Kamikazes in January 1943???? v1084

[MadmanRick]

In my game Japanese vs Allied AI, I just had kamikaze action. According to the rule book 7.4.2.3 none of the criteria to activate kamikazes is in place and given that the manual states they will NEVER activate prior to 1 Jan 1944, this HAS to be a bug. Also, I was never given an option to convert said squadron into kamikazes, they just seemed to do it of their own volition. Here is the combat report:

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 12, 43
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ndeni at 117,143

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 6



Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB Indiana, Kamikaze hits 3



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Fujita H. gives his life for the Emperor by ramming Indiana


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rossel Island at 108,138

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 1
G4M1 Betty x 3



Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CLAA San Diego, Kamikaze hits 1, on fire



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 23000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb


Saves to follow

[MadmanRick]

Here is the save from the turn in which they first activated (to my knowledge anyway)

[Monter_Trismegistos]

ORIGINAL: MadmanRick
BB Indiana, Kamikaze hits 3

Fujita H. gives his life for the Emperor by ramming Indiana

LOL. Fujita lost his life, two other pilots return to base after ramming Indiana.

[Jonathan Pollard]

Long before kamikaze attacks began the official Japanese euphemism for all of their planes that went down were planes that heroically suicided themselves, this going along with their propaganda which disseminated the myth that their planes and pilots were so superior that they could not be shot down.

[TheTomDude]

ORIGINAL: Monter_Trismegistos

ORIGINAL: MadmanRick
BB Indiana, Kamikaze hits 3

Fujita H. gives his life for the Emperor by ramming Indiana

LOL. Fujita lost his life, two other pilots return to base after ramming Indiana.

Nope, the other 2 were just "no name" pilots.

[michaelm75au]

No, this is WAD.
There is an increasing change that Japanese planes that have been heavily damaged will attempt to ram ships (or bombers) if they don't think they can get home.
While not officially 'kamikazes', there were instances of this occurring during the war before Kamikazes were 'official'.