Level bombers mining!

[castor troy]

Can someone please tell me how I can figure out how many mines my level bombers can carry? And what type of mine? Allied, Japanese?

Thanks

[DuckofTindalos]

The Japs don't get to mine Allied harbours. And while I don't know how many mines the bombers can carry, I doubt it can be more than a nuisance level field.

[Sardaukar]

1 per bomber.

[DuckofTindalos]

Seriously? That's even less than I thought!

[EUBanana]

Can you lay them at night?

...and can any bomber lay mines? Medium bombers?

Maybe I found a use for my Mitchells. [:D]

[Speedysteve]

No medium bombers allowed i'm afraid

[DuckofTindalos]

However, it's not just US bombers that get to lay them, as I'd previously thought. I've just had British Liberator VI's drop mines in Rangoon harbour.

[Gem35]

Mitchell bombers are great to have ! alot better than Bolo's [;)] Load em up on the hornet and...welll,, you know the rest of that story [:D]

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Gem35

Mitchell bombers are great to have ! alot better than Bolo's [;)] Load em up on the hornet and...welll,, you know the rest of that story [:D]

I know you can fly off Land based aircraft - but i thought that was only on transfers. Can you actually simulate something like a Doolittle raid with this?

[DuckofTindalos]

No.[:)]

[Gem35]

I was more or less being tongue in cheek, Rtrapasso [:)]. Would make for an interesting patch if they did allow it though hehe.

[cyberwop36]

ORIGINAL: EUBanana

Can you lay them at night?

...and can any bomber lay mines? Medium bombers?

Maybe I found a use for my Mitchells. [:D]

Man I use them at low level and they just rip up jap merchant ships. Not bad at AF attacks if used with heavies.

[doktorblood]

Are you sure Jap planes can't sew mines? The Jap Type 3 aerial mine is in the data base. Never tried it though.

[Brady]

The Japanese should be able to lay mines, I beleave from what I recall, this is alowed in the game, in a maner similar to the way the Allies do it.

[rtrapasso]

But if you need 4 engine bombers to lay mines, how to the Japanese do it?[&:]

[castor troy]

The Japanese are definetly able to lay mines in the game (city attack). I just didn´t know that each bomber lays just one mine.

[Brady]

The Japanese Air Deleavered mines were carried by a varity of plane types, or could be afik.

[castor troy]

IIRC I can lay mines as Japanese with Sally, Betty, Nell, Helen. Don´t know about the Lily or the later models. Japs use 2 E bombers to lay mines.

[Bradley7735]

I believe the rule is that you need level bombers. That would be B-25's, Sallies, Nells, B-29's, whatever.

I don't think tactical bombers can lay mines in the game.

I'm also not sure what size airfield and/or port is needed to fly the missions. I think I remember reading in a post that you need a size 9 port to lay mines with air groups. If that's the case, then you're really limited on air mining.

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Bradley7735

I believe the rule is that you need level bombers. That would be B-25's, Sallies, Nells, B-29's, whatever.

I don't think tactical bombers can lay mines in the game.

I'm also not sure what size airfield and/or port is needed to fly the missions. I think I remember reading in a post that you need a size 9 port to lay mines with air groups. If that's the case, then you're really limited on air mining.

So Speedy's statement is not correct? B-25s CAN lay mines? When is a 2-engine level bomber considered "tactical"? Hudsons? Blenheims? B-26s? etc.