BB Yamato
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RE: BB Yamato
Thanks. Some photos i didnt know of.
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Thanks!
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A cool ship indeed....but obsolete the day she slid down the ways.
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ORIGINAL: crsutton
A cool ship indeed....but obsolete the day she slid down the ways.
Bah, NONSENSE!
Yamato is one of the reasons the japanese won the war!
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Mike Scholl
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A cool ship indeed....but obsolete the day she slid down the ways.
Bah, NONSENSE!
Yamato is one of the reasons the japanese won the war!
Right..., because she and her sister used up enough steel to built six of those worthless aircraft carriers. ( I say worthless because the IJN didn't have enough trained pilots to man the planes and carriers they had on 12/7/41..., so what good would any more be?)
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Wonder how many good SMG's coulda' been made with that material?[8|]
Or even 100-odd decent ASW Escorts? Do have to point out that in the above quote it really should say "how many bad SMG's could'a been made" as the Japs never designed or produced a "good" one.
But even a million "bad ones" might have been a better investment.
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ORIGINAL: m10bob
Wonder how many good SMG's coulda' been made with that material?[8|]
Just one. SMG does stand for Super Mega Gun right? [:D]
It show how quickly military technology changes I guess, one moment they are the most powerful weapons afloat, next minute they are obsolete targets for aeroplanes.
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RE: BB Yamato
ORIGINAL: Mike Scholl
ORIGINAL: m10bob
Wonder how many good SMG's coulda' been made with that material?[8|]
Or even 100-odd decent ASW Escorts? Do have to point out that in the above quote it really should say "how many bad SMG's could'a been made" as the Japs never designed or produced a "good" one.
But even a million "bad ones" might have been a better investment.
But what they had was better than THIS!
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RE: BB Yamato
ORIGINAL: crsutton
A cool ship indeed....but obsolete the day she slid down the ways.
Rubbish.
The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to a close.
In its place we are entering a period of consequences..
In its place we are entering a period of consequences..
RE: BB Yamato
Not that much rubbish, actually... The jobs of Yamato and Musashi could easily have been fulfilled by 16-incher ships. Those two were white elephants.
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Mike Scholl
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RE: BB Yamato
ORIGINAL: m10bob
ORIGINAL: Mike Scholl
ORIGINAL: m10bob
Wonder how many good SMG's coulda' been made with that material?[8|]
Or even 100-odd decent ASW Escorts? Do have to point out that in the above quote it really should say "how many bad SMG's could'a been made" as the Japs never designed or produced a "good" one.
But even a million "bad ones" might have been a better investment.
But what they had was better than THIS!
Technically, that's an LMG and not an SMG..., but you would have to look long and hard to find a worse piece of crap to foist off on your poor bloody infantry....
RE: BB Yamato
Notably since the BAR was available.ORIGINAL: Mike Scholl
ORIGINAL: m10bob
ORIGINAL: Mike Scholl
Or even 100-odd decent ASW Escorts? Do have to point out that in the above quote it really should say "how many bad SMG's could'a been made" as the Japs never designed or produced a "good" one.
But even a million "bad ones" might have been a better investment.
But what they had was better than THIS!
Technically, that's an LMG and not an SMG..., but you would have to look long and hard to find a worse piece of crap to foist off on your poor bloody infantry....
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RE: BB Yamato
Shouldn't there be a bayonet attachment?
"In case of jamming, fix bayonets!"[:D]
"In case of jamming, fix bayonets!"[:D]
RE: BB Yamato
More like,
"When it jams, fix bayonets"...
"When it jams, fix bayonets"...
We are all dreams of the Giant Space Butterfly.
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ORIGINAL: Terminus
More like,
"When it jams, fix bayonets"...
[:D][:D][:D]
RE: BB Yamato
ORIGINAL: Terminus
Not that much rubbish, actually... The jobs of Yamato and Musashi could easily have been fulfilled by 16-incher ships. Those two were white elephants.
The implication of the statement is that the battleship was obsolete by 1945. That, my good Sir, is rubbish.
The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to a close.
In its place we are entering a period of consequences..
In its place we are entering a period of consequences..
RE: BB Yamato
Miss Portman[:'(], I beg to differ. Just as HMS Dreadnought made all pre-dreadnought battleships obsolete, the fast aircraft carrier made the battleship obsolete.
We are all dreams of the Giant Space Butterfly.