AG, Collier

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RE: AG, Collier

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As if therer were any confusion, in WWII, the Japanese apparently had a whopping two(2) colliers, the Muroto and the Noshima..
Source:Japanese Warships of WWII(Ian Allen)

I suspect the so-called "A.G."'s in the game are actually Daihatsu, a small landing craft general purpose short range transport of mass production, (smaller than their LST's).
Yeah, they called theirs' LST's also.
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ORIGINAL: Terminus

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Most of the books I've read use the proper and historic term of uhhhh....."barges".[:D]

Yeah, but that's not a fancy-schmanzy acronym, is it?
"Barges? We don't need no stinkin' barges" by now. Besides, Brady doesn't appear to want any more clolryrs, but he'd be clamoring for 1,000,000 mor

"Barges? We don't need no stinkin' barges"
(As quoted earlier by Nostradamus Pasternakski)
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Speaking of a Chihuahua, my daughter when she was little thought the the Chihuahua was a Hawaiian dog. The "ki hua hua" instead of "chi wow wow".
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