dctreborn said:

Requesting pool named "Springfield's Harem".

I support this idea

M0131U5 said:

I support this idea

Seconded.

Azamii said:

Seconded.

Third'd.

That was probably the first time Lee-Enfield saw Kar98k get a jam in her entire life

M0131U5 said:

WoW even Kar98 is recieving Springfield's affections

I hope duoyuanjun see's this

Likely because Springfield is derived from the Mauser action. So K98 is like her grandmother.

79248cm/s said:

So K98 is like her grandmother.

Cousin, more like, and a younger cousin to boot.
The K98 dates to 1935, the G98 is the proper version and would reasonably be Kar98's mother and Springfield's immediate cousin.
Furthermore, the 'Mauser' used as a reference for the Springfield M1903 was the Spanish M1893, which wasn't even a proper Mauser but a licensed derivative tracing its roots to the Gewehr 71 (Mauser M1871) in much the same way as the Serbian M80/07 did years later.
There's also somewhat credible reasons to believe that the international lawsuit levied against the US Gov. by Mauser over the M1903 was entirely bogus, as firsthand parties at Mauser purportedly later admitted well after the damage was done and they had laughed all the way to the bank. YMMV on that.

Shebadotfr said:

Even if Iowa eventually got added, they still act all dmug like "pffft, right after We accused them, what a convenient timing.."

KC cant win with those.

which is wrong too, obviously, since there was a September 2013 interview where Tanaka said he wanted to add non-Japanese ships

I: Will we ships from many different countries?

T: Germany, United States, Britain… We’re thinking about releasing shipgirls from many different countries. We have the kind of “Oh! It’s this guy!” artist booked already. Please look forward to it!

https://en.kancollewiki.net/Kensuke_Tanaka_Interview:_Famitsu.com_9/7/2013

Italy has the highest representation of ships (11), followed closely by the Americans (10).

Germans (6)
British (5)
Russians (2+1)
French (2)
Swedish (1)
Dutch (1)
Australians (1)

nakachandayo said:

which is wrong too, obviously, since there was a September 2013 interview where Tanaka said he wanted to add non-Japanese ships

I: Will we ships from many different countries?

T: Germany, United States, Britain… We’re thinking about releasing shipgirls from many different countries. We have the kind of “Oh! It’s this guy!” artist booked already. Please look forward to it!

https://en.kancollewiki.net/Kensuke_Tanaka_Interview:_Famitsu.com_9/7/2013

That line is in the 9/18 interview actually

https://en.kancollewiki.net/Kensuke_Tanaka_Interview:_Famitsu.com_9/18/2013

nakachandayo said:

which is wrong too, obviously, since there was a September 2013 interview where Tanaka said he wanted to add non-Japanese ships

I: Will we ships from many different countries?

T: Germany, United States, Britain… We’re thinking about releasing shipgirls from many different countries. We have the kind of “Oh! It’s this guy!” artist booked already. Please look forward to it!

https://en.kancollewiki.net/Kensuke_Tanaka_Interview:_Famitsu.com_9/7/2013

Do you even think they listened? Up to this day, I have legit seen Azur Lane players and such in Azur Lane anime threads still believing the entire "Its a right-wing propaganda, they only put foreign ships in the game now because of the accusations" narrative.

Shebadotfr said:

Do you even think they listened? Up to this day, I have legit seen Azur Lane players and such in Azur Lane anime threads still believing the entire "Its a right-wing propaganda, they only put foreign ships in the game now because of the accusations" narrative.

Especially when there is the more convenient excuse of them literally ran out of any WW2 IJN ship bigger than a light cruiser outside of paper ships.

Erogami83 said:

Especially when there is the more convenient excuse of them literally ran out of any WW2 IJN ship bigger than a light cruiser outside of paper ships.

Except maybe not since AL has had paper ships for most factions for a long time. I think it's more like they wanted to ensure all the IJN nerds are catered to first. Even for the DEs there may be potential players who literally have the wreck of said ship in their backyard.