Thank you on the M4A3!

[bravoa8]

I hope HTC will release the patch before the weekend.

[AKP]

I hope HTC will release the patch before the weekend.

Noooooooo.... wait at least until Saturday.  Patches on FSO nights never end well.

[IrishOne]

Sorry to say this but that's what I said.  What exactly did you think I meant by heavy seas?  

  what 321 is saying is a bit different I think.  driving directly into heavy seas is very doable,even in a tank. but even the best boat in the world doesn't do well "to a beam sea", or sideways to the waves, if the waves are heavy enough.

[waystin2]

I hope HTC will release the patch before the weekend.

Whaaaat?  Before they introduce the Yak-3?  No way!

[321BAR]

Sorry to say this but that's what I said.  What exactly did you think I meant by heavy seas?  

it was more of driver error than heavy seas... they didnt know how to drive a tank in the ocean... if they did then almost all of the DD tanks would have landed safely.
 Edit: Irish ty sir. i didnt see youre post <S>

[Boxboy]

  what 321 is saying is a bit different I think.  driving directly into heavy seas is very doable,even in a tank. but even the best boat in the world doesn't do well "to a beam sea", or sideways to the waves, if the waves are heavy enough.

A "following sea" can be a real bugger when you are underpowered and the propulsion on those DD tanks was makeshift at best.  Those tanks as far as I know were only used during D day and very few made it ashore.

[IrishOne]

A "following sea" can be a real bugger when you are underpowered and the propulsion on those DD tanks was makeshift at best.  Those tanks as far as I know were only used during D day and very few made it ashore.

very good point

[Pongo]

Not true, very few made it ashore on the one of the US beaches, lots made it ashore on other beaches. The canadians used them very effectively.
As I understand it, on Omaha the navy ordered them launched way to far out.

They were used on the Rhine, in Italy on the PO in the invasion of southern France.
It would actually be a good addition to the game. It it wasn't so vulnerable to 303 mg fire.

[Dr_Death8]

I hope HTC will release the patch before the weekend.

By the sounds of some of the comments it seems it may be a new version rather than another patch...

[Bronk]

E8, E8, E8...

[DREDIOCK]

LST's

[jay]

Not true, very few made it ashore on the one of the US beaches, lots made it ashore on other beaches. The canadians used them very effectively.
As I understand it, on Omaha the navy ordered them launched way to far out.

They were used on the Rhine, in Italy on the PO in the invasion of southern France.
It would actually be a good addition to the game. It it wasn't so vulnerable to 303 mg fire.

ones used at DD (early model) very few made it ashore the 2 that did were easliy taken out

[E25280]

ones used at DD (early model) very few made it ashore the 2 that did were easliy taken out

Read and learn.

http://www.tanksinworldwar2.com/usa-myths-dd-tanks.php

[RipChord929]

LST's

Yep, 1/2 way there!
 Really liking the 3in gun on the bow, twin 40mms too... It'll need cover as it approaches the beach, because you know that everything that shoots will be zeroed on it, to sink it before it beaches...



RC

[Ack-Ack]

A "following sea" can be a real bugger when you are underpowered and the propulsion on those DD tanks was makeshift at best.  Those tanks as far as I know were only used during D day and very few made it ashore.

They were also used in Operation Dragoon (Invasion of Southern France), Operation Plunder (British crossing of the Rhine and two cases during the Italian Campaign (crossing of the rivers Po and Adige).  The ones that took part in the Italian Campaign were a mix of DD Shermand and Valentines.

Anyone interested in more info about the DD Shermans, this is an excellent book, Swimming Shermans: Sherman DD amphibious tank of World War II


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