Hs-129 B2 with Bk5 cannon (i made a bug report hopefully it can be passed: Community Bug Reporting System)
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thats the carrier sister isnt it?
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yes was a support carrier
Interestingly we have never found her wreak
which could mean two things
battleship kongo → never found belived to have been scrapped by metal merchants (110m of water deep can work if price is high for metal hardly ideal) Unlikely due to Shinano predicted depth but sink locations have been wrong (still very unlikely)
Sunk somewhere really strange and our data is really wrong.
japan does not allowed anyone to look for it afaik
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People have been looking for her Japan does not allow for people to see or tamper with wreaks. If a ocean survey ship like R/V Petrel where to find her there would be no issue. If located like other Japanese wreaks Japan would likely sponsor a visit.
Japan would not allow lets say a organization like oceangate to go see them (one of there plans was Yamato). Very shallow wreaks are harder to enforce and IJN Nagato does not count at bikini atoll
Though Shinano is in Japanese territorial waters so that is a issue it also means Japan might have found her.
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Knowing what happened to the final resting place of a lot of my countrymen in the Java Sea, I don’t blame them one bit about being so cautious
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True very sad about metal selvage since Shinano is in territorial waters of Japan I would not be surprised if they went there and know of the location. Also Shinano is way to deep for any salvage so she will be fine 50% very good condition 50% mangled wreak from internal implosion. From some stuff I read about her one reason for her sinking was the lack of presser testing so air pockets could have been easily pushed out limiting implosions on the way down she might be upright as the battleship armor was there but no guns. Her only issue would be fishing nets and other junk that has piled up from over fishing in the area.
One thing about wreaks is you can hide a sub by them and fool your hunters by them thinking your the wreak. This has been tested in training apparently during the cold war with known old sunken cargo vessels. Its a trick of life and death so having a map could help your subs hide if needed or find a enemy sub. With drone subs one could find there way there and sit for years undetected. It would make sense for Japan to find Shinano not for any sort of history but to lower the risk of Shinano becoming a risk if someone else locates and uses her as a magnetic cover for done subs or something. That is why I think they know the location also with fishing fish sonars would have picked her up by accident one day Japan loves to fish a lot and have emptied out her territorial waters.
There is a conspiracy that Java sea and Indian ocean wreaks where removed not for metal but to remove the risk of a sub using them for magnetic cover the metal just paid for the operation. Take it as you will.
FYI I would love Shinano in game even as a AI she would be easy to land on due to her size.
The flak guns plus rockets and the 25mm moral boosters should keep everyone away!
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I mean its got an Anti-Tank rifle … its basically an Anti-Tank vehicle … wait that’s TD, lol … like mini-Hellcat ( wait that’s M8A1 ) … so mini-M8A1/Pz.Sfl.Ic
Anyway … less controversial, but
can we at least get the Luchs in TT?
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NO!!! 500 Hundred dollar premium event vehicle!!!
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I was gonna say something but I actually don’t wanna convince them to make it a premium
UK was very concerned about this vehicle due to its tactical value in intel gathering and for what it was capability in self defense in getting that intel at the end of they Luchs where not a issue and likely a net negative for Germany.
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I know it’s most likely a joke post, but if they do want to make one German light tank a premium/event vehicle, there’s a very obvious choice:
Let the Pz. II D/L/G become TT vehicles. The J variant is by far the best contender for being non-TT.
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I want a Toggle to disable the SenrAI MAIdens pfps and titles! Complete eyesore that ruins my match anytime I die to someone with them on!
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Could say the same about the nazi pfps :shrug:
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At least my “Nazi” pfp has something to actually do with history and WW2 warfare. I’m just asking for a toggle to turn them off. We already get a toggle for the tanks, so I see no reason to not have it for the pfps.
Made something similar.
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I saw that! I think Gaijin should add it to the game! It’d be so nice for Germany for them to add these 2 things to the game!