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Has anyone read Shattered Sword which is about "the Battle of Midway"? Just finished reading it and found that IJN carriers are really paper tigers as far as their lack of redundant systems and poor damage control training compared to USN ships. Perhaps the WaS cards for IJN carriers should reflect these weakness.

www.shatteredswordbook.com/battle.htm This is the website for the book if anyone is interested...

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Fear God & Dreadnought! Forumini Captain Naval and Russian history buff. Obsessed with the Russo-Japanese War. Posts: 2,049	Shattered Sword Dec 25, 2019 3:14:20 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Fear God & Dreadnought! on Dec 25, 2019 3:14:20 GMT It's a good book! If you're interested, I developed these houserules to reflect/model the weaknesses of Japanese carriers forumini.boards.net/thread/775/carrier-torpedo-houserules.
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diamondback Forumini Midshipman (Lurker) Posts: 8	Shattered Sword Aug 19, 2020 2:01:33 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by diamondback on Aug 19, 2020 2:01:33 GMT A MUST-read if the Pacific War is your thing. Ten years ago or so, we used it as the playbook to refight Midway in WAS at the local Enfilade! con...

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Shattered Sword Aug 31, 2020 3:21:35 GMT nrnstraswa likes this

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Dec 25, 2019 2:53:02 GMT oscsusnret said:

Has anyone read Shattered Sword which is about "the Battle of Midway"? Just finished reading it and found that IJN carriers are really paper tigers as far as their lack of redundant systems and poor damage control training compared to USN ships. Perhaps the WaS cards for IJN carriers should reflect these weakness.

www.shatteredswordbook.com/battle.htm This is the website for the book if anyone is interested...

Very good book.

USN carriers weren't that much better at the start of the war. USS Lexington and USS Wasp had very similar issues. USN damage control training was better, but all the world's navies had to learn the hard way that ships filled with aviation fuel needed a lot more protection than they anticipated. The British extensively re-worked the fueling systems on the escort carriers that the US built because they didn't meet RN standards.

As with many things in this game, if reality was 100% followed there wouldn't be a playable game. Especially after 1942.

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oscsusnret Forumini Lieutenant Posts: 509	Shattered Sword Sept 2, 2020 2:27:17 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by oscsusnret on Sept 2, 2020 2:27:17 GMT Trying to find it again, but in the book it said that IJN also used bamboo for some of their piping... Yikes....
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Striker Forumini Ensign Sometimes you need to lose to win. Posts: 425	Shattered Sword Sept 2, 2020 14:42:44 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Striker on Sept 2, 2020 14:42:44 GMT Shattered Sword is back in print and available in soft cover and hard cover. I've ordered the hard cover which will be cheaper than ordering an secondhand copy and shipping to Australia :-)

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Sept 2, 2020 2:27:17 GMT oscsusnret said:

Trying to find it again, but in the book it said that IJN also used bamboo for some of their piping... Yikes....

Bamboo is a great building material. It's strong, doesn't break very easily (being very fibrous, it tends to mush instead of break) and grows very rapidly.

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