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In a related vein. here is some data on equipment that was enroute to the NEI at the time it was overrun. This is from a report by General MacArthur's HQ detailing the cargo of those ships that went into Australian ports.


SS Bantam - 18 P-40E, 29 Marmon-Herrington Tanks, 4 37mm A/T guns, 1595 M1928 (Thompson) sub-machine guns, 20 M501 Searchlights

USAT Mapia - 6 DB-7B, 4 Brewster-439, 10 OS2U Kingfisher, 3 Marmon-Herrington Tanks, 25 M3 Light Tanks, 2 37mm A/T Guns

SS Sloterdijk - 10 Brewster-439, 7 CW-22B Falcon

SS Tabian - 3 Brewster-439, 7 OS2U Kingfisher, 12 Marmon-Herrington Tanks, 4 37mm A/T Guns, 375 Johnson semi-automatic rifles, 10,000 Enfield rifles

SS Tabinta - 3 DB-7B

SS Tarakan - 5 DB-7B, 5 Lockheed L-12

SS Tjibesar - 4 Brewster-439, 14 CW-22B Falcon

SS Tosari (or Tossari??) - 3 DB-7B, 25 M3 Light Tanks, 9580 Enfield rifles

SS Weltevreden - 5 DB-7B, 7 OS2U Kingfisher, 10 Marmon-Herrington Tanks, 6 M3 155mm Guns, 8 7.62mm Hotchkiss Machine Guns, 700 Ivor Johnson .38 revolvers, 10 TFQ 108" range finders.

SS Zaandam - 5 Brewster-439 (reached Tjilatjap but did not unload - took on 892 refugees and withdrew to Australia)

All of these cargos were unloaded in Australian Ports and allocated to the US, Australian and surviving NEI forces.

Now for the big question that someone will bring up. How do we model this in the game?[:'(]
 

I do it by sending supply TFs to Java, and only accepting replacements once those TFs have arrived.

A game with that level of detail would be a career in itself.  And I would gladly shell out a couple hundred dollars for it and become lost for the next few years.  But, sadly, it is not out there yet. 
 
It might even pay for itself.  I am sure the various command colleges of several militaries would be interested in buying it.