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Offline Flackie

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« on: January 29, 2006, 09:01:52 PM »
One quick question... what is the point of the TBM:huh it carrys less then the F4U and it is ment to be a bomber... it cant defend itself... its slow... and to top it off easy to kill:confused:
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Offline Karnak

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« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2006, 09:16:55 PM »
1)  Fighters didn't usually carry max bombloads in reality.  In AH you'd be hard pressed to find anything but the max bombload used.

2) As the war progressed fighters became more and more capable of filling multiple rolls.  Compare the TBM's payload with the F4F-4 and F4U-1, not the F4U-1D or F6F-5 as the earlier fighters are its true contemporaries.
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« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2006, 09:22:33 PM »
Yea the TBM came in before the Other corsairs so it had a "nice" bombloadout then.
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« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2006, 09:30:47 PM »
You can't compare a 1930's design TBM with a late war F4u. Its apples & oranges all over the place.

Compare it against the D3A1 "Val" Japanese dive bomber, or B5n "Kate".

You'll find it stacks up very nicely.

As to defending yourself in it, forget the rear guns. Lose your load & out fly em.
TBM will fly a LOT lower & slower and still be stable.

Or sucker em into trees, hills, etc after pinging em a time or 2.
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« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2006, 09:43:44 PM »
Fighters also don't carry torpedoes (ok, yeah, pretty useless, but that's beside the point).
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« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2006, 10:00:14 PM »
TBM has a lot to offer...

Scorepotatos can successfully up from a CV, climb to 10k, and safely bomb the harmless buildings without getting shot down, and harming their precious bomber rank.


At the same time, a crazy icehole like myself might up a TBM, fly it into a furball, and see how many people will auger trying to shoot it.


Hell, I say perk the TBM!
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« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2006, 10:25:28 PM »
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its slow... and to top it off easy to kill


So is the P40B so what's the point?

The point is, they're cool.
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« Reply #7 on: January 29, 2006, 10:31:49 PM »
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Fighters also don't carry torpedoes (ok, yeah, pretty useless, but that's beside the point).

P38 could!
MAKE P38 AVAILABLE AT CVS WITH 2 TORPEDO OPTION AND FORMATION!
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« Reply #8 on: January 29, 2006, 11:45:26 PM »
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Fighters also don't carry torpedoes (ok, yeah, pretty useless, but that's beside the point).


According to the F6F-5 Flight Manual I have...it can carrry a torpedo.
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Offline frank3

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« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2006, 09:50:13 AM »
Well the TBM is besides it's Japanese counterpart the only carrier-based bomber with level-bombing capacities.

And with around 240mph it's quite fast aswell

And what do you do when you're in a fighter with heavy bombs, and you get attacked?
You drop your bombs.
The TBM actually has some means to fight back.

And remember, it's .303 might be useless, it wasn't against Japanese fighters, generally made of rice-paper and no self-closing engines or armor


« Last Edit: January 30, 2006, 09:53:38 AM by frank3 »
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« Reply #10 on: January 30, 2006, 12:32:46 PM »
:O Fair enough :lol
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« Reply #11 on: January 30, 2006, 12:41:51 PM »
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Fighters also don't carry torpedoes (ok, yeah, pretty useless, but that's beside the point).
the 190 F8 carried torpedos
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« Reply #12 on: January 30, 2006, 12:59:19 PM »
TBMs took Sakai's eye!:furious
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« Reply #13 on: January 30, 2006, 01:01:59 PM »
Did they give it back after the war?
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« Reply #14 on: January 30, 2006, 03:32:17 PM »
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TBMs took Sakai's eye!:furious


Thought that was an SBD.
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