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Post subject: Folgore C.202 and Halifax - Rich's latest blog
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I can't believe I am the first one on this:
Rich Baker's blog today:
"Some War at Sea news: I received my “designer” complete set of Task Force yesterday. It sure is fun to pull out the models and look the cards over. There are some very nice new pieces; I love the Halifax and the Folgore C.202 (those are spoilers, kids!). Of course, I see some of the warts too. I’m feeling very guilty over the gunnery rating I assigned the HMCS Haida and the HMAS Arunta (and another spoiler!). They’re Tribal-class destroyers, and they were very heavily gunned by destroyer standards, but I think I got them about 1 die too high at range 0 and range 2. They aren’t gamebreakers, but I know you simulationists out there are going to have a field day at my expense. But take a look at the Haida’s record before you beat me up too much! That ship had a heck of a war. You can go see the Haida up in Toronto, by the way—it’s preserved as a war memorial."
The Folgore C.202 is a surprise to me! Way to go Rich!
Hooray! Things are looking up. 
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dang it! not ships I am terribly familiar with.....TO GOOGLE>>>
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| Schlachtschiff Bismarck wrote: | | dang it! not ships I am terribly familiar with.....TO GOOGLE>>> |
I have to admit I was scratching my head for a minute or two before my memory banks remembered the Halifax was a airplane! 
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Hmmm, British patrol bomber, Italian fighter, Tribal destroyers. We'd pretty much guessed a lot of that, but it is nice to see the Italian fighter confirmed.
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Post subject: Dunkerque & French sub
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Check out the comment on his previous Leyte Gulf blog:
"Yes in fact we've got a French sub, and we've got the Dunkerque! Some very cool French units" |
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Outstanding! Italian air cover FTW 
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Yay! And more Brit stuff to splash!
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| EvilKobra wrote: | | Yay! And more Brit stuff to splash! |
A Sunderland would have been cool as heck as well, but you shoot what you get 
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| Cmdr_Clint wrote: | | EvilKobra wrote: | | Yay! And more Brit stuff to splash! |
A Sunderland would have been cool as heck as well, but you shoot what you get |
yeah, thats wierd, how come we get a Halifax instead of a Sunderland???
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A land-based fighter?
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| Duck Crusader wrote: | | Hmmm, British patrol bomber, Italian fighter, Tribal destroyers. We'd pretty much guessed a lot of that, but it is nice to see the Italian fighter confirmed. |
Sure!!!! 
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Sounds like I need to update the sticky.
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Never mind, someone already did.
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Post subject: Halifax missing?
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| Aquarius wrote: | | Never mind, someone already did. |
I just checked and don't see the Halifax added to the list, although the 202, French sub, and Dunkerque are now there.  Maybe I missed it though.
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Post subject: Re: Dunkerque & French sub
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| ericjohn wrote: | Check out the comment on his previous Leyte Gulf blog:
"Yes in fact we've got a French sub, and we've got the Dunkerque! Some very cool French units" |
Wow. Talk about 'stealth posting."
I'll bet that dog is going to make us wait until the very last sneak preview before he tells us the IJN carriers! 
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Aquarius, add the Halifax too please.
Btw, I will not make a card for the Halifax. It seems to be a difficult unit and I'd like to see the official card first.
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| NeuralDream wrote: | Aquarius, add the Halifax too please.
Btw, I will not make a card for the Halifax. It seems to be a difficult unit and I'd like to see the official card first. |
but please explain me what exactly the Halifax did in the strugle for the atlantic??? I dont know much about'em you see, when I hear the word "halifax" I can only imagine a brown/green heavy bomber killin' civilians in a german city at night but what did they do over the atlantic??? I guess they've played a quite vital part since they are featured in set II
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| Andreas3 wrote: |
but please explain me what exactly the Halifax did in the strugle for the atlantic??? I dont know much about'em you see, when I hear the word "halifax" I can only imagine a brown/green heavy bomber killin' civilians in a german city at night but what did they do over the atlantic??? I guess they've played a quite vital part since they are featured in set II |
I've been doing some Googling on them. There was a variant that was produced for RAF Coastal Command that were used for long range recon and anti-submarine duty. They carried depth charges and anti-submarine bombs.
Here is a great site I found:
http://www.pilotfriend.com/photo_.../ww2/Handley%20Page%20Halifax.htm
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IIRC, Halifax bombers were also involved in many of the raids against Tirpitz. Not that they did any good.
But yeah, mostly they were used for ASW and recon duties.
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