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Re: John E. Doolittle
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lugnet.pirates
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Fri, 28 Jan 2000 16:09:26 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.pirates, Lance Scott writes:
> > The Ideal Tactic in the Wooden Ships Age was to 'Cross the T' with the enemy.
> > That means to sail your broadside across the bow or stern of the opponent. • He
> > could not bring his broadside to bear whilst you let him have a full volley.
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> I think I read or saw somewhere that this same tactic was used in WWII
> (Battle of Midway, maybe?). It's cool (insofar as war is cool) that such
> venerable methods still see use in more modern times.
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> Dave!
The tactic does still hold with turret mounted guns, the enemy can still only
bear a fraction of his firepower, while you can use all of yours.
Missiles on the other hand negate that advantage entirely.
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| (...) I think I read or saw somewhere that this same tactic was used in WWII (Battle of Midway, maybe?). It's cool (insofar as war is cool) that such venerable methods still see use in more modern times. Dave! (25 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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