It was telling to me that a few days after the raids I mentioned in the post above they reorganized their squadrons, re-equipping some of the Dornier eqipped units with Catalinas (which the player is not allowed to do until May '42).
That can be fixed. When SHOULD the replacement be allowed?
Good question. My reading shows that GVT-2 was re-equipped after the losses of Dec 26, GVT-3 received Catalinas around Dec 29 and GVT-16 was allowed a rest before returing to operations re-equipped with Catalinas. Maybe Jan 1 '42 is a good choice?
I think the F7F was envisioned for use aboard the Midway Class CVs. Don't know if you have them or not though.
Actually they were supposed to be carrier capable, and were tested on an Essex class carrier. However, it was discovered that the tailhook assembly was too weak and was corrected in a later model. Since I am at work and do not have references in front of me I cannot give more specifics. As far as the Midway only, I cannot recall that they were specifically designed for the Midways, just that they were considered "to hot" for the Essexs, as at the time the US Navy had zero experience in landing tricycle landing gear planes on carriers. The Marines were, however, glad to have them. The F7F's did operate off carriers during the Korean Conflict. Since none of the Midways were used in that conflict then they would have had to operated off an Essex. Like all of the "Iron Works" planes they were extremely rigged and capable of absorbing damage.
If the F7F is decided to be not carrier capable for CHS then we will have to watch upgrade paths. Some type - maybe it's FM-2 Wildcat - upgrades to F7F. I could have models mixed up, but I know that some carrier fighter squadrons are set to upgrade to F7F.
Well..always wanted P-80A for late 1945 to 1946...[8D]
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It is already in the database and, while I don't like it, it will stay. There are several high performance Japanese planes - so if a game gets into 1945/6 it needs to have balance. The P-80 was not a particularly good fighter plane.
If the F7F is decided to be not carrier capable for CHS
It is not for this round of CHS - because Allied planes are not generally up for review. But it IS up for RHS - and that may mean it will make the next CHS release. I DID get F7F in by combining two Buffalo slots into one. Only two squadrons use the Buffalo in the game (a third one also wrongly uses it - VMF111 SHOULD use F3F). They won't use it long. They don't need two slots for the -2 and -3 versions - which have the same engine and armament and differ only in protection.
My reading shows that GVT-2 was re-equipped after the losses of Dec 26, GVT-3 received Catalinas around Dec 29 and GVT-16 was allowed a rest before returing to operations re-equipped with Catalinas. Maybe Jan 1 '42 is a good choice?
Thanks. Will fix for RHS. Allied planes got several reviews already and are not generally up for change this round of CHS. But Andrew is doing SOME work on big bombers for the Allies.
The USN long didn't use the Corsair from carriers - about a year. Only AFTER FAA used them in the op against the Tirpitz were they used. Don Bowen suggested making all Corsairs land based only. After review I decided to make the first model - F4U-1 - land based only. The version that appears next - F4U-1D - a fighter bomber version - appears at the right time for carrier ops - and it is the version FAA actually did use for them. Players who want to use Corsairs from carriers must upgrade to this model to get that capability without excessive attrition. I replaced the F4U-1 slot with the F4U-2 night fighter - only 32 were made - but they achieved a fantastic score - and were available long before the F6F night fighter version. Only two units had this plane - and not in great numbers - obviously - given only 32 were made!
The current OB has Beaufighter IC models which never served in the Pacific theater - so I deleted it. The Beaufighter 1F model first appears in Sept 1942 in 27 RAF Squadron - but the game OB NEVER assigns it to that unit. ALL the units it is assigned to NEVER operated it. I suppose whoever did this OB lacked unit data so they just guessed. And the significant upgrade was to the X model - which changes the unit from a night fighter to a strike unit. So I trade the 22 model in the game for the X model - I cannot even confirm details of the 22 model. These actions conspire to create one more slot - and to require significant research on what certain squadrons operated - since it wasn't Beaufighter. See Aircraft of the Royal Air Force since 1918.
