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Added lots of ships for Thailand, laos, Cambodia... some stuff for North Vietnam. No more Donotuse Planes in the DB... Nextstep, small Units for NV

yes... off course... what a question... maybee with a "hidden weapon" feature.... Example: a "Civil" Unit carries such a Weapon. But the player sees it (camouflaged) as unarmed and/or as a neutral unit, Like the little Girl asking GI Joe for some sweets while pressing the ignitor for her C4 Packpack.... Real world example USS Cole... they got hit before they realized a suicide attack

BTw any special wishes? I´ll add some NV Patrolboats like P4 and P6 Class, some junks and Sampans. What about company to battalion sized Infantry units? Some NV Bases and Towns? Cambodian and Thai Units?

thanks...

Lot´s of new stuff..... several 100 new entrys.Far too much to list it all, check the pdf file! Most early stuff for the time frame and concentrated on the main war of this time... Vietnam... Next update will expand this theme and bring some stuff for the middle east

After 6 months... an update....

And again some updates .....

Over 50 new ships an planes added... any wishes and comments from users of our db are very welcome...

check the attached file for a possible report.... HC_65to80_DB_100518.pdf

Done this long time ago...

Don is modifiying the GE Tab for use with the SE

Good idea....

Money..... The gouverment thinks about reducing our armed forces down from 250.000 to 150.000 men..... 60 Billion € need to be saved

Planes Added/Modified/Verified: F9F-2 Panther (1949-1958), cleaned-up, text added, finished. F9F-2P Panther (1950-1956), added. F9F-5 Panther (1950-1958), added. F9F-5P Panther (1952-1958), added. F9F-6/F-9F Cougar (1952-1958), added. F9F-6P/RF-9F Cougar (1953-1958), added. F9F-8/F-9J Cougar (1954-1958), added. F9F-8B/AF-9J Cougar (1954-1959), added. F9F-8P/RF-9J Cougar (1955-1960), added. F9F-8T/TF-9J Cougar (1957-1974), added. F2H-2 Banshee (1949-1956), added. F2H-2B Banshee (1951-1956), added. F2H-2N Banshee (1950-1956), added. F2H-2P Banshee (1950-1960), added. F2H-3/F-2C Banshee (1952-1958), added. F2H-3 Banshee (1955-1962)(Canada), added. F2H-4/F-2D Banshee (1953-1959), added. F3H-2N/F-3C Demon (1956-1964), added. F3H-2M/MF-3B Demon (1956-1964), added. F3H-2/F-3B Demon (1957-1964), added. F11F-1/F-11A Tiger (1957-1961), added. 21 Added/Modified Sensors: APQ-41, APG-51, APQ-50, Added/Modified Weapons: AIM-7C Sparrow III (1958) Mk12 12-14 Kt (fission bomb)(1954-1963) Mk8 25-30 Kt (fission bomb)(1951-1956)

Frogmen with claustrophobia need not apply. Frogmen and claustrophobia don´t fit.... But now i know a good theme for the weekend.... Meeting some guys working at WTD 71....

New or overhauled Entries: River (1949-xx) Pakistan Rapp (1953-) Norway PC-461/PGM (-1951) Norway Sleipner (1948-59) Norway Cr Class (1945-65) Norway Albatros/Triton (1956-61) Netherlands PCE-842 (1954-84) Netherlands Bathurst (1946-58) Netherlands Q Class (1946-57) Netherlands S class (1946-63) Netherlands Friesland (1956-1982) Netherlands Holland (1951-1979) Netherlands G 20 Gunboat (1922-63) Mexico Potosi (1934-75) 76 Mexico Durango (1935-) Mexico Barnegat (1962-93) Norway Le Fougueux (1964-) Morocco PC-461/PGM (1960-64) Morocco Chamois (1961-67) Morocco River (1964-xx) Morocco Type 1 Ham Class (1958-67) Malaysia Ton (1960-) Malaysia HDML [uK] (-1970) Malaysia F8U-1/F-8A Crusader (1957-1969) Added. F8U-1E/F-8B Crusader (1958-1968) Added. F8U-2/F-8C Crusader (1959-1968) Added. F8U-2N/F-8D Crusader (1960-1967) Added. F8U-2NE/F-8E Crusader (1962-1968) Cleaned, Finished. F-8E(FN) Crusader (1964-1974) Cleaned, Finished. F8U-1P/RF-8A Crusader (1957-1967) Added. RF-8G Crusader (1965-1987) Added. Added/Modified Sensors: APS-67, 20 nm, added. APQ-104 changed to APQ-94/104 range 40, PH 50, mode changed from RO to AS. APQ-83, 30 nm, added. Added/Modified Weapons: AIM-7D Sparrow (1959), A duplicated AIM-7D transformed in AIM-7E2. AIM-7 Sparrow series, some faults corrected. AIM-9 Sidewinder, various marks modified, some previous faults. Thunderbird I&II SAM, AA-1 Alkali series, AA-2 Atoll series, AA-3 Anab series,

Due to financial reasons all 206A will leave the navy within June 2010..... If i can find an english source i´ll post a link. As a replacement two new 212 will come...

