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Thank you nuuuman, this site is gold!!! That should have everything I need. Thanks again! Dutchman

Wow, I never thought of William Munny as a villian. He was a "bad" character but never raised to the level of evil villian. Lector or the Joker certainly made that grade. I know a lot of folks didn't like Unforgiven, it was a departure from Eastwoods normal character in a westen. But I found...

I guess I should have made myself a little more clear. In this case I'm trying to build a scale version of the obsticals. That's why I'm looking for photos of them with somekind of idea how big they would be. As well as how they would be deployed ro make sense. I understand the "hedgehogs, they...

I think the German first but the British could be good as well. Thank you.

Does anyone have any photos of beach obsticales. I'm thinking things like "dragons teeth", I think they called them "Belgium Gates" and what not. I'd like to find out the rough size of them and if there was any pattern to the lay out of the obsticales?? Thanks for your help!

You know I like this thread. I agree that in those days a mans word was his bond and handshake sealed a deal. But it was also a day when society shunned dishonest behavior. If your reputation was a bad one no one wanted to have anything to do with you. Now we measure a person by their wealth and...

I understand that the mini subs were a minor factor in the battle. They carried a total of 10 torpedos but were only able to fire 2 torpedos at a maximum, one of which may well of missed it's target. So reducing to one torpedo per mini sub wouldn't have reduced the combat effectiveness of their...

Okay folks here's a crazy idea. What if the Pearl Harbor attack was conducted differently. There are many things about the attack on both sides that bother me. But, with the advantage of hindsight that might be to easy to say. Now please don't take offence with this I'm not trying to start...

The reaction of the mini sub when launching a torpedo would be somewaht violent. Once fired the sub would "recoil" from the launch which could make the stern rise. Then once the torpedo had cleared the tube you would be faced with a terrible weight shift to compensate for. The bow just became...

I agree that most subs could fire on multiple bearings, Firing a "spread" of torpedoes was common. I can understand the tower of the sub being their after the shot. The captain is going to watch the track as there is too much noise to confirm his hits. To be truthful, these crews knew they were...

I've seen the map of Pearl Harbor on Dec 7th showing the position of the ships before the attack. Does anyone know where the carriers would have been if they had been in port????

Thank you Shinpachi that's exactly what I was looking for, I'm working on a problem here and in a week or so I'll post up another question here which should be interesting. Keep a watch for it, I'd like to hear your input. Thanks again

I was curious how long they could remain sumerged? If a mini sub had to avoid detection, or wait for a ship to come into a harbor so the sub nets would be opened, what kind of duration would one have before it was out of air. I would assume in shallow water they could bottom the boat and lay in...

The mini subs that Japan used at Pearl Harbor. How long could they stay underwater. Without the use of snorkel if they were so equiped???

I was doing more research into the outpost design and found in this case 4 officers faced charges for not doing it well. Poor position and inadaquate defences. The had the manpower down to less then 70 troops, They were unable to go out and patrol in force. There was a fast moving river to their...