Torpedo Boats vs GunBoats

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Torpedo Boats vs GunBoats

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Torpedo boats can bombard land units and reduce morale/readiness but Gunboats cannot? This does not make sense to me?
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In the campaigns where both gunboats and TBs are present, the gunboat units represent much older ships, with less advanced weaponry on board. I don't think it makes much sense that an ancient gunboat would be as intimidating to an enemy as a state-of-the-art torpedo boat would be.

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BiteNibbleChomp wrote: ↑Thu Feb 02, 2023 9:32 am In the campaigns where both gunboats and TBs are present, the gunboat units represent much older ships, with less advanced weaponry on board. I don't think it makes much sense that an ancient gunboat would be as intimidating to an enemy as a state-of-the-art torpedo boat would be.

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Ok I just figured one had guns and the other just had torpedoes and thus could not bombard.
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Tanaka wrote: ↑Thu Feb 02, 2023 4:08 pm Ok I just figured one had guns and the other just had torpedoes and thus could not bombard.
Most TBs had guns as well as torpedoes, so bombardment was certainly an option :)

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