A Hand For The Halifax

[Blake7]

The Handley Page Halifax was one of the British front-line, four-engine heavy bombers of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. A contemporary of the famous Avro Lancaster,as in the B-17 to the B-24, the Halifax remained in service until the end of the war, performing a variety of duties in addition to bombing,the foremost of which was Special Operations and Glider Towing. The Halifax was also operated by squadrons of the Royal Australian Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal New Zealand Air Force and Polish Air Force and the Free French Airforce during WW2


Is adding a fourth Heavy Bomber to the game to much.

I would like to hear how many of you would support its addition.

 

Secondlly i would like to suggest that this aircraft also be added to the AHWikipedia.

[Greebo]

I don't agree this aircraft should be added any time soon. Firstly it flew almost exclusively by night as a bomber so it has little scenario potential. Second it is slightly inferior to the Lancaster we already have WRT defensive armament, ord load and altitude performance so it won't see much MA use. A better choice for a British bomber for the MA would be the glass nosed Mosquito Mks IV and XVI. For scenarios the Wellington would be more useful.

[CAP1]

I don't agree this aircraft should be added any time soon. Firstly it flew almost exclusively by night as a bomber so it has little scenario potential. Second it is slightly inferior to the Lancaster we already have WRT defensive armament, ord load and altitude performance so it won't see much MA use. A better choice for a British bomber for the MA would be the glass nosed Mosquito Mks IV and XVI. For scenarios the Wellington would be more useful.

actually, couldn't that open up many many more scenario possibilities?

night missions!!!!!!

[Karnak]

The Lancaster and Halifax are so similar that they are functionally interchangable.  Due to that, the Halifax is a low priority aircraft.

The Mosquito B.Mk IV, Mosquito B.Mk XVI (perked) and Wellington B.Mk III would all be far better additions.

[Ruah]

I really can't support any new additions until Russian and Japanese plane sets get quite a few additions and a revision of some of the existing aircraft - some of which are quite flawed in their initial design (pre-nurfed as it were).

Eventually I think having proper 24 hour times in MA with a very active and lively night time operations planeset (insturments that are illumitated, onboard radar and such) would be fantastic. . .but for the time being the lack in russian/japanese planesets is lacking too much for this sort of thing.

but thats my opinion.

[Nilsen]

We used to have night in MA. Hopefully we will never have it again hehe.

[Bruv119]

whilst I find it very hard to not support any British plane additions,  Greebo and karnak are right.

The first bomber that has to be added IMO is either the pe-2 / tu-2. 

Then there are the other Axis ones such as the Heinkel-111, dornier 217,  g4m2 betty.

[Angus]

The Stirling might be better, for it has an impressive loadout. Something like 60 bombs if I recall right.

[Sakai]

Is adding a fourth Heavy Bomber to the game to much.

I would like to hear how many of you would support its addition.

 

Secondlly i would like to suggest that this aircraft also be added to the AHWikipedia.

The Wellington is a far better choice.

[Rino]

     Bah Mossies and Wellingtons!  More pretty boys, we need some
classic British bulldog ugly! 

     I vote for the Hampden...early war and double bagger ugly 

[PFactorDave]

We used to have night in MA. Hopefully we will never have it again hehe.

I don't even like the "twilight" phase that we get now.

[Karnak]

     Bah Mossies and Wellingtons!  More pretty boys, we need some
classic British bulldog ugly! 

     I vote for the Hampden...early war and double bagger ugly 

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Wellington?  Pretty?  Are you thinking of the same airplane I am?

[Rino]

    Well, ok..prettier? 

[Karnak]

    Well, ok..prettier? 

I dunno.  I'd rate the Hampden as being considerably prettier than the Wellington, that that that is saying a whole lot.

[Patches1]

I remember flying at night! It was fun!