Tool sheds my b*tt

[CHECKERS]

Originally posted by FTSnafu
Have you ever tried to do a bombing run ......

 Nope

[Oldman731]

Originally posted by Hoarach
Other times we would be vulching and some bomber pilot comes in and bombs the FHs getting rid of the easy kills.  

Oh, the humanity.

- oldman

[ALF]

Originally posted by bj229r
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Wind was at 16k, most folks come in under 10

I typically came in at 20-25k because that was an altitude that allowed enough time to make your bombing run without interception if the NME wasnt paying attention.  Now you basically cant bomb effectively above 16k so fighters can reach you in the time it takes to reach the base after the flashing/radar starts.....result....why come in high when you can some in low as dirt.  Gameplay has been negatively effected.

Fortunately I like flying fighter too.

[bj229r]

Originally posted by ALF
I typically came in at 20-25k because that was an altitude that allowed enough time to make your bombing run without interception if the NME wasnt paying attention.  Now you basically cant bomb effectively above 16k so fighters can reach you in the time it takes to reach the base after the flashing/radar starts.....result....why come in high when you can some in low as dirt.  Gameplay has been negatively effected.

Fortunately I like flying fighter too.

 

You mean because of the clouds? They also seem to be about 16k..same difference I spose--I fly B24's a bit, and ALWAYS bomb at 16k, and find 95% of the enemy below me--doing 2-3 passes over same base is usually only thing that gives em a chance at me

[Howitzer]

Well I haven't seen Snafu post in a while, so I assume he realizes his thread was pwned.  =)

In any case Snafu, you will see after you have been here a while that if you have 6 or 7 guys who know what they are doing you can take any base on the map.  I'm serious about that, any base on the map.  And to cap it off, you don't need a single bomber, besides the c47.  You aren't going to get any sympathy from me either about the guns on a a bomber.  Take up any fighter you want, and try and shoot down 999000 in 17s or 24s.  Get out of that deathstar and hop into an xwing for a while, its rough at first, but once you get started, I bet you won't go back.  

[dedalos]

Originally posted by CHECKERS

Originally posted by FTSnafu
Have you ever tried to do a bombing run ......

 Nope

 

[Ted Strykker]

Quote:And none of this low level crap where it was a one way trip either! A "Normal" High Alt drop, like bombing is suppose to be done...

Then what of the B-25's in the Pacific fitted with extra cannons for low-level straffing,what about "skip bombing",oh and The Doolittle Raid?


Quote:
Japanese army cargo vessel, part of a convoy transporting Allied prisoners of war, sunk by bombs from USAAF B-24s about two hundred miles southwest of Rangoon, Burma. (13º30'N 97º30'E) Also part of the convoy, the army cargo ship Moji Maru, was damaged. Around 500 Allied prisons-of-war on board the Nichimei were lost.

Casualties of WAR

[hubsonfire]

Great, you have 2 specific applications of atypical toolshedding tactics geared toward specific targets (A strike on Japan to break their morale and boost ours, and strafing lightly defended boats).

However, we have neither B25s setup for antishipping roles, nor lightened, stripped b26s for carrier service.