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General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: SpencAce on January 10, 2012, 10:17:47 AM
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i think that it would be a good idea to add the higgins boats like the ones used in the normandy invasion. i know that the first ting u all r gonna say is that we don't need it because we already have to lvts, but what i'm thinking is that we could make the higgins boats faster and less armement, and keep the lvts the same slow and heavily armored and armed tubs they've always been. what i'm thinking for the higgins boats is, to make them about the same speed as a pt boat.. :bolt: maybe a little slower and it would carry the same amount of troops as the lvts.. sound good :banana:
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I think the biggest problem is that there are VERY little towns that are close enough to the shore for a Higgins boat to get the troops to the map room. The troops only run so far.
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Higgins boats carried more than ten men. Perhaps, since a Higgins boat is unarmed, it could have a larger number of different troops, say 20 or so, that could run further, and maybe do a little more. Or the Higgins boat could carry a light vehicle and 5 troops, creating the need for at least two Higgins boats working together.
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+1 for Boat Hugs... Everyone needs Hugs.
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I don't remember Higgins having a boat. I'd like to have his roommate's Ferrari though.
(http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSEMShxMGGqctdz7OurP4A4U-Cn3hA68ZiDhE4WV4ffZlFFMUXV0rwxP7az)
:bolt:
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The Ferrari belonged to Higgins' boss, Robin Masters. And Thomas Magnum lived in the guest house.
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"Zeus, Apollo - KILL!" :lol
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The Ferrari belonged to Higgins' boss, Robin Masters. And Thomas Magnum lived in the guest house.
But I'm in the mid-west where possession is 11/10 of the law. Plus.... could Higgins have possibly been Robin Masters?????
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Nope - Orson Welles. Higgins was called "Higgie-baby" by TC, though. :D
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i think that it would be a good idea to add the higgins boats like the ones used in the normandy invasion. i know that the first ting u all r gonna say is that we don't need it because we already have to lvts, but what i'm thinking is that we could make the higgins boats faster and less armement, and keep the lvts the same slow and heavily armored and armed tubs they've always been. what i'm thinking for the higgins boats is, to make them about the same speed as a pt boat.. :bolt: maybe a little slower and it would carry the same amount of troops as the lvts.. sound good :banana:
LVTs are not heavily armored. A few pings from a machine gun and POOF!
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it could have a larger number of different troops, say 20 or so,
if you up the number of troops carried, HTC will up the number of troops req'd for base capture.
LVTs drive faster than troops will run
troops only run so far
bad wish
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+1 for Boat Hugs... Everyone needs Hugs.
That's what i thought :lol
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i think that it would be a good idea to add the higgins boats like the ones used in the normandy invasion. i know that the first ting u all r gonna say is that we don't need it because we already have to lvts, but what i'm thinking is that we could make the higgins boats faster and less armement, and keep the lvts the same slow and heavily armored and armed tubs they've always been. what i'm thinking for the higgins boats is, to make them about the same speed as a pt boat.. :bolt: maybe a little slower and it would carry the same amount of troops as the lvts.. sound good :banana:
sounds like someone doesn't have a clue, only a wish.
Higgins boat - speed 9kts (and 36 troops)
PT boat - speed 40 kts
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since a Higgins boat is unarmed
Higgins were armed at times if i understand correctly.
take this picture for example.
(http://i42.tinypic.com/bfpc8n.jpg)
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You know what, if he can't even take the time to make sure the title is spelled correctly, he doesn't deserve his wish even if it DID have some merit.
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we all misspell
:)
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Yeah, but I can't take him seriously. A f%!@Q$& "Huggins" boat? What the hell is that :bhead?
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This is what got me...
"what i'm thinking for the higgins boats is, to make them about the same speed as a pt boat.. maybe a little slower and it would carry the same amount of troops as the lvts."
:rolleyes:
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You know what, if he can't even take the time to make sure the title is spelled correctly, he doesn't deserve his wish even if it DID have some merit.
Hey, hey, hey....
Hello, pot. :D
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Another problem besides spelling the Higgings boat was never used at Normandy and they could not carry a vehicles, why not you say. Because the bow ramp was too narrow, the LCVP is what hes asking for, it could carry infantry or a jeep and trailer or cargo and was armed with 2 30cals and the bow door was armored.
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Not wanting to rain on anyone's parade here... but sometimes the beach is out of "run range" for the troops. I would kinda stink to get your boat to the beach, open the door, and just have them sit there.
Like the idea... but it wouldnt work for "all" amphibious landings.
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Sorry I should have stated early higgins boats and the LCVP were both made by the higgins boat company
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Sorry I should have stated early higgins boats and the LCVP were both made by the higgins boat company
So were some PT boats. :noid
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Another problem besides spelling the Higgings boat was never used at Normandy and they could not carry a vehicles, why not you say. Because the bow ramp was too narrow, the LCVP is what hes asking for, it could carry infantry or a jeep and trailer or cargo and was armed with 2 30cals and the bow door was armored.
Higgin boats (LCVPs) were used in all theaters during the war by the Allies.
Story of LST 494's tour of duty in the ETO
LST 494 in the Europe Theater (http://lst494.freeyellow.com/LST_494___European_Theater.html)
(http://lst494.freeyellow.com/m9s8296.gif)
Soldiers of the 1st ID aboard a Higgins boat inbound to Omaha Beach.
ack-ack
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Sorry i see where i wasent clear. I was trying to compare the early higgins boats which had a narrow ramp to the higgins built LCVP which had the wide ramp. After the early landings in the Pacific the feedback led the Higgins company to square the bow and add the bigger ramp. I wasent saying that the landing craft wasent used just pointing out the differences between early and later modles.
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all for it but then we need 20 troops in the boat that i can strafe running across the beach lol
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But now if you add the LCM-3 you can land a halftrack with troops. That would be a winner I think.
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But now if you add the LCM-3 you can land a halftrack with troops. That would be a winner I think.
LCT... may as well kill all the birds with one stone... imagine... a tiger, a whirble, some other aa/afv support and an m3 w/troops... wait til we get towable guns... :noid
no need for LSTs when you can launch multiple LCTs and LVT's. LCMs too small - or rather too much troop space.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_craft_tank
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LCT... may as well kill all the birds with one stone... imagine... a tiger, a whirble, some other aa/afv support and an m3 w/troops... wait til we get towable guns... :noid
no need for LSTs when you can launch multiple LCTs and LVT's. LCMs too small - or rather too much troop space.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_craft_tank
nothing that help more then 1 tank should ever be added
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The LCM-3 had a 30 ton payload so you could land half-tracks, M-8s, wirbles, jeeps and add a Duce and a half and you could land field supplies, vehicle supplies and tow guns if we were to get them.
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The LCM-3 had a 30 ton payload so you could land half-tracks, M-8s, wirbles, jeeps and add a Duce and a half and you could land field supplies, vehicle supplies and tow guns if we were to get them.
that would be fine if added... would be great picking off something more then lvts from the beach