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Title: How much ord?
Post by: 1Boner on June 28, 2009, 09:58:33 PM: Anyone know how much ord it would take to sink a freshly upped cruiser??

Apparently it doesn't take too much.

I upped a gun on an untouched cruiser, only to watch a single F-6 dive in and sink it in one pass.

I thought it was pretty amazing and said so, and the reply was " its really easy".

Sooooo, what does it take? 2 1000lbers or 2 1000lbers AND rockets?

I've never seen ANY ship in the fleet taken down so easily before. :O
Title: Re: How much ord?
Post by: AKP on June 28, 2009, 10:11:15 PM: According to the AH2 website, its takes 8 1000 lb bombs (or equivalent) to sink a capitol ship, and 2 1000 bombs to sink the other ships. My guess is the CA takes 2 1000 lb'ers.
Title: Re: How much ord?
Post by: stroker71 on June 28, 2009, 10:50:16 PM: Yep it's actually very easy to kill the cruiser. And I find it funny that the escort ships and the cruiser take the same amount of ords to turn it into a artificial reef.

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Title: Re: How much ord?
Post by: BaldEagl on June 28, 2009, 11:15:58 PM: I always thought the cruiser was a capitol ship. Guess not huh?
Title: Re: How much ord?
Post by: Lusche on June 29, 2009, 02:14:09 AM: Quote from: BaldEagl on June 28, 2009, 11:15:58 PM
I always thought the cruiser was a capitol ship. Guess not huh?

Yup, it is not.

And the actual amount to sink a cruiser (and a destroyer of course) is 1.5625 x1000lbs bombs.
Title: Re: How much ord?
Post by: Selino631 on June 29, 2009, 09:07:05 PM: I sunk a untouched cruiser before with just hte 10 rockets on a P-47N
Title: Re: How much ord?
Post by: Die Hard on June 29, 2009, 09:21:54 PM: No, cruisers were not considered capital ships in WWII, with the notable exception of the German heavy-gunned cruisers (pocket-battleships).