Air transport of units

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TanakaRaizo
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Air transport of units

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Hello
I paradroped a slnf in port blair and then wanted to send engineers and JNAF coy but nothing happens, Even if i tried during numerous days with planes with high morale / support / supply and in size 4 airbase.
Same story in magwe few weeks later.
It s strange because in a previous pbem i did the same move and it worked well.
Did i missed something
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The TOE of certain engineer units often have heavy items like bulldozers, halftracks and trucks that couldn't be air-lifted the by aircraft of the time. If I recall you can't air transport a non-squad or non-engineer device with a load cost >9. Also, make sure the unit you are trying to move isn't in a restricted command.
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Thanks for the answer
I dedicated small engineers companies (coy) for my second air waves they have only enginneers squads and support squads
To ne clear it worked perfectly from samah to saigon but not from saigon to port blair… with the same air and land units
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keep in mind that the amount of weight (the game uses a point system IIRC) a transport plane can carry or "drop" is also impacted by range to the DZ. If in normal range it can carry more but if in extended range, capability falls off...
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TanakaRaizo wrote: Sat Jul 13, 2024 4:09 pm To be clear it worked perfectly from samah to saigon but not from saigon to port blair… with the same air and land units
Out of curiosity which model of Japanese transport plane are you trying to use? Outside of the Mavis-transport type (maybe) there don't seem to be any with the range to fly from Saigon to Port Blair and back.
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Air transport and airdrop are two separate things. Air transport is base to base where the aircaft land carrying anything with a size <=9. Airdrop is base to hex where the ac do not land but para drop. The aircraft are now limited to carrying device <=6.

Range only plays a part in which of these to missions it can carry out. It has no direct affect on what it can carry. Air transport missions are up to half the max range of the ac while for airdrop missions it is the normal range.

Please read the AIr War Guide it will answer nearly ever question you have on the air war. https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/view ... 3&t=396274

In this case page 32/33 it is also in the new manual 7.2.4.
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Hello
Thanks for your help i will read that.

Just to give some precisions :
During the first days of december I concentrated my para, the small eng and air support units and dozzens of topsy and thalia in bangcok (and not saigon sorry). During this process i made air transport between takao and samah, samah and chiang-may and samah and bangcok.
Then I sent the first raiding reg in port Blair, took it back for future opérations.
Then when i wanted to send engineers nothing happens. Maybe it’s due to airfield damage ??
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Screenshots of bases and units would help. It is either high airfield damage or landlocked engineer units. IIRC you can airlift landlocked units in fact, but only between bases with matching command. Heavy machinery in engineers TOE does not prevent airlift of lighter squads, given that airlift is legit
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TanakaRaizo wrote: Sun Jul 14, 2024 11:23 am Hello
Thanks for your help i will read that.

Just to give some precisions :
During the first days of december I concentrated my para, the small eng and air support units and dozzens of topsy and thalia in bangcok (and not saigon sorry). During this process i made air transport between takao and samah, samah and chiang-may and samah and bangcok.
Then I sent the first raiding reg in port Blair, took it back for future opérations.
Then when i wanted to send engineers nothing happens. Maybe it’s due to airfield damage ??
In stock at the start Chiang Mai AF is too small for offensive operation which an air trnasfer is classified as. It needs to be level 2 and if your engineers were there nothing will happen.
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