Originally posted by Hans:
There is a "Kamikaze" loadout.
Load up some bombs, fly towards your target, and drop them a split second before you impact.
Of course with all those AA guns.....as in TWENTY FOUR 40mm Bofors and TWELVE 5 inch guns on the Baltimore cruisers.(firing radar fused proximity warheads where it just has to be close)......I severerly doubt you will be able to get that close to a ship to ram it.
Hans.
In AH only the bombs do any damage, and the several thousand pounds of plane attached to them don't do anything.
As for the accuracy of the guns, it's a mixed bag. I'm not sure what to make of the reports I've read.
For example, when the US destroyers Bush and Colhoun were attacked by kamikazes on April 6, they shot down 12 kamikazes, and took 4 and 3 hits respectively. The Colhoun hit 3 of the successful kamikazes, but the planes were so close they still impacted on the ships. Two kills were accomplished with 5" guns. Both ships were lost.
I contrast this with the US attack on the Japanese super-battleship Yamato. That beast had over 100 anti-aircraft guns from 25mm to huge 155mm. She also had cruiser and destroyer support in a 10-ship flotilla. In the first wave, 6 US torpedo planes dropped torps against the ship and flew OVER the ship after the drop without getting shot down!! I don't know HOW you can pull off flying that low and straight around a field in AH without getting torn to shreds.
In the end, the Yamato was attacked 3 times, took 5 bombs and 10 torps before she went down. Her massive AAA batteries (and those of here escorts) only accounted for 3 Hellcats, 4 Helldivers, and 3 Avengers. That's pretty piss poor.
