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2023-01-23 China-Japan-Koreas

Guadalcanal Campaign - The Battle of Tassafaronga: (IJN 4(?) : 3 USN)

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Posted by badanov 2023-01-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 The US Navy had a Wargame that the had developed in the years after WW1 to use as a training aide -- moving Real Ships in Real Life is expensive and, well, they can't actually fire Real Shells at each other in training. Back in the 90's I had a computer version that an ex-Navy officer had produced and in the foreword he stated: "The US Navy Wargame simulated everything in WW2 except for two weapon systems: 1) the kamikaze attacks and 2) the Type 93 "Long Lance" Torpedo..."

Posted by magpie 2023-01-23 00:58|| 2023-01-23 00:58|| Front Page Top

#2 ?\...He had permission to use the US Navy Wargame's documents, or so he said.

Posted by magpie 2023-01-23 00:59|| 2023-01-23 00:59|| Front Page Top

#3
#1 The US Navy had a Wargame that the had developed in the years after WW1 to use as a training aide -- moving Real Ships in Real Life is expensive and, well, they can't actually fire Real Shells at each other in training. Back in the 90's I had a computer version that an ex-Navy officer had produced and in the foreword he stated: "The US Navy Wargame simulated everything in WW2 except for two weapon systems: 1) the kamikaze attacks and 2) the Type 93 "Long Lance" Torpedo..."
Posted by: magpie 2023-01-23 00:58

Magpie,

Is the computer version you're referring to Harpoon? Played that for several iterations until it kind of faded out about fifteen years ago. It's spiritual descendant (with a lot of the stillborn Harpoon IV in it) is COMMAND: Modern Operations...and it doesn't get any better than C:MO.

Just no WWII database yet.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2023-01-23 07:46|| 2023-01-23 07:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Rather long dissertation on the Naval War College interwar gaming. What they did, what they didn't do, and why.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-01-23 08:31|| 2023-01-23 08:31|| Front Page Top

#5 ...correct link.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-01-23 08:32|| 2023-01-23 08:32|| Front Page Top

#6 Mike, it was a small 'one man' operation called ...R.A.W. out of Dallas, TX IIRC. It had a purely text based interface back when floppies were being replaced by 1.44M microdisks.

Posted by magpie 2023-01-23 11:14|| 2023-01-23 11:14|| Front Page Top

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