This is a strange airplane. By the time the Pacific War begins, it is no longer a torpedo bomber, and 100% of the planes were shot down on the last mission it attempted as such (explaining why it was never attempted again). But it could operate from very small ships, and it was used to develope two very secret things: radar to find subs (or other targets) and rocket weapons. Instead of torpedoes it carried 3 500 pound bombs or depth charges. It used ASV radar to find submarines. And it used a 3 inch armor piercing rocket to kill what it found (particularly at night).
The same 3 inch rocket was also carried by Wildcats, Hellcats and Avengers in FAA service. So I am experimentally adding this as a device, and also radar - both achieved the first kill of a U boat by this means a few days after the Pacific War began. I suspect these devices will make the Swordfish worth having - and players may regret its relatively low production rate. But it is certainly an interesting plane - and a chance to test wether we can make rockets that work. These should work in various roles - but best against surface targets from low altitude. The problem with them is the low rate of fire - they have an "accuracy" rating of only 1. But if you shoot 8 times the number of planes you might get a hit - and IF you do - you will be impressed with the effects of that hit. So I theorize. The range of this weapon is 2 in our system.
anyone wanting to test airplanes with new weapons ratings,
new devices (AI for Japanese night fighters, rockets for FAA planes,
57mm gun for Ki-102b, snorkel, midget subs or Kaiten for Japanese submarines, radar on Japanese submarines which had it) - send me your address
Wingspan: 27,00 meter
Length: 21,95 meter
Height: 5,75 meter overall including rotating propellers
2,10 meter, only fuselage, including cockpit
Fuselage width 3,00 meter
7,40 meter with Stummeln
Surface area's 108 m² overall, including ailerons and flaps
Stabilo 18,44 m²
Rudders 9,10 m²
Flaps 8,75 m²
Wing angles 4½ degrees swept back in the middle
4½ degrees swept back at the ends
3½ degrees V at the back of the wings
Fuel 8 Stummel tanks (2670 liter) and 2 wing tanks (1880 liter) totaling 4550 liter
Oil 3 tanks totaling 390 liter
Engine Three x Wright Cyclone GR 1820-F52
Propellers Hamilton Type 3E 50-31, metal, constant speed, 3,50 meter diameter, 3 per engine
Speed Maximum 280 km/h at sea level with 3 x 745 hp at 2100 rpm.
Maximum 305 km/h at 1770 meter with 3 x 760 hp at 2100 rpm.
Cruise 205 km/h at sea level with 3 x 372 hp, weighing 11000 kg
Cruise 220 km/h at 1770 meter with 3 x 380 hp, weighing 11000 kg
Landing 108 km/h
Fuel consumption 215 gr/hp at cruise speed at sea level
215 gr/hp at cruise speed at 1770 meter
Ceiling 5600 meter
Climb time To 1000 meter in 3 minutes 30 seconds
To 2000 meter in 6 minutes 45 seconds
To 3000 meter in 10 minutes 45 seconds
To 4000 meter in 16 minutes 30 seconds
To 5000 meter in 27 minutes 30 seconds
Range 1270 km at sea level at cruise speed without wind factor
1340 km at 1770 meter at cruise speed without wind factor
Weight Empty 7695 kg
fixed equipment 660 kg
variable equipment 345 kg
Empty (equipped) 8970 kg
crew 480 kg
fuel 0-2725 kg
oil 0-190 kg
ammunition 0-35 kg
Take-off 12400 kg
Maximum 13500 kg
Take-off run 17 seconds
85 seconds without middle engine at 12400 kg weight
64 seconds without middle engine at 11500 kg weight
76 seconds without one of the outboard engines at 10000 kg weight
Crew 5 Armament Three Colt-Browning 7,7 mm machineguns with 500 rounds each.
