Re: Destroyers

I don much the same with my destroyers, though mine are usually a little
bigger.

Al though now, after reading LOTS of naval history... I'm considering
taking
a more traditional WWI destroyer formation in to battle the next time. 
I'm
thinking about 6 mass 30-40 destroyers with a heavy P-torp armament,
lead by
a light cruiser.

later
Chris

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From: <laserlight@quixnet.net>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 12:26 PM
Subject: RE: Destroyers

> >What are people's opinions? Do you build a class of
> fleet destroyers optimised as escorts with ADFCs and a
> heavy point defence battery and a separate class of
> DDs optimised for attack - with heavier beam or
> missile armament whose main defence from missiles or
> fighters is speed.
>
> I'd build a DD mass about 34 or so, give it the option for an ADFC+PDS
package or an attack package.  IIRC my DDs have 9 mass available for
weapons
payload, so ADFC version might have 5PDS + 1ADFC + 1B2 (3 arc) for
knocking
down corvettes.  Antiship version might have 1SMR-ER + 1 B3 (1arc) or 2
B2
(3arc); or 2B2 (3arc) + 1 B1 + 4 submunition packs; or 2B2 (3arc) + 1FCS
+ 2
needles (or Heavy Needle from last week's WotW); or plenty of other
variants.
>
> I would not try to combine ADFC + attack variants.
>
> The attack DD's main defense against fighters/missiles is either
having an
ADFC variant in the formation or, more likely, not being worth shooting
at.
>
>
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