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MXY7 '' whats this?

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 12:33 pm
by Gilgawath1
Writing this from work so please excuse lack of full info.

Just started a standard game Scenario 16 8th Dec 1941 onward.
Having run the first turn decide to check what prodution was doing one of my production centres was producing 5 MXY7 '??????''s.

I checked with the lists provided for aircraft etc and could not see it can any one shed some light on this for me. [&o]

Even if its just to tell me I'm a blind old fool who needs better glasses and its the 35th plane down on hte Jap list.[8|]

Tony

RE: MXY7 '' whats this?

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 12:40 pm
by Terminus
It's the Okha suicide rocket plane. And it's not a plane as such, since it's on the Devices list; which is why you couldn't find it on the Aircraft list.

RE: MXY7 '' whats this?

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 4:14 pm
by Gilgawath1
Thanks for that.

This poses another question as they are in production how do I get to use them?

RE: MXY7 '' whats this?

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 4:34 pm
by Redan
Ah, is this what was called the Baka Bomb? [Baka I think being "crazy"] Word was they were very hard to steer...although few survived to give a report. I'm new to this game myself, but I suspect when you can do kamikazi you can do Baka Bombs.

RE: MXY7 '' whats this?

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 4:37 pm
by Sardaukar
ORIGINAL: Anorean

Thanks for that.

This poses another question as they are in production how do I get to use them?

When you can convert air units to Kamikazes, you get to use Okhas (aka "Baka").

RE: MXY7 '' whats this?

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 4:39 pm
by Mike Solli
They are actually used from G4M2e Betty (as was done historically).

RE: MXY7 '' whats this?

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 4:49 pm
by Terminus
Which means that you get to use them when the Betty M2e comes online, in October 1944... Provided, of course, that you have any to spend.

RE: MXY7 '' whats this?

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 5:03 pm
by Dino
Some more info under section 7.3.2.2 of the manual.