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belt armor bomb hits
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 7:50 pm
by borner
never seen this before. Attack on USS Lexington. 4 of 9 bombs hit the belt armor. Anyone see this before?
RE: belt armor bomb hits
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 8:17 pm
by tocaff
I believe that the hit routine doesn't know the difference between bombs, shells, etc. So unless you skip bomb this would be a mistake by the program itself. Again it's a game and not perfect, but fun.
RE: belt armor bomb hits
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 8:56 pm
by Mike Wood
Yes. Hit location is determined and considered in game. Belt armor hits not common.
RE: belt armor bomb hits
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 11:43 am
by xj900uk
Lexington, being originally laid down as a battlecruiser, is one of only two USN carriers that actually had decent belt armour (the other is the Saratoga, her half-sister)
RE: belt armor bomb hits
Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 2:01 am
by borner
Same can be said for Kaga and Akagi.
RE: belt armor bomb hits
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:02 pm
by xj900uk
And don't 4get the Shinano, which had over 30 inches of belt armour. Didn't save it from the US sub though...