Do-24K-1 (first 12, in the bomber role with 12 x 50 kg bombs)
Wingspan: 27,00 meter
Length: 21,95 meter
Height: 5,75 meter overall including rotating propellers
2,10 meter, only fuselage, including cockpit
Fuselage width 3,00 meter
7,40 meter with Stummeln
Surface area's 108 m² overall, including ailerons and flaps
Stabilo 18,44 m²
Rudders 9,10 m²
Flaps 8,75 m²
Wing angles 4½ degrees swept back in the middle
4½ degrees swept back at the ends
3½ degrees V at the back of the wings
Fuel 8 Stummel tanks (2670 liter) and 2 wing tanks (1880 liter) totaling 4550 liter
Oil 3 tanks totaling 390 liter
Engine Three x Wright Cyclone GR 1820-F52
Propellers Hamilton Type 3E 50-31, metal, constant speed, 3,50 meter diameter, 3 per engine
Speed Maximum 275 km/h at sea level with 3 x 745 hp at 2100 rpm.
Maximum 300 km/h at 1770 meter with 3 x 760 hp at 2100 rpm.
Cruise 200 km/h at sea level with 3 x 372 hp, weighing 11000 kg
Cruise 215 km/h at 1770 meter with 3 x 380 hp, weighing 11000 kg
Landing 108 km/h
Fuel consumption 215 gr/hp at cruise speed at sea level
215 gr/hp at cruise speed at 1770 meter
Ceiling 5500 meter
Climb time To 1000 meter in 4 minutes
To 2000 meter in 7 minutes 30 seconds
To 3000 meter in 11 minutes 45 seconds
To 4000 meter in 17 minutes 30 seconds
To 5000 meter in 27 minutes 30 seconds
Range 1270 km at sea level at cruise speed without wind factor
1340 km at 1770 meter at cruise speed without wind factor
Weight Empty 7695 kg
fixed equipment 705 kg
variable equipment 345 kg
Empty (equipped) 9015 kg
crew 480 kg
fuel 0-2105 kg
oil 0-165 kg
ammunition 0-35 kg
bombs 0-600 kg
Take-off 12400 kg
Maximum 13500 kg
Take-off run 18 seconds
85 seconds without middle engine at 12400 kg weight
64 seconds without middle engine at 11500 kg weight
76 seconds without one of the outboard engines at 10000 kg weight
Crew 5 Armament Three Colt-Browning 7,7 mm machineguns with 500 rounds each. 600 kg bombs
Do-24K-1 (first 12, in the bomber role with 6 x 200 kg or 4 x 300 kg bombs)
Wingspan: 27,00 meter
Length: 21,95 meter
Height: 5,75 meter overall including rotating propellers
2,10 meter, only fuselage, including cockpit
Fuselage width 3,00 meter
7,40 meter with Stummeln
Surface area's 108 m² overall, including ailerons and flaps
Stabilo 18,44 m²
Rudders 9,10 m²
Flaps 8,75 m²
Wing angles 4½ degrees swept back in the middle
4½ degrees swept back at the ends
3½ degrees V at the back of the wings
Fuel 8 Stummel tanks (2670 liter) and 2 wing tanks (1880 liter) totaling 4550 liter
Oil 3 tanks totaling 390 liter
Engine Three x Wright Cyclone GR 1820-F52
Propellers Hamilton Type 3E 50-31, metal, constant speed, 3,50 meter diameter, 3 per engine
Speed Maximum 275 km/h at sea level with 3 x 745 hp at 2100 rpm.
Maximum 300 km/h at 1770 meter with 3 x 760 hp at 2100 rpm.
