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the Z in action
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 7:06 pm
by Hard Sarge
Mar 1945, Willy Messer joins his new Gruppen II JG 4 and takes to the air

RE: the Z in action
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 7:09 pm
by Hard Sarge
Alarm, Bombers are headed towards the city, scamble and intercept them

RE: the Z in action
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 2:41 pm
by Hard Sarge
Mar 2nd
Large bomber raid headed in, once the Gruppen reaches the raid, it is one of the lowest B17 raids I have seen, from 13-16 K, the Gruppen has a field day attacking, out of the sun, from underneath, from in front

RE: the Z in action
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 2:49 pm
by Hard Sarge
Mar 3rd
Scramble, another Bomber raid is headed in
ohoh, looks like they learned there lesson, this raid is between 23-25 K, and is very tuff to attack
the raid takes a pounding, as does the Gruppen, 18 planes are shot down, the Gruppen loses 4 pilots

RE: the Z in action
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 3:19 pm
by Hard Sarge
Mar 4th
today it is our turn, we are sending out a raid of our own, protect the bombers
2 P47s sneak in and try to attack the bombers as they form up, 2 P47s go down, before they can do much damage, only 1 He111 is damaged
once they are dealt with, the Gruppen regroups and heads off on a fighter sweep, to clear the skies before the bombers reach the target
soon calls are heard, fighters, pick and chose, keep the speed up and hit and run
end of the day, the Gruppen gets 14 kills, but loses 2 more pilots
losses so far are not real heavy, but the pilots lost are, Aces with 14/20/21 and 36 kills are lost
the Z is a monster, if you are able to use it right, it climbs very well, and while it is fast, it is not very fast, on the deck, it can reach around 375 mph, which will let it stay ahead of 51s, but it will not pull away or allow you to do anything fancy
if you are a sniper, this is a great plane, comes with 4 Mk 108 30mm cannons, 2 in the nose and 2 under the wings, giving a good spread (and of course, if 2 or more rounds hit, the target is history, and if 1 round hits while the rest miss, it still has a good chance to do major damage)
great plane if it can attack bombers, if it can get above before the attack begins it can make high speed diving attacks and pull right back up to alt and pick the next target, very poor plane if it loses speed and is near the stream, large target !!!
for fighters, well, good plane on the attack, wish it still had some MGs, I do like to check range/setup, before firing the big guns
if it attacks, it is murder, but is close to helpless if it is under attack, best bet is to run, LOL get to the deck and run
not too sure about the added gun paks, I do not believe they would of even tried what you are given, no reason to mount a Mk 103 30mm in the middle wing (aim/range/flightpath)
HARD_Sarge
oh 4 missions, 23 kills, 2-6-7-8, 10 fighters, 13 bombers