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by Kitsetone
Tue Dec 07, 2010 4:45 am
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: How would you have used the IJN?
Replies: 82
Views: 11832

Re: How would you have used the IJN?

I would first have secretly withdrawn manyexperienced army units from China. Then I would have backed up the Pearl Harbour assault with a search for the US carriers prearatory to a second strike, avoiding the fuel storage tanks. I would have followed this up by an armed landing with the intention of...
by Kitsetone
Thu Jun 10, 2010 6:00 am
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: How would you improve the Royal Navy
Replies: 114
Views: 27025

Re: How would you improve the royal navy

I would start by looking at a standardised, easily mass produced frigate design much earlier. The Royal Navy's greatest contribution to the winning of WW2 was its work in the Battle of the Atlantic. The Flower Class corvettes were a timely stop gap, but rather small for the conditions. There were of...
by Kitsetone
Sat May 22, 2010 4:46 am
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: Soviet cruiser Sverdlov versus late war Allied 6" cruisers
Replies: 4
Views: 3389

Re: Soviet cruiser Sverdlov versus late war Allied 6" cruisers

A key decider might be a). fire control and b). the rate of fire. Re-a). Presuming the Russian vessel to have benefitted from late war German fire control and radar, this might give them an advantage against the Cleveland, especially if the latter suffered from the stability problems associated with...
by Kitsetone
Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:35 am
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: How would you improve the Royal Navy
Replies: 114
Views: 27025

Re: How would you improve the royal navy

Most British ships in WW2 were sunk by aircraftattack or by or submarine torpedo. By comparison relatively few ships were actually lost in surface-surface combat with enemy heavy units. With hindsight then, I would have a). concentrated on developing a good naval fighter together with a more modern ...
by Kitsetone
Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:21 am
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: Soviet cruiser Sverdlov versus late war Allied 6" cruisers
Replies: 4
Views: 3389

Soviet cruiser Sverdlov versus late war Allied 6" cruisers

I am interested in how the large postwar class of Soviet Sverdlov class cruisers would have fared against late WW2 Allied 6 inch cruisers in a hypothetical ship versus ship encounter which just might have taken place during the early postwar era in the event of hostilities. The Soviet vessels were c...