Recent content by magnocain

I saw the USS Iowa just the other day, or at least the bow. Google Maps

I'm glad they give out participation prizes out now. I want peace therefore I should get a Nobel Peace Prize too.

True. IMO last year was worse, at least in this area. From the north bay I haven't noticed much smoke or haze.

The video got removed.

How appropriate. The Onion thought of the same thing. Sorta. Advocacy Group Decries PETA's Inhumane Treatment Of Women | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

What was the most cost-effective cruiser during WW2? I am talking about mostly CA's, but some hard hitting CL's are OK too. By cost-effective I mean the cheapest to run and maintain, with the minimal amount of crew to pay and feed. Combat effectiveness comes next, with the production cost being...

Thanks for the info.

If a warship has a crew of 1000 on paper (or in a book), does it need 1000 crewmen to operate? Can it get by with 750 or 500 during wartime? At what number will efficiency fall off?

I do not like Green Eggs and Ham or the P-51 Mustang. I have written essays on the subject, mostly on its complete and utter inferiority to the Corsair. I am upset that in BattleStations Pacific the Corsair is the 'normal' fighter while the Mustang is the 'advanced fighter. I also prefer radial...

I love BSP. Use your torps at long range. My favorite ship is the Atlanta.

I've played it and it's fun. I have crashed lots of Corsairs.

As far as Heavy Cruisers go, the Alaska would come out on top.

They would be shooting down at an angle.

I was thinking and I thought of a good use for the Boulton Paul Defiant. I know it is no good as a fighter, but what about as a ground attack plane? If several Defiants were to form a cricle around a (German) infantry ( or any other soft target) column and point their guns inside, they could...

Shot down or destroyed? Maybe if you count fighters destroyed by the bombs and fighters stopped from being built by the destruction of their factories it would be 2/3.