Lists of World War II military equipment

[bru888]

This may be my one and only posting here. Then again, maybe not, given how hooked I am already on this game. Many of you will remember John Tiller's Campaign Series. I loved it and OOB reminds me very much of that, only with better graphics and game play.

Anyway, as has been discussed here and there, OOB: Pacific is one of the few (only?) games that handle WW2 naval warfare well. There have been various reasons why game developers have been reluctant to tackle the category, I read someplace.

This would explain my lack of knowledge about WW2 ships; in my wargaming experience, they've been generic if included at all. So perhaps I may be excused for ignorantly wondering why, in the second boot camp tutorial Island Hopping, all three of my destroyers were named "Gleaves." D'oh! Was that the name of a class of destroyers, I finally realized?

Wow, I better get a naval military education, and fast, I said to myself. I found "The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia"* but for some reason, while I could quickly search and find the New Orleans class of armored cruiser (the other ship in Island Hopping), it strangely omits the Gleaves, unless they are listed under some other designation (there are 76 references to "destroyer" on that page).

Then I said, "I bet Wikipedia . . ." What the heck did we do before Wikipedia? Don't remind me. Sure enough, there is a page full of information on the Gleaves-class destroyer in Wikipedia.

The best Wikipedia page for use in conjunction with this game, in my opinion, is "Lists of World War II military equipment."* It's a list of lists and with a few clicks, you can drill down to and get a description of, and usually photos of, any of the "over 500 unique looking and behaving units" in OOB: Pacific.

There, that could be and probably will be my one and only contribution here (apologies if it's already common knowledge, however). One thing is for sure, though. I will be lurking here a lot. I cannot wait to see where and how far this OOB series will go. I hope it goes as far as John Tiller's Campaign Series did, and beyond!

* When I tried to post, the forum told me "Your post looks too spamy for a new user, please remove off-site URLs." So Google for "The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia" and search Wikipedia for "Lists of World War II military equipment" and I am sure you will find both web sites.

[Brenmusik]

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[BiteNibbleChomp]

Re. "Attachments" a few posts are required before they are allowed, so keep posting

Either 5+ or 10+

- BNC

[Erik2]

Welcome.
Ship classes, especially destroyers, were often known under slightly different names.
Conway's: All the world's fighting ships (excellent, got all three volumes) uses Benson/Gleaves in your example.
There are still missing a number of ship classes in OOB. The most glaring (Japanese) ones in my view are the battlecruiser Kongo, battleship Fuso and the carriers Kaga/Akai

[BiteNibbleChomp]

Welcome.
Ship classes, especially destroyers, were often known under slightly different names.
Conway's: All the world's fighting ships (excellent, got all three volumes) uses Benson/Gleaves in your example.
There are still missing a number of ship classes in OOB. The most glaring (Japanese) ones in my view are the battlecruiser Kongo, battleship Fuso and the carriers Kaga/Akai

and CV Midway!

- BNC

[bru888]

Heh, one thing I've stopped doing is naming all of my non-core vehicles and vessels. Too tedious! Too meaningless when many of them go up in flames or down in waves!