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Funniest Combat Results ~ - 11/2/2008 4:36:00 AM   
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Status: offline 		A thread should be made posting the most amusing combat results -->

Beginning with this one..
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Night Time Surface Combat at 112,70

Japanese Ships
CV Kaga
CV Hiryu, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CV Soryu
CV Akagi
BB Hiei
BB Kirishima
CA Tone
CA Chikuma
CL Abukuma
DD Akigumo
DD Kagero
DD Isokaze
DD Shiranuhi
DD Urakaze
DD Hamakaze
DD Tanikaze
DD Arare
DD Kasumi

Allied Ships
PG Sacramento, Shell hits 20, and is sunk

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RE: Funniest Combat Results ~ - 11/2/2008 4:53:09 AM   
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Status: offline 		ok, so a 3" shell went into the hangar, down an open ammo lift, into the storage area, then went off????

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RE: Funniest Combat Results ~ - 11/2/2008 5:01:12 AM   
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Status: offline 		Allied Gunnery Control at its finest.. PG Sacramento was equipped with the experimental naval version of the Norden Bombsight

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RE: Funniest Combat Results ~ - 11/2/2008 5:33:32 AM   
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Status: offline 		The PG created a crossfire situation when all the ships shooting at him as he dodged in and out of the enemy fleet...Hiei Was the culprit...

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RE: Funniest Combat Results ~ - 11/2/2008 7:20:19 AM   
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Status: offline 		3" shell wipes out Captains Head, disater follows!

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RE: Funniest Combat Results ~ - 11/2/2008 7:34:21 AM   
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Status: offline 		20mm shell fired from extreme range in a parabolic arc landed next to an officer overseeing the refueling of Zero.  This startled the officer into spewing the chocolate he had just taken a bite out of.  The half-chewed/half-melted piece of sticky brownish goo spat out and landed on the shirt of a Petty Officer. 

This caused the pair of Seamen actually doing the work of refueling the plane to bust out in loud, uncontrollable laughter and turn loose of the refueling hose which spilled several gallons of fuel on the deck which flowed to the officer and pooled around his shoes as he joined in the laughter. 

The Petty Officer ran to the two laughing Seamen and started yelling at them forgetting that he had a lit cigarette in his mouth which flew out and landed in the stream of aviation gasoline which promptly ignited. 

The flames followed the flow of the fuel and caught the Officer's shoes on fire.  They also set the Zero on fire which exploded causing a chain reaction with the other four Zeros on the flight deck. 

The damage of the fire on the flight deck was not so bad, but the officer {who had a phobia about fire and constant nightmare's where he died in flames} broke into a cold sweat and a run.....trying to outrun the flames. 

The problem was he was aflame.  And the faster he ran, the more oxygen fed the flames.  No matter where he went, the flames were following him, he thought.  He ran everywhere trying to get away from the flames, spreading fire with him.

By the time the fire had consumed all his clothing and hair, he had spread the flame from the flight deck, through the superstructure, into the hangar deck, through the crews quarters and officer's mess, past an ammo locker and finally into a lifeboat.  The resulting fire caused heavy damage.

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RE: Funniest Combat Results ~ - 11/2/2008 8:25:42 AM   
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Status: offline 		heh. Reminds me of coming up with screwball scenarios in the original Civilization to explain why a bomber or battleship lost to a phalanx.

Also, I'm trying to imagine the look on the Sacramento's Officer of the Deck upon *that* spotting report

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RE: Funniest Combat Results ~ - 11/2/2008 8:41:11 AM   
Reg


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Status: offline 		Is this a Fog of War result???

(though I'm sure this is EXACTLY how the Sacramento survivors reported it!!)

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RE: Funniest Combat Results ~ - 11/2/2008 12:38:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		PG Sacramento encounters a CV TF. CV Hiryu, damaged before, during the day in an air raid, recieves a 3" shell hit that does little additional damage. The optimistic captain of the Sacramento still reports the CV as being on fire.. :p

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RE: Funniest Combat Results ~ - 11/2/2008 1:44:02 PM   
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RE: Funniest Combat Results ~ - 11/2/2008 8:24:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		Nah, they just saw the smoke coming out of the stack as the captain poured on the coals. (a la the bf109!)

