Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))

[RangerJoe]

You can also use the US Navies CAs/CLs with a capacity of 4 to resize the smaller float plane units. The Wright could be used as a floating FP base where there is no suitable base in the deep ocean - say between SF and Oahu?

[BBfanboy]

Very surprised about docked DD Panther going after that sub - kudos to the AI designers for thinking of that!

I develop both Balboa and Cristobal as high as possible, and mostly use Cristobal because of the bigger port and more supplies/fuel available to haul. With lower potential, Balboa is maxed out first so I move the BF to Cristobal to help build there. When both are maxed out, I move them to the USA! No ship required off map to off map.

From EC USA they can go by rail wherever needed, and I do need every aviation support and engineer I can get there. Of course you could send them to Port Stanley too if you needed, but then you would have to ship more supply there to feed them and pay for construction.

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Very surprised about docked DD Panther going after that sub - kudos to the AI designers for thinking of that!

I develop both Balboa and Cristobal as high as possible, and mostly use Cristobal because of the bigger port and more supplies/fuel available to haul. With lower potential, Balboa is maxed out first so I move the BF to Cristobal to help build there. When both are maxed out, I move them to the USA! No ship required off map to off map.

From EC USA they can go by rail wherever needed, and I do need every aviation support and engineer I can get there. Of course you could send them to Port Stanley too if you needed, but then you would have to ship more supply there to feed them and pay for construction.

Hm..

Cristobal receives from East Coast, and ships to Port Stanley.

Balboa ships to the Pacific - Line Islands and down south.

Good tip about the base forces there, but it seems wrong to leave it defenseless. Might run planes there and from there to Pacific I think, to justify keeping forces there. I have already done that with a couple of squadrons and felt very safe doing it.

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

You can also use the US Navies CAs/CLs with a capacity of 4 to resize the smaller float plane units. The Wright could be used as a floating FP base where there is no suitable base in the deep ocean - say between SF and Oahu?

Never really thought of doing that, mainly because they are always busy. Nice tip.

I don't think the Wright would do anything mid ocean but die to a random Iboat.

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: Encircled

This is what I do with the bigger AVs - You will probably have hubs for supply/fuel/ on your air bridge between Oz and Pearl Harbour, they go to them for Cat/FP support

But the Wright is a float plane carrier, albeit a mini one. I guess it is best to forget that function and use it disbanded in port as a seaplane tender.

[Encircled]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

ORIGINAL: Encircled

This is what I do with the bigger AVs - You will probably have hubs for supply/fuel/ on your air bridge between Oz and Pearl Harbour, they go to them for Cat/FP support

But the Wright is a float plane carrier, albeit a mini one. I guess it is best to forget that function and use it disbanded in port as a seaplane tender.

Essentially yes

I used to put them in convoys but like you say, they just tend to be hit by the I-boats.

Helping secure that convoy/air transfer route PH-Oz is their best use

IMHO of course!

You can't really be as good on ASW as the Japanese are, simply because you don't have the planes, but you can make certain areas no goes for Japanese submarine efforts, and it all counts.

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

ORIGINAL: Encircled

This is what I do with the bigger AVs - You will probably have hubs for supply/fuel/ on your air bridge between Oz and Pearl Harbour, they go to them for Cat/FP support

But the Wright is a float plane carrier, albeit a mini one. I guess it is best to forget that function and use it disbanded in port as a seaplane tender.

If you are using the AV Wright to detect the subs and then have ASW TFs to go chastise the subs, that might work. Just give the AV Wright some good escorts.

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

ORIGINAL: Encircled

This is what I do with the bigger AVs - You will probably have hubs for supply/fuel/ on your air bridge between Oz and Pearl Harbour, they go to them for Cat/FP support

But the Wright is a float plane carrier, albeit a mini one. I guess it is best to forget that function and use it disbanded in port as a seaplane tender.

If you are using the AV Wright to detect the subs and then have ASW TFs to go chastise the subs, that might work. Just give the AV Wright some good escorts.