Cruise 200 km/h at sea level with 3 x 372 hp, weighing 11000 kg
Cruise 215 km/h at 1770 meter with 3 x 380 hp, weighing 11000 kg
Landing 108 km/h
Fuel consumption 215 gr/hp at cruise speed at sea level
215 gr/hp at cruise speed at 1770 meter
Ceiling 5500 meter
Climb time To 1000 meter in 4 minutes
To 2000 meter in 7 minutes 30 seconds
To 3000 meter in 11 minutes 45 seconds
To 4000 meter in 17 minutes 30 seconds
To 5000 meter in 27 minutes 30 seconds
Range 1270 km at sea level at cruise speed without wind factor
1340 km at 1770 meter at cruise speed without wind factor
Weight Empty 7695 kg
fixed equipment 675 kg
variable equipment 345 kg
Empty (equipped) 8985 kg
crew 480 kg
fuel 0-1560 kg
oil 0-140 kg
ammunition 0-35 kg
bombs 0-1200 kg
Take-off 12400 kg
Maximum 13500 kg
Take-off run 18 seconds
85 seconds without middle engine at 12400 kg weight
64 seconds without middle engine at 11500 kg weight
76 seconds without one of the outboard engines at 10000 kg weight
Crew 5 Armament Three Colt-Browning 7,7 mm machineguns with 500 rounds each. 1200 kg bombs
* Starting with the X-13 the middle gunturret was equipped with a 20 mm Hispano-Suiza type 404 cannon.
Edit:
From the history of the X-13: September 19th 1938 tests were done dropping 50kg and 200 kg bombs.
As for result:
.....Ordered by the CZM, on December 17, an attack was made (by GVT-7) on three enemy ships near Miri. On arrival, the enemy force consisted of 1 large cruiser (actualy the DD Shinonome) steaming with high speed in the direction of Cam Ranh Bay, 1 anchored merchant ship (Hiyoshi Maru) and 1 small torpedoboat (Minesweeper W7). The aircraft attacked seperately shortly after dawn with a 5-minute interval. Each aircraft carried 6 bombs of 200 kg. The X-32 (piloted by Flying Officer B. Sjerp) arrived over the area first, and attacked the cruiser, which was hit by two or three of the five bombs dropped (one failed to detach itself from the rack). Apparently, the ammunition for the aft turret exploded. A white column of smoke rose to about 1500 or 2000 metres; after about one minute, the ship had stopped and after about 5 minutes, the area between the stern and the two stacks had disappeared beneath the surface. The ship evaded about 10 seconds after dropping the bombs, and stopped after it had turned about 4 points (app. 45 degrees)...... (The captain, Commander Hirosi Sasagawo and his entire crew of 228 men, perished.)
source: Bureau Maritieme Historie/The Hague - "De strijd in Nederlands Oost-Indië: verrichtingen van de MLD in Nederlands Oost Indië gedurende de Japanse opmars".
Our business in the field of fight, Is not to question, but to prove our might.
This is a very interesting set of data from what appears to be an impressive secondary source.
I note that it contradicts data from English references (e.g. Aircraft of the Third Reich) and it ALSO contradicts data from Bloody Shambles (e.g. the aircraft bomb size is given as 450 kg there and 200 kg here). Under the guidelines I was given for CHS, it is not accessable enough to permit an ordinary person in English to verify the data.
However, I myself do not have to use the CHS guidelines for my own mod. MY problem is slightly different: how to resolve contradictory data?
Compounded by a need for more technical fact than even your wonderful material has: I need to know how these weapons were sighted and released? [Are these kicked out the door? Is there a bombsight?]
The usual standard - data is "verified" when contained in more than one source - applies to the data this plane carries no offensive weapons insofar as it appears in several references. But I believe it is likely these references are probably citing each other, and further in the end probably citing material from the German manufacturer. I don't actually disbelieve your source. I find it entirely plausible that operational practice may have changed things from the way the plane was built.
Your data goes a long way toward dealing with the problems of "what was the bomb load" and "what was the range at a specified bomb load." The only technical problem with it in game terms is that there is no 200 kg bomb and no slots to add bombs - but I might be able to deal with that one way or another. More critical is "how improvised is this?" If there is no bomb sight or proper release mechanism, the code may misrepresent the hit chances so much I cannot use it. IF this was a manufacturers built in capability, OR IF it was a fully remanufactured Dutch modification, THEN it would be just like any other bomber - and the code will work.
The final issue I have is this: In general CHS (and I) do not use the web as a source. We have more scholarly standards. While shat you have given is properly cited, I have not seen the actual document at the pages in question. This can be fixed by emailing an image to trevethans@aol.com.
