Khanzeer
Banned
The question here is to see a auxiliary cruiser/ commerce raider/ Q ship kind of a warship disguised as a merchant ship is possible in the modern [ late cold war ] era 1960 to 1990.
Obviously there will be little use or prospect of survival for these ships in a ww3 like scenario but can they be useful in smaller / limited wars between non superpower nations ?
Esp when your adversary has no aircraft carriers and few long range maritime patrol craft
What kind of weapons will be most useful for this kind of vessel ?
Obviously it does need some kind of defence against your typical desteoyer/ frigate
It probably does not need very sophisticated weapons to attack capture sink merchant ships
It would be very vulnerable to subs but how good will subs be in differentiating these ships from neutral merchant ships ?
Obviously there will be little use or prospect of survival for these ships in a ww3 like scenario but can they be useful in smaller / limited wars between non superpower nations ?
Esp when your adversary has no aircraft carriers and few long range maritime patrol craft
What kind of weapons will be most useful for this kind of vessel ?
Obviously it does need some kind of defence against your typical desteoyer/ frigate
It probably does not need very sophisticated weapons to attack capture sink merchant ships
It would be very vulnerable to subs but how good will subs be in differentiating these ships from neutral merchant ships ?