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Brian,

I just had a CV vs CV battle off the coast of Australia near Cairns were my 5 CV TF of KB (minus Kaga) was met by Lexington and Enterprise at two hex distance. I have sent you the results, but I thought my Zeros did not do as well as I thought they should. I know I'm not that experienced as others playing Japan, but they have been taking more losses than I believe they should be.

I looked in the Editor and you have moved them from slot 3 to 14. Did you do this on purpose to remove the early war Zero bonus?? The A6M2 Zero is in that slot for stock, RHS, and Empire's Ablaze.

Comparing the stats of the A6M2 vs F4F-3 Wildcat
A6M2 Zero______F4F-3 Wildcat
332____________328______________Max Speed
2642___________2200_____________Climb Rate
40_____________37_______________Maneuver
22_____________32_______________Durability
0______________1________________Armor

Combat Report for others (edited):

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/22/42
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Day Air attack on TF at 52,100

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 65
F1M2 Pete x 4

Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 9
F4F-3 Wildcat x 10
SBD Dauntless x 68 (54 made it through!!)
TBD Devastator x 33 (27 made it through!!)

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed, 8 damaged
F1M2 Pete : 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F2A Buffalo: 6 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 6 destroyed
SBD Dauntless: 15 destroyed, 38 damaged
TBD Devastator: 9 destroyed, 15 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima
CV Zuikaku, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Hiei, Bomb hits 4
CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
CV Hiryu
CV Soryu

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Day Air attack on TF at 52,102

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
D3A Val x 20

Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 13
F4F-3 Wildcat x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
D3A Val: 12 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F2A Buffalo: 1 destroyed

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Day Air attack on TF at 52,102

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 21

Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 12
F4F-3 Wildcat x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 10 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Fanning
CV Lexington, Torpedo hits 1

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Day Air attack on TF at 52,102

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 37
D3A Val x 93
B5N Kate x 93

Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 12
F4F-3 Wildcat x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 8 destroyed
D3A Val: 4 destroyed, 3 damaged
B5N Kate: 3 destroyed, 11 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F2A Buffalo: 11 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied Ships
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 20, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage SUNK!!
CL Perth
CA Australia, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
CA Canberra, Bomb hits 2, on fire

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Day Air attack on TF at 52,100

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 28
F1M2 Pete x 4

Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 11 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CV Akagi, Bomb hits 1

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Day Air attack on TF at 52,102

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
D3A Val x 18

Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 2

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CV Enterprise, on fire, heavy damage

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Day Air attack on TF at 52,102

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 23
B5N Kate x 36

Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B5N Kate: 4 destroyed, 23 damaged

Allied Ships
CV Lexington, Bomb hits 9, Torpedo hits 6, on fire, heavy damage SUNK!!

I think the stats proove the F4F-3 to be a solid & durable fighter.

While down a bit on mvr, it is ahead on dur & armour.

The US strike suffered 20-25% loss, your counterstrikes went in piecemeal so a few raids suffered heavily and others blew through to sink 2 CV and maybe 2 CA.

Dont be surprised if the next Allied CV attack suffered 50% losses, its in the hands of the random modifier Gods.