PT boat generation

[geofflambert]

PT boats never did anything. Why build them? Sorry JFK, autographing coconuts doesn't count as "something".

[geofflambert]

But seriously, why would you want to build any in a US port? What are they supposed to do?

[RangerJoe]

Barge busting, rescuing downed pilots, dropping people off and picking them up behind the lines, . . .

[geofflambert]

I meant in game terms, though you can make a case for just doing it anyways.

[RangerJoe]

Just by defending a base will cause enemy TF to use ammo and OPs points. In my game as Allied, I like to send them from Manila to the west side of Luzon to play with the Japanese transport TFs. Some enemy ships have burned up just from .50 caliber hits. Others were struck by torpedoes, not to mention the Japanese playing bumper ships. Send them in nights with low moonlight and/or bad weather.

Also, if you were to put them in an enemy base, they might "rescue" pilots shot down instead of them being MIA although the game does not state this.

[RangerJoe]

3 Dutch PTs also have depth charges. Useful against minisubs as the PTs are hard to hit.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

I meant in game terms, though you can make a case for just doing it anyways.

Greyjoy's PT torpedoed Yamato ... "MAGAZINE EXPLODES!". Is that a good enough reason?

[geofflambert]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

I meant in game terms, though you can make a case for just doing it anyways.

Greyjoy's PT torpedoed Yamato ... "MAGAZINE EXPLODES!". Is that a good enough reason?

In his game Yamato blew up in a US port?

[RangerJoe]

I had a PT boat put a torpedo into the Kaga once but nothing like that happened. The PT boat survived the encounter.

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

I meant in game terms, though you can make a case for just doing it anyways.

Greyjoy's PT torpedoed Yamato ... "MAGAZINE EXPLODES!". Is that a good enough reason?

In his game Yamato blew up in a US port?

Are you sure it wasn't a coincidental internal explosion, like Mutsu? [:D]

[HansBolter]

In this game the Yamato was once sunk by a single fish delivered by a PT boat.

They can and do have a real impact if used aggressively in large numbers.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: HansBolter

In this game the Yamato was once sunk by a single fish delivered by a PT boat.

They can and do have a real impact if used aggressively in large numbers.

Part of the success in using them is giving them high aggression captains with good naval skill. Early on, there just aren't enough of those captains to go around.

[RangerJoe]

Give the PT TF a good commander.