Originally posted by Deserteur
I just saw, that the UK and all commonwealth countries have Landing Ships already discovered in 1941, does anyone know if this is historically true or does this need to be changed too?
See
http://users.erols.com/reds1/lst173...ic_LST_Info.htm
"The British recognized the need for such ships after the debacle at Dunkirk in 1940, when they left behind tons of badly needed equipment because no vessels were available with the capability to bridge the gap between the sea and the land. Following the evacuation, Prime Minister Winston Churchill sent his minister of supply a memorandum posing the question "What is being done about designing and planning vessels to transport tanks across the sea for a British attack on enemy countries? These must be able to move six or seven hundred vehicles in one voyage and land them on the beach, or, alternatively, take them off the beaches. . . ." As an interim measure, three shallow-draft tankers were converted to LSTs. The bows were redesigned so that a door, hinged at the bottom, and a 68-foot- (21-metre-) long double ramp could be fitted to the vessels. These modifications made it possible for vehicles to disembark directly from the ship to the beach. Both the new design and the vessel were considered unsatisfactory, but the concept was sound. At the request of the British, the Americans undertook the redesign and production of LSTs in November 1941, and John Niedermair of the Bureau of Ships designed a ship with a large ballast system."
the inferance is that the UK did not have LSTP technology in 12/41--they asked the US to develop it. This fits directly into my assertation that Marines are a precursor to LSPT and no nation should start ANY scenario with LSTP. Some like UK, US, Japan should have Marines.
