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- From: stevev@miser.uoregon.edu (Steve VanDevender)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
- Subject: Re: AOTP: Torpedoes don't arm
- Date: 3 Jan 93 00:27:58
- Organization: University of Oregon Chemistry Stores
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- <1993Jan2.223802.28481@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- In-reply-to: lidz@quads.uchicago.edu's message of 2 Jan 93 22:38:02 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan2.223802.28481@midway.uchicago.edu>
- lidz@quads.uchicago.edu (adam lidz) writes:
-
- I *THINK* that it means that you are dropping the torpedoes
- too close to the ship that you are trying to hit. (Hell, I
- never use torpedoes, always switch it to bombs. . .)
-
- During one period in the war, American torpedoes had a very high
- failure rate due to bad manufacturing. AOTP accurately reflects
- that in American missions flown during that time period.
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- Steve VanDevender stevev@greylady.uoregon.edu
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