Port Strike with PT boats

[earl1937]

  How about a squadron of PT boats attacking the 3 ships docked at the ports, with damage points awarded for tarpedo strikes! Of course you would have to activiate the guns on the ships for defensive purpose's, plus you would have to be able to have gun positions on the docked ships occupied by AH players. Think it would be great fun and something new and different to do! Just think, no DAR, as PT boats doesn't generate DAR, would be great for "sneak" attacks.

[kvuo75]

How about a squadron of PT boats attacking the 3 ships docked at the ports, with damage points awarded for tarpedo strikes! Of course you would have to activiate the guns on the ships for defensive purpose's, plus you would have to be able to have gun positions on the docked ships occupied by AH players. Think it would be great fun and something new and different to do! Just think, no DAR, as PT boats doesn't generate DAR, would be great for "sneak" attacks.

ptboats would be dead meat

[Triton28]

We need PT-109's.  With a little JFK figure on the deck.  PT's would be unstoppable.   

[earl1937]

ptboats would be dead meat

  Do you mean you would actually patrol Ports in hopes of intercepting a PT boat? Good, that would be one less fighter attacking my bomber mission!

[kvuo75]

 Do you mean you would actually patrol Ports in hopes of intercepting a PT boat? Good, that would be one less fighter attacking my bomber mission!

no, i'd do like i do now.. sit in the tower looking for flashing bases, when i spotted ptboats, i'd jump in a gun and blow them all up.

all i'd need is one 37mm, they wouldn't get within 2 miles of the base.

[The Fugitive]

No I think a PT boat raid could work on a port. Mission tend to have a good number of players. With the rockets and guns on PT they could get in and race by taking out guns and hangers as they buzz thru. Maybe a plane or two to "explain" the flashing base to give the PTs time to get in close. Sounds like fun! I picture 3-4 boats in line approuching from the north and south at the same time followed by a second or maybe third wave, LVT with troops, decoy plane drop the landside guns..... hmmmm interesting.

[kvuo75]

No I think a PT boat raid could work on a port. Mission tend to have a good number of players. With the rockets and guns on PT they could get in and race by taking out guns and hangers as they buzz thru. Maybe a plane or two to "explain" the flashing base to give the PTs time to get in close. Sounds like fun! I picture 3-4 boats in line approuching from the north and south at the same time followed by a second or maybe third wave, LVT with troops, decoy plane drop the landside guns..... hmmmm interesting.

I dunno.. from what I've seen so far of ptboats attacking shoreline bases from cv's or pt spawns, they are not very effective. the rockets are hard to hit with at any good distance, and the best gun is on the back deck.  they are sitting ducks if they get within range of a manned gun.

[earl1937]

No I think a PT boat raid could work on a port. Mission tend to have a good number of players. With the rockets and guns on PT they could get in and race by taking out guns and hangers as they buzz thru. Maybe a plane or two to "explain" the flashing base to give the PTs time to get in close. Sounds like fun! I picture 3-4 boats in line approaching from the north and south at the same time followed by a second or maybe third wave, LVT with troops, decoy plane drop the landside guns..... hmmmm interesting.

Thanks for the comment! Some of us post things in here trying to improve the game, some just like to shoot holes in anything posted! Yours is a great explanation of a crude idea which I had.

[Lab Rat 3947]

No I think a PT boat raid could work on a port. Mission tend to have a good number of players. With the rockets and guns on PT they could get in and race by taking out guns and hangers as they buzz thru. Maybe a plane or two to "explain" the flashing base to give the PTs time to get in close. Sounds like fun! I picture 3-4 boats in line approuching from the north and south at the same time followed by a second or maybe third wave, LVT with troops, decoy plane drop the landside guns..... hmmmm interesting.

Sounds like more strafing targets to me   

+1

[RngFndr]

With Destroyers instead of PT's???
Big +1

[icepac]

You can take out shore batteries with the PT boat if you land most of your rockets and 40mm.

[Rob52240]

PT boats are lacking purpose in the current game.

They can be fun though if you don't mind getting massacred a bit.

I posted this PT Boat mission and had a squaddie stir up an airfield and then drag the interceptors over to the PT spawn.  It was a lot of fun but we all got massacred after we massacred the defenders.

Turn volume down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50YF_J8ku64

[Plawranc]

We need PT-109's.  With a little JFK figure on the deck.  PT's would be unstoppable.   

Shore batteries are placed on grassy knolls....

what are you asking for... a bullet magnet?

[Rob52240]

Shore batteries are placed on grassy knolls....

what are you asking for... a bullet magnet?

shore batteries are on rocky knolls.  And strangely not available in triple A.

[tunnelrat]

shore batteries are on rocky knolls.  And strangely not available in triple A.

A quad 40 on top of the shore batteries would be hooters macbooby.