Though I suppose potentially possible, I think it would be awkward to put a gun module where the Harpoons and ESSMs are currently housed on the Absalon. The 35mm Guns at least the Forward Position seems to be Stanflex: This ist about the Iver Huitfeld FFG. Postion A is prepared for a 127mm Gun Position B is a (Stanflex) Container Position where the mounted76mm Gun can be exchanaged for example with a 35mm millenium Gun Take a look at the 35mm socket: You were on Board, is it matching with the quoted size? because compared with this: it might be a Module!?

Well, to be fair to the Danish, the Absalon class does incorporate the 'Stanflex' concept generally, although not quite as flexibly as the smaller vessels (which I am guessing you are referring to). Afaik the only Stan-Flex Module (capability) that cannot be used on Absalon are the ASuW Torps... And I´m not sure if it is in use anymore by the Flyvefisken!? Absalon and the new Frigates can use the 3 different Gunmodules, SSM and SAM Module. Sonar, Minecapabilty, Patrolboats etc are integral parts of the larger ships. So you´re right the small StanFlex 300 Boats are more flexible, but i think the two large types don´t lack any capabilty that can be fitted to the smaller ones... to clarify my statement about Stanflex It is incorporated in at least 5 Ship classes ranging from 29m/98t with 1 Stanflex position upto 137m/6300t with 8 StanFlexpositions.... you have ready modules for 3 different guns ranging from 35 to 127mm, modern SAM (ESSM),SSM, MCM, Minelaying, ASW (VDS + 324mm TT), ..... It´s like a lego kit, lots of bricks use your fantasy to build the mission fit you need on a hull of the desired range. For example, LCS-1 would be far more capable when it gets 4-5 Stanflex container positions..... instead of the US made concept!

Stanflex is the better concept....

Zinc oxide? Would the propellers be galvanized? Or they are made of AlMg ..... THis alloy also tends to something looking like white corrosion of Zinc! galvanisation of the props with zinc (used for sacrifical anodes) would speed up the corrosion process, so it makes no sense. And the blades look rather thick => typical for AL-Props compared to stainless steel or nibral...

Planes Added/Modified/Verified: F-84B/C Thunderjet (1947-1952) Added. F-84D Thunderjet (1949-1957) Added. F-84E Thunderjet (1949-1959) Added. F-84G Thunderjet (1951-1965) Added F-84F Thunderstreak (1956-1966)yy(FRG) cleared, finished. F-84F Thunderstreak (1954-1971)yy(USA) Added. RF-84F Thunderflash (1954-1972) Added. F4U-4B Corsair (1945-1956) Added. F4U-5 Corsair (1946-1956) Added. F4U-5N Corsair (1946-1956) Added. F4U-7 Corsair (1953-1964) Added. AU-1 Corsair (1952-1956) Added. AF-2S Guardian (1950-1957) Added. AF-2W Guardian (1950-1957) Added. AF-3S Guardian (1953-1957) Added. SHU-16B Albatross (1961-1979) very modified, finished. UF-1/HU-16A Albatross (1949-1976) Added. TBM-3S Avenger (1946-1960) Added. TBM-3W Avenger (1946-1960) Added. TBM-3Q Avenger (1946-1954) Added. TBM-3E Avenger (1945-1960) Added. Avenger AS.3M (1954-1960) Added. Il-28 Beagle (1950-1985) Text Added, some loadouts and speeds changed. Il-28-131 Beagle (1956-1962) Added. Il-28N Beagle (1954-1985) Added. Il-28R Beagle (1952-1985) Text Added. Il-28T Beagle (1953-1955) Added. Il-28PL Beagle (1956-1968) Added. Tu-14T Bosun (1952-1959) Added. Tu-16T Badger-A (1955-1962) Added. Tu-16PL Badger-A (1962-1969) Added. Text description added: Tu-4A Bull (1951-1958) Tu-4D Bull (1955-1964) Tu-4KS Bull (1953-1955) Tu-4R Bull (1950-1959) Tu-4 Bull Tanker (1954-1964) Tu-4 Bull (1953-1975)(China) 55777 ASW loadout of AD-5N/A-1G Skyraider (1953-72) modified from 8xSSQ-2 to 18xSSQ-2 (in Aero 3A pod). 55427 GP loadout of Vulcan B.2 bomb loadout of 21xMk 13 1000 lb bomb recupered

Depending on the Quality of the used material and the waterquality there might be heavy corrosion. Look at the pics of the Cheoan side, it shows lots of rust.... BTW a normal quality rollerbearing as used in most 2 stroke engines will show signs of corosion after some hours after a recoverd engine left the water!

DB now uses the HC-Weapons-DB Data for Sensors and Weapons