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Old 10-08-12, 10:15 PM   #10741
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And it's a travesty; a perversion of history. Columbus landed on October 12, 1492, and that should not be forgotten. That someone interested in historical games would not know that is sad.
i never payed much attention to the Colombian era my specialty is WW2 and a little bit of the cold war... though i do stray to the civil war occasionally and i will tell you why... the darker times in history there are more lessons to learn from them

NOW i made the pic to mock a "holiday" (if you can even call it that) that i don't really care for (the reason it is in a periscope as if i am going to torpedo it). and i even said it is Columbus day in the USA underneath it knowing full well that given the way America does their holidays that days do get mixed and are often celebrated at the wrong day.

also they never really cover Columbus in school (atleast where i went to school for high school and earlier) i expect that college may cover more on the subject IF i take the proper class

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Old 10-08-12, 10:53 PM   #10742
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i never cared for Columbus.
A lot of folks don't. That's cool, but it's also too bad, since that entire period of history is fascinating (most of them are). The whole interrelationship between the Spanish and the Portuguese over being the first to exploit the ocean trade routes to China (the Italians already had a monopoly on the land routes), with the English and the French a little slow to the table, is a study in national greed and the attempt to establish and usurp power, religion and politics at their finest. I've just been reading Peter Padfield's two fine series of books on naval warfare as a tool of economics. Amazing stuff.

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any ways my specialty is WW2 and a little bit of the cold war... though i do stray to the civil war occasionally and i will tell you why the darker times in history because there are more lessons to learn from them
My biggest field of study is the development of the warship from 1860 through World War One, including the whys and wherefores of armor and armament. I also delve into the sailing warship, from the ancient galleys to the heyday of sail in the 1700s. I just love the machinery.

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NOW i made the pic to mock a "holiday" (if you can even call it that) that i don't really care for (the reason it is in a periscope as if i am going to torpedo it).
And you did a fine job. It was funny. I merely pointed out that today isn't Columbus day.

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and i even said it is Columbus day in the USA underneath it knowing full well that given the way America does their holidays that days do get mixed and are often celebrated at the wrong day.
And all I said was that you had the day wrong.

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also they never really cover Columbus in school (atleast where i went to school for high school and earlier) i expect that college may cover more on the subject IF i take the proper class
I wouldn't count on it. Classes rarely teach you the things you want to know, let alone the things you should know. I've found over the years that the only things we can truly learn are the things we find interesting. Different people are interested in different things, and that's as it should be. Watch for a thread by me on Friday.
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Old 10-09-12, 08:02 PM   #10743
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Galloping ghost U-67 "The Ram" at the Caribbean coast

Haha! Those poor sailors have seen better days, I think.
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Old 10-09-12, 11:36 PM   #10744
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A few screenshots

U-49


Repulse


Hood


The Hood and Repulse were in the same Task Force, which I was out of position to attack, so I just took pictures.
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Old 10-10-12, 11:07 AM   #10745
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The Hood and Repulse were in the same Task Force, which I was out of position to attack, so I just took pictures.
Nice shots! Better luck next time... the Royal Navy still needs to sail places.
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Old 10-10-12, 03:48 PM   #10746
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BE MORE AGGRESSIVE!!
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There was also the fact that I only had 1 bow and 1 stern torpedo left. I would have had to get really lucky to sink one of them.
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Old 10-11-12, 05:08 AM   #10748
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There was also the fact that I only had 1 bow and 1 stern torpedo left. I would have had to get really lucky to sink one of them.
Once came across something very similar...so I took them for a spin





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Old 10-11-12, 11:35 PM   #10749
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A few shots from the latest patrol.

Leaving Pen 1 at St. Nazaire


U-49 Head-on


First Victim a M07B
Here she comes


A Double Hit (2 T1's set slow and medium speed)


10 minutes later, down she goes


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Old 10-17-12, 07:21 PM   #10750
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Old 10-19-12, 05:53 PM   #10751
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is it a bird is it a plane HOLLY COW its a flying River class.
i decided to nplay with the ASN mod and well as you can see it blew a warship out of the water. it is a 1 shot 1 killer
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Old 10-19-12, 06:23 PM   #10752
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Either you are using atomic torpedoes or the Brits have found a novel way to get out of the path of an inbound eel.
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Old 10-19-12, 07:02 PM   #10753
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wish i had recorded the spinning it was probably doing 1000 rotations per minute
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Old 10-20-12, 12:05 AM   #10754
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@desertstriker
Great shot. This is something one doesn't often see.

Now, U-65 IXB on August 10 ,1940 sailing on the surface at Kapverden , grid EJ54 between those two small islands on the northen corner of the grid.

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