[OT] Battlecruisers vs. battleships

2 posts ยท May 16 2002 to May 17 2002

From: Michael Llaneza <maserati@e...>

Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 15:04:20 -0700

Subject: Re: [OT] Battlecruisers vs. battleships

The action I wanted to see was a hypothetical Dec 10th, 1941 engagement
between the Prince of Wales and the Repulse against the Haruna and the Kongo
(both originally BCs, later converted to fast battleships). I have

wargamed this action once (using Raider Operations - ask me about
multiplayer Internet naval warfare offlist) and the Japanese BCs seemed
fairly effective - although a lucky torpedo strike left the Prince of
Wales fighting alone in very short order. I'll try the scenario again and hope
the RN can dodge torpedoes.

> Eric Foley wrote:

> That may be true... except for the fact that the three battlecruisers

From: Robert W. Eldridge <bob_eldridge@m...>

Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 21:04:34 -0400

Subject: Re: [OT] Battlecruisers vs. battleships

I've run that scenario four times, using both Seekrieg and Command at Sea. The
honors are even, two wins each. In all cases, the win went to the side that
had the best tactics (in my judgement anyhow).
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