Ben, it was used a lot in WWII by the Soviets and other countries, including the RAF. It was often a tactic of last resort, but not quite in the manner you describe, as the last resort was due to being out of ammo and the enemy still heading to their target, so they'd ram it, slamming it with their belly or using their landing gear to destroy a wing or the rudder. Valid and useful, officially 'discouraged' in 1994 by the Soviets but never stopped.
Banana, I purposely avoid any comments on SCBs or things related to them. I've used them to see what the hubbub was about, realized the issue and won't touch them again. They are, in my opinion, a developer created exploit, no better than using a cheatcode left in the game by mistake as far as I'm concerned. Using them to allow more ramming is just another exploit as far as I'm concerned, but since FD created them and hasn't seen fit to address the multitude of concerns raised about them, I see little point in beating that poor pile of leather and bones that used to be a dead horse, I simply steer clear of it.
As for modern naval combat that involved ramming, someone listed those in one of these threads already, I see no point in redoing that. Is it a PRIME tactic, no, that changed over the last 70 or so years when the creation of much more powerful cannon and artillery for naval combat, and boarding actions are now done via small craft and a small insertion force that rely on specialized training and shock & awe tactics. It is still however a valid tactic and still taught as such. Asking for recent examples of ramming by a modern navy is much like recent examples of someone running through the enemy with a sword to try and claim that using anything but a gun is pointless in the military today. Funny, my own training including hand to hand and bladed weapon usage and I know those are still being taught to new recruits today.
Banana, I purposely avoid any comments on SCBs or things related to them. I've used them to see what the hubbub was about, realized the issue and won't touch them again. They are, in my opinion, a developer created exploit, no better than using a cheatcode left in the game by mistake as far as I'm concerned. Using them to allow more ramming is just another exploit as far as I'm concerned, but since FD created them and hasn't seen fit to address the multitude of concerns raised about them, I see little point in beating that poor pile of leather and bones that used to be a dead horse, I simply steer clear of it.
As for modern naval combat that involved ramming, someone listed those in one of these threads already, I see no point in redoing that. Is it a PRIME tactic, no, that changed over the last 70 or so years when the creation of much more powerful cannon and artillery for naval combat, and boarding actions are now done via small craft and a small insertion force that rely on specialized training and shock & awe tactics. It is still however a valid tactic and still taught as such. Asking for recent examples of ramming by a modern navy is much like recent examples of someone running through the enemy with a sword to try and claim that using anything but a gun is pointless in the military today. Funny, my own training including hand to hand and bladed weapon usage and I know those are still being taught to new recruits today.
