemy. Subs are to the Navy as snipers are to the Marine Corps and the Army, their purposes are similar to sneak, stalk and kill without being discovered and if they are discovered, to escape and evade.

vienna · 10-24-15, 12:29 PM

Freud would have a theory on why we like subs, but most of us wouldn't want to hear it...

<O>

Aktungbby · 10-24-15, 01:06 PM

^ Well a torpedo is a torpedo after all! My ID is governed by a well aimed 'ETO' whilst my SUPER-EGO stops me from sinking hospital ships and neutral shipping.

Buddahaid · 10-24-15, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

^ Well a torpedo is a torpedo after all! My ID is governed by a well aimed 'ETO' whilst my SUPER-EGO stops me from sinking hospital ships and neutral shipping.

Sink 'em with my pink torpedo!

I just grew up with a family history of civilian Mare Island shipyard employees. Mare Island was pretty much all about subs post war and I attended the launch of SSBN-642 USS Kamehameha in 1965. I find them fascinating as earthbound spacecraft if nothing else, plus I'm also attracted to the lurching naval sniper aspect.

10-24-15, 11:01 AM	#2
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Since a kid, always loved history. Not sure why I like subs so much over other games, guess it's because the tactics are so different. Sure wish they'd make a Silent Hunter COOP where we could have several players in one sub. __________________ You see my dog don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

10-24-15, 11:53 AM	#5
Kptlt. Neuerburg Admiral Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,280 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	I've always liked subs because they're a bit unconventional since subs are effectively boats designed to go underwater for the purpose of sinking enemy vessels and to do so without being detected by the enemy. Subs are to the Navy as snipers are to the Marine Corps and the Army, their purposes are similar to sneak, stalk and kill without being discovered and if they are discovered, to escape and evade. __________________ "When you're born into this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show. If you're born in America you get a front row seat." - George Carlin

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vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,720 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Freud would have a theory on why we like subs, but most of us wouldn't want to hear it... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

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Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,065 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	^ Well a torpedo is a torpedo after all! My ID is governed by a well aimed 'ETO' whilst my SUPER-EGO stops me from sinking hospital ships and neutral shipping. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

10-24-15, 11:07 AM	#3
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Dangerous Waters has that but it's modern sub, would be interesting in a WWII boat, definitely. Have had some fun multi-crewing a Kilo with Raptor and Arclight before, even if the Russian sonar screen drives me crazy.

10-24-15, 11:48 AM	#4
Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	They're a succesfull underdog. Underpowered, underarmed and undermaned. No match for the glorius capital ships and carriers. But they did the job remarkably well. And were feared. It was a game of chess, not a game of guns. Tacticaly of course. Even between capital ships was a chess game on a strategical level.