Just played my first game of Moo3...

[Stormhound]

ENIAC was a trifle on the late side for WW2.

http://ftp.arl.mil/~mike/comphist/eniac-story.html

As mentioned in the article, the mechanical options were either the Bush differential analyzer (see this big monster at http://cs.union.edu/~hemmendd/Encyc/...l/difanal.html ) or desktop calculators.

[CharlesBHoff]

Re: Computers in WW2

Originally posted by Ghostbear
Sure they had computers. First mechanical, then primitive electrical. I believe the Iowa class BBs had fairly sophisticated fire control computers.

The proximity fuses you refer to were highly classified but used on bombs, then artillery shells (in the West).

In the Pacific, they were used much more extensively for AA since there was much less chance of the Japanese picking up a dud shell of the bottom of the ocean.

The Sophisticated fire control computer got they data from radar I believe. If the Jap have one it would not help against fast moveing small wooden hull PT MotorBoat. As radar mightnot pick then up or pick then up put give misleading data to the computer. It still took than good gunner with than good eyes and a good mind to hit something fast and small back then.

[Chronus]

Funny, I thought I was in a MOO3 thread . . . not one about the PC version of Axis & Allies.

[CharlesBHoff]

Originally posted by Chronus


Funny, I thought I was in a MOO3 thread . . . not one about the PC version of Axis & Allies.

We just did the time warp from that cult classic movie I cannot remember the name now.

[Kahn]

Rocky Horror Picture Show!
(An apt name for MoO3 come to think of it!)