Somes notes about the Imperial Japanese Navy

[Danelov]

Originally Posted by Immacolata

My biggest concern is that of the japanese destroyer's quality in submarine warfare. I'd be pretty bored if most of my engagements in SHIV is taking free pot shots at unarmed and unprotected merchants. Were the japanese ASW team as good as the atlantic? And if they were not, isn't this going to make SHIV feel like "easy mode" compared to SH3? Lots of free apples for the picking isn't my idea of a good game. There has to be a challenge.

Umm, yes really a good theme.No, definitively the IJN ASW team cannot be compared with the allieds in efficience in final results.

The USN loss 52 submarines in WWII , and 45 in action againts the IJN. Not really a brillant "balance" results in more of three years of combat for the IJN antisubmarine forces.

"Easy mode" ,difficult to say, the challenge in the early times for the USN was to obtain some results of his terrible torpedos.Also the fuel theme can be a serious problem in the Pacific, with sometimes so such enorme distances to go to the operative area and back.And same to find some target in this inmense War scenery.