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by PTalvela
Sat Mar 07, 2020 4:43 pm
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: ACM on open sea
Replies: 13
Views: 457

RE: ACM on open sea

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Mines are so WWI.
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But they still work, even the moored mines mixed with modern ...
by PTalvela
Sat Mar 07, 2020 2:57 pm
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: ACM on open sea
Replies: 13
Views: 457

RE: ACM on open sea

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Mines are so WWI.
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But they still work, even the moored mines mixed with modern influence mines that are stealthy and equipped with different sensors and algorithms to trigger them.<br/>
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by PTalvela
Sat Mar 07, 2020 2:22 pm
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: OT: Greyhound movie
Replies: 52
Views: 1901

RE: OT: Greyhound movie

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absolutely agree... looks all wrong and to top the idiocy is that phone call of the German sub captain... omfg what's wrong with all those movie makers?[8|]<br/>

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Most dont care or ...
by PTalvela
Sat Mar 07, 2020 2:19 pm
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: OT: Greyhound movie
Replies: 52
Views: 1901

RE: OT: Greyhound movie

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: PTalvela<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Jorge_Stanbury<br/>
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but in the movie, it seems as if it was used to taunt enemy, which is kind of absurd in a stealth vessel, same as ...
by PTalvela
Fri Mar 06, 2020 2:55 pm
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: OT: Greyhound movie
Replies: 52
Views: 1901

RE: OT: Greyhound movie

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Jorge_Stanbury<br/>

<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: spence<br/>
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Much like nose art on bombers and fighters the 'art' on U-boat conning towers had little to no official controls on it as to size and color. The "Laughing Swordfish" in green was semi ...
by PTalvela
Fri Mar 06, 2020 2:41 pm
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: OT: Greyhound movie
Replies: 52
Views: 1901

RE: OT: Greyhound movie

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: spence<br/>
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Much like nose art on bombers and fighters the 'art' on U-boat conning towers had little to no official controls on it as to size and color. The "Laughing Swordfish" in green was semi-officially adopted by the 9th Flotilla but apparently it ...
by PTalvela
Fri Mar 06, 2020 4:18 am
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: OT: Greyhound movie
Replies: 52
Views: 1901

RE: OT: Greyhound movie

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: PTalvela<br/>
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Not going to pay for this type of BS in any format.<br/>
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Are there children now working as studio executives?<br/>
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Or maybe they view the large audience as having the ...
by PTalvela
Fri Mar 06, 2020 3:56 am
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: OT: Greyhound movie
Replies: 52
Views: 1901

RE: OT: Greyhound movie

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Technically even the book upon which the movie is based: "The Good Shepherd" by CS Forester has a serious. I've forgotten what class of destroyer it is in the book/movie but during the time frame of the book/movie the US Navy (thanks to Adm ...
by PTalvela
Thu Mar 05, 2020 7:52 pm
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: OT: Greyhound movie
Replies: 52
Views: 1901

RE: OT: Greyhound movie

ORIGINAL: Jorge_Stanbury


a pity Tom Hanks didn't pick "The Cruel Sea"

Yes it is.
by PTalvela
Thu Mar 05, 2020 7:46 pm
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: OT: Greyhound movie
Replies: 52
Views: 1901

RE: OT: Greyhound movie

<t> Not going to pay for this type of BS in any format.<br/>
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Are there children now working as studio executives?<br/>
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Or maybe they view the large audience as having the attention span and general interests of small children?<br/>
This might be a real possibility, it would in turn ...
by PTalvela
Sat Feb 22, 2020 6:23 pm
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: Bill Brown
Replies: 51
Views: 2751

RE: Bill Brown

Really sad to hear this, RIP.
by PTalvela
Sat Feb 22, 2020 12:40 pm
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: CV Groups
Replies: 25
Views: 460

RE: CV Groups

ORIGINAL: Kursk1943

Why? Are we Germans infamous for loving nitty gritty details?[:D]

Yes! But in all fairness Finns are like pupils on the front bench taking notes from you.
by PTalvela
Sat Feb 22, 2020 12:37 pm
Forum: Scenario Design and Modding
Topic: Japanese Ships – Colors & Camouflage
Replies: 149
Views: 19634

RE: Japanese Ships – Colors & Camouflage

Yangtse river gunboats?

Respect for the massive work you have done.
by PTalvela
Sat Feb 22, 2020 11:50 am
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: CV Groups
Replies: 25
Views: 460

RE: CV Groups

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Oh my god![X(]<br/>
Up today I never ever cared about such nitty gritty details. <br/>
Didn't know how much I missed.[:D]<br/>
Still have a long way to go to become a true member of th WitP AE community.[;)]
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by PTalvela
Sat Feb 01, 2020 11:30 pm
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: OT: Analysis of the Iranian Missile Strike on Ayn-Al-Assad
Replies: 16
Views: 365

RE: OT: Analysis of the Iranian Missile Strike on Ayn-Al-Assad

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When Iran hits US and allied targets ( for example Finns where in those shelters), Russia and China are hitting US and allied targets.<br/>
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Iran is their proxy, they wanted ...
by PTalvela
Sat Feb 01, 2020 6:35 am
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: OT: Analysis of the Iranian Missile Strike on Ayn-Al-Assad
Replies: 16
Views: 365

RE: OT: Analysis of the Iranian Missile Strike on Ayn-Al-Assad

<t> When Iran hits US and allied targets ( for example Finns where in those shelters), Russia and China are hitting US and allied targets.<br/>
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Iran is their proxy, they wanted to send a message together, that is also behind the accuracy and possibly limiting the warheads, it was a ...
by PTalvela
Sat Jan 25, 2020 6:38 pm
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: OT: Your Take On The Rosenbergs?
Replies: 7
Views: 280

RE: OT: Your Take On The Rosenbergs?

All western liberal democracies where weak to recognize and respond to the international communist conspiracy.
This is true even today, comintern is alive and well, no need to remind of the Cold War period.
by PTalvela
Thu Jan 09, 2020 12:21 am
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: OT: Longstreet at Gettysburg
Replies: 23
Views: 823

RE: OT: Longstreet at Gettysburg

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I respectfully disagree with most of your examples. Here goes:<br/>
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7. The Winter War was not fought to a draw. The Finns were overwhelmed by numbers of tanks and artillery. All it took was competent ...
by PTalvela
Sat Dec 28, 2019 2:12 pm
Forum: Command: Modern Operations series
Topic: No news about WW2?
Replies: 32
Views: 1048

RE: No news about WW2?

ORIGINAL: StellarRat

It's over. The Allies won.

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