Sen-Toku-Kai Class Submarine
4xSeiran floatplanes
8 x 24" torpedo tubes
1xMidget Submarine
.. after changing the submarine doctrine, with the deck gun and
AA battery removed, the Sen-Toku has been transformed into a war winner,
capable of attacking and defending itself from attack
if 10 of these submarines operate as a wolf-pack..
1) capable of launching a long-range torpedo strike with 80x24" torpedoes
2) capable of a submarine-launched torpedo attack with fighter and torpedo bmr variants
of the Seiran
3) immune to aerial counter-attack, except by ASW planes,and then capable
of using Seiran fighters as CAP to prevent ASW attacks
4) capable of launching midget submarines in the area to confuse destroyers and present false targets
5) capable of launching the midget subs into enemy ports to finish off wounded vessels
10 of these subs cost about 40,000 tons of steel, the same as a 1 carrier task force
would have been interesting if Yamamoto had lived and the Sen-toku program continued
at first priority (he wanted to build 20 of them)