I technically do not speak Dutch, but I can read it (probably because I read German and other Indo-European languages). I do not mind using a foreign language source (although that is not the CHS standard) - and I often do with respect to German, Japanese and Russian materials. But I need to at least see (and file) what I am using.
Sea Hurricane never served in the Pacific - so we can kill this slot. All units assigned this unit (apparently only 880 squadron) have seafire.
Seafire is only on eight squadrons in the Pacific:
807, 809, 879 (all right) and 899 (should be on Chaser)
801 and 880 should be on Implacable
887 and 894 should be on Indefatigable
3 of the latter 4 are missing - and 880 is on the wrong ship.
See British Naval Aircraft Since 1912.
I'm seeing all sorts of data posted by El Cid here and most of it has no documentation listed. I hope this stuff is not going to be shoved into CHS without verification. Seems to me the Sea Hurricane did serve in the Pacific aboard Indomitable I beleive (they were still aboard during Pedestal in Aug 42). Lots of guys researched the FAA groups and put it in, no reason why it should get removed because someone offers questionable data.
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I am very confused by the CHS treatment of the Lancaster/Lincoln. [Some marks of Lancaster were renamed Lincoln and apparently one of these is in the set]. My best guess is the intent was to recreate Tiger Force - a planned British deployment of Bomber Command to the Far East which got interrupted by the end of the war. [For details, see Weapons and Hope by Freeman Dyson, the analyst for BC]. I say this because these units appear in October and December 1945 - or in 1946.
This treatment means that units do not appear in India which participated in the war from there - these being 9 and 617 squadrons. And the planes are wrong. The planes listed are Lancaster VI and Lincoln B.1. Both are listed as bombers. This is essentially wrong:
Mark VI is simply a reengined Mark I or Mark II never intended for the Far East (AND ONLY 9 were ever done). The Mark I (F.E.) DID eventually go - after the war was over. But it is NOT the plane that really operated in the theater DURING the war. That would be Mark III. The Lincoln is really a renamed Mark IV or Mark V. But Mark IV is an ECM aircraft, not a bomber, and only 635 squadron used it. I can't find any indication the Mark V was actually produced - and it seems that version would have been a post war one. In the event the Mark I (F.E.) was the last version produced - but not during the war. Possibly the Mark V is another name for the Mark I (F.E.)?
In any case, few units operated any version of the Lancaster in the Far East. Those that did used the Mark III - so I am substituting that for the Mark VI. I do not see any reason not to use the same plane for Tiger Force units - and if a player wants 9 and 617 squadrons assigned to it he can move them from India. So that will free up the Lincoln slot for another plane or future mods. I will make 9 and 617 sqadrons available sooner, and the other units can appear late, but with the Mark III - which is the major production version of this aircraft in any case.
Game planes carry 2 x 4,000 pound bombs. But the normal bomb load of these aircraft was either 12,000 or 14,000 pounds of bombs - so I think it should be rated as 3 x 4,000 pound bombs. And while "special" versions could carry the Grand Slam - they have no radar - and most planes had a maximum load of 18,000 pounds.
I am very confused by the CHS treatment of the Lancaster/Lincoln. [Some marks of Lancaster were renamed Lincoln and apparently one of these is in the set]. My best guess is the intent was to recreate Tiger Force - a planned British deployment of Bomber Command to the Far East which got interrupted by the end of the war. [For details, see Weapons and Hope by Freeman Dyson, the analyst for BC]. I say this because these units appear in October and December 1945 - or in 1946.
Your guess is correct - they are there as part of Tiger Force.
This treatment means that units do not appear in India which participated in the war from there - these being 9 and 617 squadrons. And the planes are wrong. The planes listed are Lancaster VI and Lincoln B.1. Both are listed as bombers. This is essentially wrong:
The squadrons that were meant to be part of Tiger Force were combined into groups ("Wings") to make some space in the air group database. So that is why you don't see the individual squadrons. They are all there (including No.9 and No.617) as part of these larger formations.
Also, the two aircraft are the Lincoln and the MkVII (FE), not the MK VI.
Andrew
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