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Level bombers mining!
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:05 pm
by castor troy
Can someone please tell me how I can figure out how many mines my level bombers can carry? And what type of mine? Allied, Japanese?
Thanks
RE: Level bombers mining!
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:13 pm
by DuckofTindalos
The Japs don't get to mine Allied harbours. And while I don't know how many mines the bombers can carry, I doubt it can be more than a nuisance level field.
RE: Level bombers mining!
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:20 pm
by Sardaukar
1 per bomber.
RE: Level bombers mining!
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:26 pm
by DuckofTindalos
Seriously? That's even less than I thought!
RE: Level bombers mining!
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:46 pm
by EUBanana
Can you lay them at night?
...and can any bomber lay mines? Medium bombers?
Maybe I found a use for my Mitchells. [:D]
RE: Level bombers mining!
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:50 pm
by Speedysteve
No medium bombers allowed i'm afraid
RE: Level bombers mining!
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 1:42 pm
by DuckofTindalos
However, it's not just US bombers that get to lay them, as I'd previously thought. I've just had British Liberator VI's drop mines in Rangoon harbour.
RE: Level bombers mining!
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:10 pm
by Gem35
Mitchell bombers are great to have ! alot better than Bolo's [;)] Load em up on the hornet and...welll,, you know the rest of that story [:D]
RE: Level bombers mining!
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:18 pm
by rtrapasso
ORIGINAL: Gem35
Mitchell bombers are great to have ! alot better than Bolo's [;)] Load em up on the hornet and...welll,, you know the rest of that story [:D]
I know you can fly off Land based aircraft - but i thought that was only on transfers. Can you actually simulate something like a Doolittle raid with this?
RE: Level bombers mining!
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:19 pm
by DuckofTindalos
No.[:)]
RE: Level bombers mining!
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:27 pm
by Gem35
I was more or less being tongue in cheek, Rtrapasso [:)]. Would make for an interesting patch if they did allow it though hehe.
RE: Level bombers mining!
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:19 pm
by cyberwop36
ORIGINAL: EUBanana
Can you lay them at night?
...and can any bomber lay mines? Medium bombers?
Maybe I found a use for my Mitchells. [:D]
Man I use them at low level and they just rip up jap merchant ships. Not bad at AF attacks if used with heavies.
RE: Level bombers mining!
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:25 pm
by doktorblood
Are you sure Jap planes can't sew mines? The Jap Type 3 aerial mine is in the data base. Never tried it though.
RE: Level bombers mining!
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:26 pm
by Brady
The Japanese should be able to lay mines, I beleave from what I recall, this is alowed in the game, in a maner similar to the way the Allies do it.
RE: Level bombers mining!
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:29 pm
by rtrapasso
But if you need 4 engine bombers to lay mines, how to the Japanese do it?[&:]
RE: Level bombers mining!
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:30 pm
by castor troy
The Japanese are definetly able to lay mines in the game (city attack). I just didn´t know that each bomber lays just one mine.
RE: Level bombers mining!
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:34 pm
by Brady
The Japanese Air Deleavered mines were carried by a varity of plane types, or could be afik.
RE: Level bombers mining!
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:36 pm
by castor troy
IIRC I can lay mines as Japanese with Sally, Betty, Nell, Helen. Don´t know about the Lily or the later models. Japs use 2 E bombers to lay mines.
RE: Level bombers mining!
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:37 pm
by Bradley7735
I believe the rule is that you need level bombers. That would be B-25's, Sallies, Nells, B-29's, whatever.
I don't think tactical bombers can lay mines in the game.
I'm also not sure what size airfield and/or port is needed to fly the missions. I think I remember reading in a post that you need a size 9 port to lay mines with air groups. If that's the case, then you're really limited on air mining.
RE: Level bombers mining!
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:40 pm
by rtrapasso
ORIGINAL: Bradley7735
I believe the rule is that you need level bombers. That would be B-25's, Sallies, Nells, B-29's, whatever.
I don't think tactical bombers can lay mines in the game.
I'm also not sure what size airfield and/or port is needed to fly the missions. I think I remember reading in a post that you need a size 9 port to lay mines with air groups. If that's the case, then you're really limited on air mining.
So Speedy's statement is not correct? B-25s CAN lay mines? When is a 2-engine level bomber considered "tactical"? Hudsons? Blenheims? B-26s? etc.