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RE: Funniest Combat Results ~ - 11/2/2008 10:14:01 PM   
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Status: offline 		Funniest combat result>


Having an surface TF of 1 BB, several CA and some DD's intercept a lone crippled USN CV three times......only to see the surface TF, close....fire.....open range...fire...open range...fire.....>TF's break off.

(third time proved the charm.....finally got a hit which sank the CV after the third break off)

had to laugh at that one......

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RE: Funniest Combat Results ~ - 11/2/2008 10:16:19 PM   
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heh. Reminds me of coming up with screwball scenarios in the original Civilization to explain why a bomber or battleship lost to a phalanx.



The Phalanx will be respected




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RE: Funniest Combat Results ~ - 11/2/2008 10:20:05 PM   
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heh. Reminds me of coming up with screwball scenarios in the original Civilization to explain why a bomber or battleship lost to a phalanx.


In ancient combat, the Phalanx supported by Archers is indomitable












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RE: Funniest Combat Results ~ - 11/2/2008 10:41:05 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Commander Stormwolf

quote:

heh. Reminds me of coming up with screwball scenarios in the original Civilization to explain why a bomber or battleship lost to a phalanx.



The Phalanx will be respected





At 3000 rounds per minute, you'd better respect it. A single mk 15 can put as much lead in the air as the AAA battery of most WWII destroyers.

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RE: Funniest Combat Results ~ - 11/3/2008 2:19:35 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Nikademus

Funniest combat result>


Having an surface TF of 1 BB, several CA and some DD's intercept a lone crippled USN CV three times......only to see the surface TF, close....fire.....open range...fire...open range...fire.....>TF's break off.

(third time proved the charm.....finally got a hit which sank the CV after the third break off)

had to laugh at that one......

Similiar to the Battle off Samar. I guess they were worried that the carriers planes would sink them and finally figured out that they had to sink the carrier first to keep the planes from attackinng them.

Or they didn't think she was worth the expenditure of ammunition.

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RE: Funniest Combat Results ~ - 11/3/2008 11:25:37 AM   
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Status: offline 		Funny and frustrating at the same time I can only think of a Coronado bombing my CV Kaga on the Pearl Harbour raid doing about 20-25 sys damage taking it out of the war for a few months. It was an unpleasant surprise because at that time I wasn't aware of the possible results of search missions by those patrol planes. Ever since I have a healthy respect for Coronado's.

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RE: Funniest Combat Results ~ - 11/3/2008 3:30:47 PM   
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Status: offline 		I intercepted an unescorted damaged Brit CV with 4 Jap DDs. I lost 3 DDs and the CV got away.

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RE: Funniest Combat Results ~ - 11/3/2008 7:47:51 PM   
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ORIGINAL: rockmedic109
Similiar to the Battle off Samar.



except that there were no escorts.......no planes and the CV could barely move. Totally similar.

I think the crew just got out the oars and beat a hasty retreat.....PADDLE FASTER!

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RE: Funniest Combat Results ~ - 11/3/2008 9:29:53 PM   
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RE: Funniest Combat Results ~ - 11/3/2008 10:32:47 PM   
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RE: Funniest Combat Results ~ - 11/4/2008 2:35:42 AM   
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Day Time Surface Combat at 4,82

Japanese Ships
DD Yudachi, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage (Sunk)
DD Uranami, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage (Sunk)
DD Kisaragi, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Asakaze, Shell hits 4

Allied Ships
CV Indomitable, Shell hits 12

(Brit CVs are tough!)

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RE: Funniest Combat Results ~ - 11/4/2008 3:18:38 AM   
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Status: offline 		British CV = Floating Armoured Box



Hmm.. Essex Carriers with Armoured Flight Deck --> Armed with Combination of F4U Corsair

- and -

TBF Dive / Torpedo Bomber with either 2000LB AP Bomb or Late Generation Mark 13 Torpedo ..

Supported by LBA of B-17J Torpedo Bomber and P-38 Escorts

... return to designing 'Mitchell's Way' WITP Mod


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