The latest manual describes the Special Japanese Early War Amphibious Bonus (SJEWAP?) as being 1200 for all AP/AK and xAP/xAK types. I wouldn't be surprised if the Japanese AI gets a little boost on top of that.

It's probably meant to represent the makeshift "armored" train then Colonel Ben Butler used to help advance the 7th New York, and 8th Massachusetts regiments from Annapolis into Washington past local secessionist saboteurs and irregulars in April 1861. Basically it consisted of a howitzer, loaded ...

Perhaps it dropped the bombs and then got shot down, but with enough control to go kamikaze.


That's a strong possibility as that sort of desperate tactic had occurred previously in the war before kamikazes were a organized force. Another could be that because of the sporadic shortages of ...

I recall reading that not a single well-armored surface combatant (cruiser or battleship) was ever seriously endangered by a kamikaze strike. The vast majority of the ships ultimately sunk by them being destroyers and landing ships. I guess that photo shows part of the reason why. There's a lot of ...

Unfortunately with all the Japanese battleship task forces steaming around there is no way I am going to be able to reinforce/resupply Port Moresby. It's January 25, 1942 and there are many Japanese task forces heading towards Port Moresby and I really don't have much naval presence in the area ...

The Iron Cross mod in the other SC titles has the bleached map look. Just move the Iron Cross mod over from the War in Europe game to the mods section of this game. Activate the Iron Cross mod in the Mods menu and you're there.

Many would agree with you and many would disagree with you:

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If playing as China against the AI, I can eventually overpower the Japanese. Playing as Japan against the AI, I can eventually overpower the Chinese although it's a bit harder ...

The only possible usefulness of additional bases would be to represent actual construction sites for ships and departure ports for troops. Something only a historical accuracy fanatic (like me) would do.


If I recall correctly, in that extended map version of the 1128 beta, the US submarines ...

Are you seeing a "FIRES" line in the Tokyo pop-up? Those really rachet up the damage level.

Does your new laptop have a larger screen? Getting a larger monitor did seem to improve image resolution for me even without a new PC. But, then the old one was an antique by the time I replaced it.

Probably the first question would be which particular scenario are you two playing? Just want to make sure weren't not talking about the '45 Downfall one.

Lately, when playing against the Japanese AI I've gotten into the habit of prepping Port Moresby for a siege with as many supplies and troops as I can muster in the first few weeks of the war. I also sow as many minefields as I can there along with some ACMs to keep the mines viable. It does seem to ...

I am also a little confused about how the Kamikazes work. I set my USA CVs to intercept, but they do not seem to try to intercept the Kamikazes. My warships also don't seem to use the antiaircraft abilities to attack them. I tried placing Battleships and CVs in front of CVLs and amphibious ...

Dutch and UK units that flee into the interior jungles of Borneo usually starve into "dispersal" with time. However, you can speed up the process a little by having your air squadrons use them for bombing practice.

The Daihatsu and Shohatsu barges were your jacks-of-all-trades for Japanese landing operations.

It also helped that most Japanese tank models were light enough to be lowered into a barge with cranes, booms and winches.

Duedman wrote: Mon Sep 01, 2025 6:10 pm in my recent match Riga got cut off the rail and did not drop to 5.
Had I realized that I might have left the army there (to do a heroic last stand and go down for cheap rebuy).

Being a port under no blockade maybe it's still drawing supply by sea.

You definitely want to get floatation damage down to about 40 with no system damage or chances are good that some of those ships founder on the way to US shipyards. Unfortunately, that usually means months undergoing repair in the shipyard at Pearl Harbor as pier-side alone won't repair the major ...

Mostly likely the plundered wreck of the Japanese light cruiser Kuma. Illegally salvaged from the seafloor in 2014 for the her low-background radiation steel. Such steel having been fabricated before the atomic bomb explosions in 1945 and subsequent nuclear tests, it's free of even trace amounts of ...

It's tough for Japan to match what the US and the Allies can spend on buttering up the Soviets if they choose to do so.

Dereck wrote: Tue Aug 19, 2025 6:57 pm I guess I will have to see what happens. It looks like they got rid of Bremerton and moved everything to Seattle.

The most current build (1.8.11.28.4) does have the Bremerton naval base present in the 41-45 campaign game