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Surprise during night naval surface combat - 4/30/2008 8:27:14 AM

Micke II

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It seems, starting in May June 42, US TF can gain quiet often the effect of surprise on a japanese TF.
The benefit of radar is probably an explanation for this gain of advantage.
But is a TF having a bombardment mission more vulnerable to a surprise effect than the same TF having a surface combat mission ?
Are they other factors involved to gain or loose the surprise effect apart from the experience of the crew ?
Thanks for your help in this matter.

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RE: Surprise during night naval surface combat - 4/30/2008 9:16:16 AM

castor troy

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ORIGINAL: Micke II

It seems, starting in May June 42, US TF can gain quiet often the effect of surprise on a japanese TF.
The benefit of radar is probably an explanation for this gain of advantage.
But is a TF having a bombardment mission more vulnerable to a surprise effect than the same TF having a surface combat mission ?
Are they other factors involved to gain or loose the surprise effect apart from the experience of the crew ?
Thanks for your help in this matter.

common oppinion on the forum is that bombardment TFs are inferior to surface combat TFs when it comes down to naval engagements. Don�t know if that means also that bombardment TFs are more vulnerable to being surprised. From my exp: no, but that�s just my stomache feeling.

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RE: Surprise during night naval surface combat - 4/30/2008 9:29:01 AM

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I know that last week I had a bombardment TF surprise a surface combat TF - but it was an SC TF that had just finished a couple of rounds of combat with another SC TF. I do believe that they were quite surprised to run into another TF with a pair of BBs...

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RE: Surprise during night naval surface combat - 4/30/2008 11:12:13 AM

ChezDaJez

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I do believe that they were quite surprised to run into another TF with a pair of BBs...

Not to mention my ships were now very low on ammo after the first two engagements and you had a few CVs waiting in the wings to deal with my remaining ships after your 2nd group of BBs bet up on them.

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