Mulberry/ Beachead Establishment

[Impakt]

As is, CVs are used to get close to and then capture bases. It would be interesting if LTVs could establish a "beachead" on any coastal land (say by landing 40 troops (paratroops could account up to 10) and then a GV carrier ship could build a "Mulberry" on that beachhead---in essence establishing a vehicle hangar there. Now vehicles could spawn and roll from the beachead. Sort of a mobile vehicle base, maybe if it survives distant spawnpoints could spawn as if the beachead were a V-base.

[Strip]

I like this idea!!!

Hard to code possibly...

How much ord to kill it?

Strip

[fudgums]

 

[VansCrew1]

Well if you do that, then you can set up a beachhead on an island that dose not have a base on it.

How would it be destroyed?
Would it have ack/dar/barracks/ord bunkers?

It would be difficult to make a VH pop up at a beachhead. Dont see it happening anytime soon, but i like the idea.

[Impakt]

I would think that a beachhead would be tied to the ships that supply it. So, lose the CV group and attendant ships---lose beachead. Might mean you need some new ships. GV carrier, Ammunition ship (functions as beachead ords), etc. Maybe these ships would constitute their own task group--with their own escorts. Maybe even Escort Carriers with a limited # of ord-less, fighter only planes---F4F-4, FM-2, A6m-2---. Good question---not sure how it should be resolved---just tossing ideas.


Oh and the GV ship could spawn Amphious Shermans to swim in with the LTVs.

[Impakt]

Some further thoughts.
  (1) GV ship would function as GV hangar it would dock with Mullberry.
  (2) Mullberry could either magically appear once requisite infantry levels are reached, or be a device towed by tugboats in the fleet that need to be beached.
  (3) A Mullberry/ beachead base would spawn for each 10 factors of inf there would be 1 man-able 50 cal position, at 40 factors 2 x 37mm with armor piercing ammo only would add in. Once the GV vehicle ship docks 17 Pounder Anti-Tank positions appear with HE and AP (same gun as on Firefly so no new code. So, and operable Mulb/beach would have 4 50s, 2 x 37mm AT, and 2 x 76 mm AT/ AP. Anti-Aircraft would have to be provided by Wirbels and Osts and whatever ak is on GV carrier.

  (4) There are all sorts of supply possibilities---i.e., resupplying a beachhead by air if fleet goes down but Mulb/ Inf emplacements still up. Re-dock another ship and beachead running again as V base.

[zoozoo]

 

[splitatom]

Some further thoughts.
  (1) GV ship would function as GV hangar it would dock with Mullberry.
  (2) Mullberry could either magically appear once requisite infantry levels are reached, or be a device towed by tugboats in the fleet that need to be beached.
  (3) A Mullberry/ beachead base would spawn for each 10 factors of inf there would be 1 man-able 50 cal position, at 40 factors 2 x 37mm with armor piercing ammo only would add in. Once the GV vehicle ship docks 17 Pounder Anti-Tank positions appear with HE and AP (same gun as on Firefly so no new code. So, and operable Mulb/beach would have 4 50s, 2 x 37mm AT, and 2 x 76 mm AT/ AP. Anti-Aircraft would have to be provided by Wirbels and Osts and whatever ak is on GV carrier.

  (4) There are all sorts of supply possibilities---i.e., resupplying a beachhead by air if fleet goes down but Mulb/ Inf emplacements still up. Re-dock another ship and beachead running again as V base.

you forgot the barage baloons

[Coog03]