Author Topic: New bomber? (Read 1825 times)

brady · « **Reply #15 on:** September 20, 2004, 01:31:14 AM »

B-25 would imo be as bad as the B-24, we have a B-26, why do we nead another US med. bomber presently.

DoKGonZo · « **Reply #16 on:** September 20, 2004, 01:39:06 AM »

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Originally posted by brady
B-25 would imo be as bad as the B-24, we have a B-26, why do we nead another US med. bomber presently.

We don't - my point was that the B25 would be more useful in the MA. But since hardly anyone flies B17's or Lancs above 2000 feet anyway, I doubt a B24 would change much. Unless they model the special cow-catcher package.

-DoK

Dowding · « **Reply #17 on:** September 20, 2004, 08:06:01 AM »

Personally think we need the He-111 and Pe-2.

DoKGonZo · « **Reply #18 on:** September 20, 2004, 09:04:00 AM »

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Originally posted by Dowding
Personally think we need the He-111 and Pe-2.

Pe-2 would have much more survivability in the MA and would kind of fill the niche the Mosi had has a penetration bomber. But, I'll still be surprised if that's what gets added.

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #19 on:** September 20, 2004, 09:50:08 AM »

What are you talking about? The Il2 is the deadliest plane in the whole game.

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #20 on:** September 20, 2004, 10:12:33 AM »

IL2 is one of the best fighters in the game, but its not much of a bomber...

DoKGonZo · « **Reply #21 on:** September 20, 2004, 10:20:09 AM »

... what he said ... lousy payload and so slow you can't even call it "slow" without making it sound faster than it is.

Furball · « **Reply #22 on:** September 20, 2004, 11:08:21 AM »

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Originally posted by DoKGonZo
... what he said ... lousy payload and so slow you can't even call it "slow" without making it sound faster than it is.

yup, as i said above, can hardly be classed as a bomber.

over 1,000 Tu2's in wartime service btw.

Pe-2 would be nice, but the way i see it is its just not uber enough for the MA.. maybe a Tu-2 with very small perk cost.

imagine it... drop your bombs, turn tail and go for the fighters with the 2 wing mounted 20mm's

Reschke · « **Reply #23 on:** September 20, 2004, 11:33:46 AM »

I would love to see the TU-2 in the game but I doubt it will happen anytime soon.

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #24 on:** September 20, 2004, 11:50:03 AM »

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Originally posted by Furball

imagine it... drop your bombs, turn tail and go for the fighters with the 2 wing mounted 20mm's

Not 20mm, the TU2 has the IL2s 23mm...

Furball · « **Reply #25 on:** September 20, 2004, 11:57:41 AM »

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Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
Not 20mm, the TU2 has the IL2s 23mm...

wow... if we get it... it will be the perfect anti-vulch plane...

i'll do you a deal grun, you do the HO the vulcher routine that you currently do in an IL-2, i'll multicrew and get in the tailguns

DoKGonZo · « **Reply #26 on:** September 20, 2004, 12:20:07 PM »

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Originally posted by Furball
yup, as i said above, can hardly be classed as a bomber.

over 1,000 Tu2's in wartime service btw.

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I seem to recall only 500 produced before war's end.

-DoK

United · « **Reply #27 on:** September 20, 2004, 03:44:59 PM »

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Originally posted by Karnak
There is no hard nosed B-24 version with twelve .50 caliber machine guns and there is no hard nosed B-24 version with a 75mm cannon in the nose.

I meant in a bombing aspect, but oh well.

As of now, i dont really care what it is, as long as theres a screenshot posted soon!

Arlo · « **Reply #28 on:** September 20, 2004, 04:08:01 PM »

Throw the Italians a frickin' bone!

Dowding · « **Reply #29 on:** September 20, 2004, 04:11:34 PM »

Either the Pe-2 or the Tu-2 was not going to be modelled by HTC because of the lack of availability of internal photos. Might have changed, but I haven't seen anything that would indicate that.