29.12.2007, 17:03
There were hardly any armor units at all. Total tanks used is amazingly small. I bet all of them put together in the Solomons wouldn't add up to one minor armor battle on the eastern front.
It was all about water and airfields. Bombing attacks were on airfields, and shipping for the most part. That and coastal defenses. One reason I'm so gung ho for trees to the water edge is that barge hunting was so common. Small shipping moved at night, tued up along the coast during the day to try and escape air attack.
For example, the japanese operated TWO tanks at Milne bay. Not two tank regiments, 2 type 95 tanks.
The japanese had a total of 12 tanks on Guadalcanal, 10 Type 97 Medium Tanks and
2 Type 95 Light Tanks. Two were damaged landing them, so only 10 were operational, lol.
They had 9 Type 95 Light Tanks at Biak.
2 tanks were sent to bouganville for one operation, a type 89, and a type 94. Thios was after the US took the south. I think there were probably at least a half dozen there before the US invaded though.
So there shouldn't be any targets other than buildings, etc anyway.
tater
It was all about water and airfields. Bombing attacks were on airfields, and shipping for the most part. That and coastal defenses. One reason I'm so gung ho for trees to the water edge is that barge hunting was so common. Small shipping moved at night, tued up along the coast during the day to try and escape air attack.
For example, the japanese operated TWO tanks at Milne bay. Not two tank regiments, 2 type 95 tanks.
The japanese had a total of 12 tanks on Guadalcanal, 10 Type 97 Medium Tanks and
2 Type 95 Light Tanks. Two were damaged landing them, so only 10 were operational, lol.
They had 9 Type 95 Light Tanks at Biak.
2 tanks were sent to bouganville for one operation, a type 89, and a type 94. Thios was after the US took the south. I think there were probably at least a half dozen there before the US invaded though.
So there shouldn't be any targets other than buildings, etc anyway.
tater