ORIGINAL: Mynok
Sasebo Ku S-1 and Kawai Det are the Claudes that do not upgrade.
ORIGINAL: fcam1387
Yamada-Det S-2
Saesbo KU S-1
3rd Hicotai IMAF
All WAD.
ORIGINAL: Speedy
A general query on the A-29. It has no replacements coming in online yet more than a few units with the blighters in. Assuem it's intentional etc? Sheesh it's tough being Allies at game start....so few replacements........
Well..yes. 41st BG didn't actually deploy overseas until autumn of '43.
ORIGINAL: fbs
19th BG/32nd BS and 19th BG/32nd BS Det are both in San Francisco - just combine them
7th BG/9th BS and 7th BG/9th BS Det are both in San Francisco (should the main unit be in Pearl Harbor?)
In both cases the detachments upgrade to the LB-30.
ORIGINAL: langleyCV1
The Buffalo MK1 was armed with 4x0.5 machine guns in AE. However re-reading Bloody Shambles and Buffalos over Singapore, it would appear a number of Buffalos were using 0.303 brownings as wing guns. This was due to problems with the 0.5 machine guns jamming after a rounds being fired.
MJT
We only get to pick one gun suite per a/c. Generally we've gone with the "factory" version rather than any of the any number of field mods.
ORIGINAL: John Lansford
All four of my USN CV's have many more pilots for their fighter squadrons than are currently flying. I've got one squadron that has 30+ pilots but only 3 men are listed as available for flying (names are white, everyone else's is black). The manual says their names going black means they've got excess fatigue or very low experience, but neither is applicable in any of these squadrons. I've got pilots with 11 fatigue and 70 experience flying, while there are more experienced pilots with 0 fatigue listed as black.
I've docked their ships at Pearl, I've put them on "training/rest", I've tried everything, but only a small group of pilots remain available for flying. What is going on here?
"Blacklisted" pilots should be tapped to fly missions regardless. Being "blacklisted" does not mean that the pilot isn't available to fly come the execution of the turn.
ORIGINAL: P.Hausser
Will Pilot pool limit be so high so that the game will not ever reach the death limit, and start to purge pilots from both sides at will ?
I believe so, yes.
ORIGINAL: langleyCV1
Production of Hurricane IIbs for the RAF should start in december 1941 in order to ensure 488 squadron is able to change to them by January 23 1942. As took place in real life. Also they should not be given the dutch artwork.
Many thanks
MJT
ORIGINAL: langleyCV1
Hurricanes IIbs for the Dutch should total 29 machines not 27 as set as this moment in time.
Many thanks
MJT
Post #1439 this thread ->
ORIGINAL: langleyCV1
Now I would like to point out that 488 Sqn RNZAF upgrades to Hurricanes which it should do, But why are they the Dutch artwork version?
Deliberately set up that way (long story), but you question has caused me to rethink it...fiddle, fiddle...right, sorted - from patch 1 anyway
ORIGINAL: Howard Mitchell
The B-29-1 Superfortress is shown as having 3x0.5" MGs and 1x20mm cannon as tail armament, rather than 2x0.5" MGs and 1x20mm cannon.
The original B-29 tail armament was 2x0.5" MGs and 1x20mm cannon, but the cannon was often removed as its shells followed a different trajectory to the MGs, and firing the three guns together was not effective as the computer only calculated for the MGs. It was recommended that the gunner only fire the cannon when the target was close (not more than 600 yards). The cannon feed mechanism also tended to jam. (Info from William Wolf's book on the B-29).
Often a third 0.5" was added in the cannon's place, and AE shows the later B-29s as having 3x0.5" MG only.
ANTZ!
ORIGINAL: bsq
Some Air Leader issues:
Keith Park - should be an Air Marshal (promoted in 1941 when he took over at Malta). His stats (IMO) are too low. He was considered one of the greatest Air Commanders ever produced by the RAF (even though he was a New Zealander), yet he rates (much) lower than Curtis LeMay. At the very least his Air Skill should be on par with LeMay and his Skill and Inspiration should be much higher.
Ground Team's headache [8D]
