Author Topic: What model will it be, HTC? (Read 1888 times)

Karnak · « **Reply #30 on:** April 10, 2007, 11:20:25 AM »

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Originally posted by Rino
The 5th AF was at the back end of the supply chain...playing 2nd or 3rd
fiddle to the European and Med theaters as regards resupply. It wouldn't
be all that far out of line for a flyable aircraft to continue to be used even
if not perfect.

Not in the condition described there it wouldn't. That is so far from perfect it isn't funny. Crabbing through the sky would mean that it couldn't keep up with the other bombers or that the whole formation would need to go much slower. Also, we go back to the 213 sorties of the Mosquito B.Mk IX as being the established record number of sorties by an airframe in WWII.

Sorry, it looks very much to me to be the same as the outlandishly optimistic Japanese kill claims.

Ball · « **Reply #31 on:** April 10, 2007, 12:19:13 PM »

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Originally posted by mentalguy
That's the most annoying part.

LOL nicely done sir

Bor3d · « **Reply #32 on:** April 10, 2007, 11:20:10 PM »

I hope we get the H model, that'll be brutal in TT

SkyRock · « **Reply #33 on:** April 10, 2007, 11:57:03 PM »

nickf620 · « **Reply #34 on:** April 11, 2007, 01:41:52 AM »

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Originally posted by Bor3d
I hope we get the H model, that'll be brutal in TT

and now think of how hard that thing will be to aim

tedrbr · « **Reply #35 on:** April 11, 2007, 02:10:50 AM »

quote:Originally posted by Bor3d
I hope we get the H model, that'll be brutal in TT

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Originally posted by nickf620
and now think of how hard that thing will be to aim

Why think? Simulate.

Grab a B-26, run it at less than full power to simulate the B-25's performance. Try to tag a tank in TT with a single ping/quick, short burst from the forward .50's (to simulate the 75mm with it's slow firing, manually loaded - while not under G's - system) before an Ostie, M16, or fighter takes you out. You see a hit sprite, you can figure a hit (but not necessarily a kill.)

Figure at least 5 seconds between shots and 20 shots at most. Loader unstraps a round, puts the round in the loader, rams the round home, closes the breach, and informs the pilot the round is up..... all while not under pulling G's with the platform (that one might be hard to simulate in-game).

B-25 with an 75mm on-board for anti-shipping is not an A-10.

brucerer · « **Reply #36 on:** April 11, 2007, 02:55:58 AM »

An A-10 would be cool. We could pretend it came through a Red-Alert Chronoshift

Simaril · « **Reply #37 on:** April 11, 2007, 12:25:25 PM »

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Originally posted by brucerer
An A-10 would be cool. We could pretend it came through a Red-Alert Chronoshift

Or Not.