OT - WWII quiz

[michaelbaldur]

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur


1. im a land unit and i have a counter in wif
2. I was almost entirely destroyed in a battle

3. my equipment was out classed by my enemies

4. I fought mostly in the Mediterranean

5. one of my regiments were a Bersaglieri regiment

[JeffroK]

Ariete?

[michaelbaldur]

ORIGINAL: JeffK

Ariete?

yeees ariete ..

[Extraneous]

Name the ship that used her scout planes to set a new style in warfare by successfully bombing tank columns with depth charges, whose fuses had been altered to detonate on impact. [X(]

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Extraneous

Name the ship that used her scout planes to set a new style in warfare by successfully bombing tank columns with depth charges, whose fuses had been altered to detonate on impact. [X(]

Warspite1

Probably late war so must be a US ship. Can't imagine it would be on the European mainland, but I dont know much about the USN in the Mediterranean..... Wichita?

[JeffroK]

Close.

The scout planes, maintaining eight hours of flying time daily, struck at other fire targets, and also kept up antisubmarine patrol. X's planes located an enemy battery which had been firing on the destroyer Y, and eliminated it with two well-placed depth charges.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: JeffK

Close.

The scout planes, maintaining eight hours of flying time daily, struck at other fire targets, and also kept up antisubmarine patrol. X's planes located an enemy battery which had been firing on the destroyer Y, and eliminated it with two well-placed depth charges.

Warspite1

Extraneous has done a lot of research on Operation Torch so I'm pretty sure its from there. I'll have one more guess then - Tuscalooosa?

[Extraneous]

Yup, was durring Opperation TORCH.

Not Tuscalooosa or Wichita

Cruiser Division 7 (CRUDIV-7) (elements)
Heavy Cruiser USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) Cruiser Scouting Squadron 7 (VCS-7) 4x Curtiss SOC-3 Seagull Seaplane
Heavy Cruiser USS Wichita (CA-45) Cruiser Scouting Squadron 7 (VCS-7) 4x Curtiss SOC-3 Seagull Seaplane


It was part of Cruiser Division 8 (CRUDIV-8)

[JeffroK]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: JeffK

Close.

The scout planes, maintaining eight hours of flying time daily, struck at other fire targets, and also kept up antisubmarine patrol. X's planes located an enemy battery which had been firing on the destroyer Y, and eliminated it with two well-placed depth charges.

Warspite1

Extraneous has done a lot of research on Operation Torch so I'm pretty sure its from there. I'll have one more guess then - Tuscalooosa?

Yeah, I know the answer but cheated.

Keep going there are only 50+ USN cruisers to go through[:'(]

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: JeffK

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: JeffK

Close.

The scout planes, maintaining eight hours of flying time daily, struck at other fire targets, and also kept up antisubmarine patrol. X's planes located an enemy battery which had been firing on the destroyer Y, and eliminated it with two well-placed depth charges.

Warspite1

Extraneous has done a lot of research on Operation Torch so I'm pretty sure its from there. I'll have one more guess then - Tuscalooosa?

Yeah, I know the answer but cheated.

Keep going there are only 50+ USN cruisers to go through[:'(]

Warspite1

No, I gave it two shots - I'm pleased I worked out the theatre but as you say there are loads of possibles still.....

[Extraneous]

ORIGINAL: JeffK

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: JeffK

Close.

The scout planes, maintaining eight hours of flying time daily, struck at other fire targets, and also kept up antisubmarine patrol. X's planes located an enemy battery which had been firing on the destroyer Y, and eliminated it with two well-placed depth charges.

Warspite1

Extraneous has done a lot of research on Operation Torch so I'm pretty sure its from there. I'll have one more guess then - Tuscalooosa?

Yeah, I know the answer but cheated.

Keep going there are only 50+ USN cruisers to go through[:'(]

During "Operation TORCH" there are only 2 Cruisers in Cruiser Division 8 (CRUDIV-8)

[:D] So at this time you have a 50-50 chance [:D]


FYI: I was curious and looked it up the weight of the depth charges.

Scout planes and destroyers use the same depth charges.

[Extraneous]

Hyperwar's Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships ~ USS Savannah (CL-42)
 
On the morning of the November 8th, Savannah commenced firing against Vichy guns near the Kasba, which had been firing on the landing boats. She also temporarily silenced a battery, which had opened up on the USS Roe (DD-418), enabling the destroyer to avoid disaster. By the next morning, Savannah's six-inch guns had scored a direct hit on one of the two 138-mm guns in fortress Kasha and had silenced the other.
 
During that same day, Savannah's scout planes set a new style in warfare by successfully bombing tank columns with depth charges, whose fuses had been altered to detonate on impact. The scout planes, maintaining eight hours of flying time daily, struck at other fire targets, and also kept up antisubmarine patrol. Savannah's planes located an enemy battery, which had been firing on the destroyer Dallas, and eliminated it with two well-placed depth charges.
 
 

[michaelbaldur]

1. im the smallest army
2. but the highest decorated

[brian brian]

Greenland?




I think the USN might have repeated the aerial depth-charge trick during the Sicily landings, against a far more dangerous armored column. The USAAF still had it's head, uhh, elsewhere, as the GI Joes might have said, during that invasion. ? I wasn't clear if the reference was to the battle around Gela, or the earlier use in North Africa.



What was the first USN ship hit by a missile?

[michaelbaldur]

ORIGINAL: brian brian

Greenland?




I think the USN might have repeated the aerial depth-charge trick during the Sicily landings, against a far more dangerous armored column. The USAAF still had it's head, uhh, elsewhere, as the GI Joes might have said, during that invasion. ? I wasn't clear if the reference was to the battle around Gela, or the earlier use in North Africa.



What was the first USN ship hit by a missile?

uss brooklyn ??? at anzio

that was only a near miss

it was uss savannah

[brian brian]

no, not Brooklyn. Before Anzio. By Anzio, the USN had the first anti-missile jamming devices on Destroyer Escorts.

[michaelbaldur]

it was uss savannah

[michaelbaldur]

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur


1. im the smallest army
2. but the highest decorated

3. I only numbered 28 soldiers

[JeffroK]

Popskis[:'(]

[michaelbaldur]

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur


1. im the smallest army
2. but the highest decorated

3. I only numbered 28 soldiers

the answer was army of tonga ..

but cant confirm my information ..