Apollo11
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Joined: 6/7/2001 From: Zagreb, Croatia Status: offline
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Hi all, quote:
ORIGINAL: pry The chance for a sub to hit a mine is very small but it can and does happen, MSW and DMS the chance is much higher and happens much more often. In a recent test game I sailed 10 Japanese MSW into Hong Kong to clear the port of Allied mines after it fell and 3 of them hit mines while sweeping on the 1st turn. Thanks for info! Good news BTW!!! quote:
Subs hitting mines on the other hand is not, nor was it during the war a common occurrence. Mines played a very small role in submarine losses during the war. Only 3 Allied subs (Albacore SS-215, Escolar SS-294 and Flier SS-250) were presumed to have been sunk by mines during the war. Only 5 Japanese sub losses (RO-64, I-30, RO-100, RO-103 and I-363) are speculated to have been lost to mines. I know... but I also think that much bigger mine operation was against German subs and that they did suffer more looses (must check this thought - I am saying this from memory)... Nevertheless, do you ever recall any tester ever saying that he saw sub hit a mine in WitP? quote:
Mines are not the uber weapon and not as readily available like they were in UV, they work as part of your overall strategy but play a much smaller tactical role due to the size of the game. You must have a size 9 port or MLE and enough supplies available in order to load mines so the importance of mines is toned down in WitP to a more historical level. That is _VERY_ good news (and I must say that I always expected that from WitP)! BTW, we also heard that there is mine decay (even in shallow water) which is also much welcomed!!! Leo "Apollo11"
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