RE: [OT] Sea Leopard

From: Ryan M Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com>

>At 8:59 AM -0700 4/22/02, Brian Bilderback wrote:
>>OK, that makes sense.  Armor wasn't their strong suite, was it?  Of 
>>course, most of the terrain they fought on didn't beget huge North 
>>Africa/Russian Steppe-style tank battles, either.
>
>Hmm. There was this big area of land that they captured called 
>Manchuria that has pretty big wide open spaces. Korea isn't a big 
>swamp either.

True, but the Japanese had some interesting (and bad) ideas about the
usage 
of tanks, doctrine that was based on geography and the types of enemies
they 
were engaging on a regular basis. Very few of their enemies could field 
effective tanks, especially early in the war.

Besides, the Japanese Army got scraps. The Navy and the Air Force were
the 
glamour boys.

Aside -- I love playing the Japanese in Axis and Allies. The last time
we 
played, I was very close to taking Moscow with a tank assault. Chi-Ha! 

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