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LostCosmonaut
Feb 15, 2014

Claiming USS Alabama (BB-60)

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LostCosmonaut
Feb 15, 2014

So, it looks like that American carrier in the Marshalls escaped.

LostCosmonaut
Feb 15, 2014

The IJA did dabble in (much) heavier tanks; http://sturgeonshouse.ipbhost.com/index.php?/topic/981-japans-box-tank-o-i/

Plus, I think they built a couple hundred Type 3 Chi-Nu tanks, which were pretty comparable to a Sherman (they all stayed in the home islands).

LostCosmonaut
Feb 15, 2014

For SSBNs it makes sense, an Ohio is the 2nd closest thing to a battleship we have now in terms of naval dick extensions (and a fuckload higher in actual combat power).

LostCosmonaut
Feb 15, 2014

Jaramin posted:

Short version: not particularly, but the doctrine had other uses.

By late 1945, it was pretty effective.

LostCosmonaut
Feb 15, 2014

That is some seriously pro amphibious landing skills.

LostCosmonaut
Feb 15, 2014

A 250 kilo bomb isn't going to do poo poo to Resolution at this point.

Isn't it up to 70 bomb hits or some other bonkers number?

LostCosmonaut
Feb 15, 2014

Ograbme posted:

Your fighter pilots are dogshit.

Yeah, that part where 43 Zeros went against a bunch of Hurricanes and Martlets and went 0-4 was pretty pro.

LostCosmonaut
Feb 15, 2014

IJN command would like to issue the following statement on Chittagong:

"haha fuckers got owned lol"

LostCosmonaut
Feb 15, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIlNIVXpIns

LostCosmonaut
Feb 15, 2014

Those coastal artillery men are never going to have to buy drinks again.

:magical: is right

LostCosmonaut
Feb 15, 2014

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-15

It just kind of sucked and was lame.

The Swedes also had the Saab 21R, which was much cooler.


LostCosmonaut
Feb 15, 2014

In a stunning development, the counter to naval air power is ground forces.

Pretty pumped for postwar navies to develop combat boarding vessels.

LostCosmonaut
Feb 15, 2014

KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:

What is your most modern CL that actually should have an almost tolerable AAA suite doing escorting a bunch of 12 knot merchantmen?

At the moment, being home for a shitload of fish.

LostCosmonaut
Feb 15, 2014

gains.jpg


(A6M model with A7M model)

LostCosmonaut
Feb 15, 2014

First image on the wiki page for "Daxue Range"



:thunk:

LostCosmonaut
Feb 15, 2014

Magni posted:

Ahh, so that's why those carriers at Guam are moving so slow, they got auntie Langley with them. As in CV-1 USS Langley, the first ever USN carrier. She's a WWI-era coal freighter that was converted in the 1920's into a carrier (and then into a seaplane tender in 1936). She can only do something like 16 knots. Perfect for putting into a fleet carrier group. :v:

It could be CVL-27, which was also named Langley; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Langley_(CVL-27)

LostCosmonaut
Feb 15, 2014

OpenlyEvilJello posted:

12 November 1944

Tirpitz capsizes at Tromsö after taking three six-ton Tallboy bombs.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axo1XNjB4Qs

LostCosmonaut
Feb 15, 2014

Grey Hunter posted:





The I-115 trades her life for a tanker.



Housatonic sunk by a sub that sinks immediately afterward?

:heritage:

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LostCosmonaut
Feb 15, 2014

loving TB-3s and SB-2s, the Soviets are really throwing old junk at you.

(For reference, the TB-3 first flew in 1930 and was supposed to have been retired in 1939.)

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