Author Topic: AP bombs (Read 704 times)

Grits · « **Reply #15 on:** March 15, 2005, 01:45:52 PM »

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Originally posted by Furball
pretty hard to sink something when its obscured by smoke screens and bad weather every time you go to hit it, and even when you do hit it your bombs are too weak against its armoured hull.

HMS Prince of Wales (35,000 ton battleship) was sunk by a combination of high level bombers and torpedo's

Yup, pretty much illustrates my point. Tirpitz was hard to sink and it was at anchor. Repulse and Prince of Wales were sunk mainly by the torpedoes, any level bomb hits were after they were dead in the water, even then they were not the fatal blows.

LePaul · « **Reply #16 on:** March 15, 2005, 07:41:10 PM »

Thought they used some extensive smoke screens?

Either way, I wont go there on your anti-buff crusade

I'll politely disagree.

Oleg · « **Reply #17 on:** March 16, 2005, 09:00:32 AM »

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Originally posted by LePaul
Thought they used some extensive smoke screens?

I believe smoke screen virtually ineffective against aircrafts.
With reference to Prince of Wales and Repulse, there are no smoke screens, if my book is correct.

1redrum · « **Reply #18 on:** March 16, 2005, 05:41:51 PM »

i guess no one remebers when the cv was a AAA wagon till it went down ,at least it takes damage as u hit it

Elfie · « **Reply #19 on:** March 16, 2005, 06:02:45 PM »

Not sure how much good AP bombs would do. Iirc only the Brits had armored flight decks on their cv's. Japanese and American carriers had wooden flight decks. Dont need AP bombs to penetrate wooden flight decks imo

The cruisers die very easily with the HE bombs we have now.