Deck H "Heck or High Water"

I wouldn't cry if the US didn't get another Essex in this deck. I would like to see another Tambor class sub with the "Defective Torpedoes 1" SA in place of the DT2. The Tambors were the class before the Gato/Balao's so they are good candidates for the DT SA.

Personally, I am surprised you didn't start the list from scratch and work country-by-country like before. The board is not the same as the last time that list was worked on. Now that Deck G is out and finalized I think it would better to start fresh. You could list the units proposed in the list as "starting suggestions" without committing anything to a slot just yet in each country. I do think it would be a good idea to decide what countries are going to get a Commander up-front so we know how many slots we are working with for the other units. We don't have to decide who the Commander is yet (but we could if we want), just which country is going to get one.

We can start over.

Germany
- BRUMMER cruiser minelayer 3 7 3 decent guns 7 7 6 5?aa6-7
- Niobe …. Hear me out make it an armour 5-6 7 3 AA ship that gains AA specialist and/or even range 1 AA. It would have speed but a placement SA. Cheap protection for your ships
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I have put the units I would most like to see below in a spoiler.

A propos Admirals: they should be more utilised this set. Admirals provide us with a means of doing operational variants of large ships, but on a larger scale since an Admiral can be attached to any ship. It can also add significant depth to fleet building, with Admirals essentially serving as upgrades. Thus a navy like Italy's, which has only 9 CA cards, can be thought of currently as having closer to 18 options if Alberto da Zara is included. The equivalence is not precise, but it does approximate the explosion of possibilities. Two more Admirals for the US, Japan, and the UK, and one more for Germany and Italy would put all of those countries in a much better position with regard to the filling out of unit slots and ensuring a balance of units with regard to class limits and historicity.

The hard part about picking just one is "do I pick one that is personally interesting that nobody else may nominate, or do I pick one that I think will be popular to a larger audience (powerful and big)."  We need both, but I can only pick one so I will lean toward my personal interest for my first pick. Countries left blank do not have a priority to me over the second picks I would make for the countries I did pick for right now. Also, I do not have a personal interest in the commander cards so I leave those to you guys.



Australia
Vultee Veangence - Dive Bomber - used in Indies/New Guinea - unique aircraft

Brazil
Jurua – DD (H class ) - another "modern" destroyer class for Brazil

Canada
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France
Jeanne d'Arc - Jeanne d'Arc class CL - unique cruiser class without a card

Netherlands
Hr. Ms. Van Kinsbergan - DD/sloop built for, and fought in, the West Indies

Norway
N-3PB Nomad - fighter, bomber, ASW floatplane - versatile aircraft for Norway

Poland


United Kingdom

Avro Anson - patrol bomber - widely used early war ASW

United States
USS Tautog - Tambor class submarine - bring Defective Torp 1 SA to subs (also NOT another Gato/Balao)

Soviet Union


Finland
Vesihiisi - sub (similar to German Type VII - U-47/552 reprint)

Germany

Gneisenau 15in rebuild - BB (lengthened, better AA, no torps) upgrade was actually half-way completed

Italy

Fiat RS.14 - Patrol Bomber (float plane ASW) - purpose-built ASW 3 patrol bomber 1941

Japan
Yugure - DD (Hatsuharu class only missing class) Battle of Kolombagara - helped sink Gwin, damage Honolulu and St. Louis

Siam/Thailand

Argentina
Santa Fe - Santa Fe class sub (new) - Argentina needs a sub

Chile

Spain

Yes, i was frustrated to realise we missed it with deck g hawk. Would have covered them and argentina.