Bristol Beaufighter

[Karnak]

4 * 250 = 1000 not 2000. 

Still, a lot of Hispano ammo.

[Fish42]

4 * 250 = 1000 not 2000. 

Still, a lot of Hispano ammo.

 

[Butcher]

http://www.wlu.ca/lcmsds/cmh/back%20issues/CMH/volume%204/Issue%202/Brown%20-%20Indian%20days%20and%20Burmese%20Nights%20-%20Flying%20Beaufighters%20in%20Southeast%20Asia%20with%20177%20RAF%20Squadron.pdf

On page 19 he talks about using all 250 RPG.

I have seen numbers all around this in other sources.  Also 1000rpg for the 303s have been mentioned too. so if these numbers are right... thats 1000 20mm rounds and 6000 303 rounds. But I need to find the old documents that show that (I am at work so not able to search easy).

Early Beaus had 240rpg and upgraded to 283rpg in 1942.

[Volron]

I don't want it.

Why?

Because I didn't wish for it.

Why?

Because there was already a wish for it.

Why?

Because I want it.

 

[bozon]

Thing is though is HTC going to model the 20mm's with the drums or the belts?  If they model the belts then the Beau will be nearly equal to the Mossi, or maybe even step higher in terms of ammo capacity.

Mosquitoes F.II loaded 220-240 RPG when going on intruder missions. I don't know if that was used in FB.VI or if it was even possible.

[shoresroad]

+1 for the Beaufighter

[Karnak]

Mosquitoes F.II loaded 220-240 RPG when going on intruder missions. I don't know if that was used in FB.VI or if it was even possible.

Per the RAF Museum's reply to me when I asked, per the maintenance manual for the FB.Mk VI could do 150 rounds per gun or an overload of 175 rounds per gun.  I forwarded that email to HTC when they added the Mossie.

I seem to recall reading that the Mk 30 carried more as well, though I'd have to go digging for that info.

[TGG93]

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That top story is interesting.



"Bristol Beaufighter Mark IC, T4800 ‘ND-C’, of No. 236 Squadron of the Royal Air Force. T4800 was flown on an unusual mission by Flight Lieutenant A.K. Gatward along with his navigator Sergeant G. Fern on the 12th of June 1942. After taking off from Thorney Island in West Sussex, the aircraft flew at low level to occupied Paris and dropped a French tricolour flag on the Arc de Triomphe in an act of defiance before strafing the Gestapo Headquarters in the Ministere de la Marine with cannon fire. Upon returning safely, Flight Lieutenant Gatward was immediately awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross."

[Guppy35]

We would need a Mustang I with two 50 cals and 4 30 cals.

The escorts were Mustang III and IV. Way up thread I posted a photo of a Beau with an escorting RAF Mustang III.

The Mustang I were army co-op/recce birds.

[Karnak]

What is the consensus as to which version of the Beaufighter should be added?  The versions I see mentioned most often are the Mk VI, Mk X and Mk.21.  Mk I doesn't seem to come up often.

[Scherf]

Mosquitoes F.II loaded 220-240 RPG when going on intruder missions. I don't know if that was used in FB.VI or if it was even possible.

I believe those were the 25 F.II Intruder "Specials" for 23 Squadron from mid-42 onwards. They took a couple to the Med with them, one flew there until mid-43, eventually became a training aircraft.

[Scherf]

What is the consensus as to which version of the Beaufighter should be added?  The versions I see mentioned most often are the Mk VI, Mk X and Mk.21.  Mk I doesn't seem to come up often.

I'd reckon we'd need a variety - an early night-fighter Desert jobbie, a Torbeau, and a rocket-equipped strafer spring to mind.

[Reaper90]

The Whirlwind would eat its lunch. 

Just sayin'.

 

[Scherf]

Hmmm, no rockets, no torp, 60 rounds per gun.

Different kettle of fish.

But I guess you knew that.

 

[Karnak]

I'd reckon we'd need a variety - an early night-fighter Desert jobbie, a Torbeau, and a rocket-equipped strafer spring to mind.

Thing is, I'd be willing to bet that when we get the Beaufighter we only get one version of it.  We only had a single mark of the Mossie for nearly a decade and are still missing core versions of the Mossie.  I really don't see use getting more than one Beaufighter, so the question is which makes the most sense and can any of them bye hybrided the way the I-16 is to effectively give us two or three versions all in one package?