That doesn't work for the Japanese...hard to see it working for the Allies.

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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

ORIGINAL: Encircled

This is what I do with the bigger AVs - You will probably have hubs for supply/fuel/ on your air bridge between Oz and Pearl Harbour, they go to them for Cat/FP support

But the Wright is a float plane carrier, albeit a mini one. I guess it is best to forget that function and use it disbanded in port as a seaplane tender.

If you are using the AV Wright to detect the subs and then have ASW TFs to go chastise the subs, that might work. Just give the AV Wright some good escorts.

Thing is with that, is there are not enough decent escorts in 1942, and you'll have escort carriers to do that when you finally start getting the decent escorts.

Everyone though plays this game a slightly different way, and its one of the reasons you can't not love this game [:)]

[mind_messing]

Worth keeping in mind that the Allied floatplane options are pretty poor compared to the IJN.

The Jake's 8/10 range is light years ahead of the Kingfisher, Seagull and the like. It's not till '43 and the Seamew that the Allies get a half-decent ship-borne floatplane that can go more than 5 hexes.

[Lowpe]

April 6th, 1942

Sweet Christmas in April.[:'(]

[Lowpe]

1-1 attack, forts dropped to 0, shock attack coming tomorrow no doubt. Flying out the two brigades.

[Lowpe]

Should be interesting here.

[Lowpe]

We cut the northern rail line out of Rockhampton. I am sure supplies can still leak in by rail and then bicycle and wagon and cart...
but no SR!

[Lowpe]

Luzon fighters are wearing out...rather than take IJAAF sweeps and lose badly, we attacked.

First sweep high with P40B, where we ran into many more enemy fighters than anticipated.[:(]

Morning Air attack on Tuguegarao , at 82,74

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 22

Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Warhawk: 4 destroyed

Then we swept at 100' with the P36A! Good job guys![:)]

Morning Air attack on Tuguegarao , at 82,74

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 20

Allied aircraft
P-35A x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-35A: 1 destroyed

And then we bombed and strafed, or tried at 1000' with P40Es.

Morning Air attack on Tuguegarao , at 82,74

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 7

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x P-40E Warhawk bombing from 100 feet
Airfield Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb

[Lowpe]

Four days for the convoy to arrive, and then 3 days for the convoy to withdraw and the tanks added to the pools! I think the Grant/Lee only goes to Australian units and that I should exercise care in how many units I upgrade to them, as Matildas are plentiful relatively speaking?

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Four days for the convoy to arrive, and then 3 days for the convoy to withdraw and the tanks added to the pools! I think the Grant/Lee only goes to Australian units and that I should exercise care in how many units I upgrade to them, as Matildas are plentiful relatively speaking?

Correct, I opened the Intel Report Industry/Troops page and filtered for AFVs and individual countries. Grant/Lee showed up only for Australia and Commonwealth. All the other British aligned countries took General Lee and General Grant or M3 Grant.

[RangerJoe]

You should have more than enough Matilas coming in. In fact, the Aussies stuck to the Matilda or went back to them because they are better in the Jungle. But then again, they were not fighting for their Sheilas at home either. So alot of your [R] restricted units are getting used, even some that disappear later.

Check out the units that come in and you can see how many that they get. Unless you really need the tanks now, I would not upgrade more than one unit to the Grant/Lees.

[RangerJoe]

You might also want to check and see if the Americans also use the Grant/Lees in any of their units. If so, save them for the Americans who don't use the Matilda.

Edit: I did not see the post from the BB fan guy from the frozen prairies!

But I don't think that the NZ units use the Matildas, just the Aussies.

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Correct, I opened the Intel Report Industry/Troops page and filtered for AFVs and individual countries. Grant/Lee showed up only for Australia and Commonwealth. All the other British aligned countries took General Lee and General Grant or M3 Grant.

I also double checked and that is what I found in this dababes game.