Just Updating MY list...

[swareiam]

Aircraft wishlist:

Yokosuka D4Y2a "Judy" Dive Bomber - Fastest dive bomber of the war.

Mitsubishi G4M3 - A more realistic EW Jap level bomber. Yep, it has a rear 20 mm mounted.

Heinkel He 111 - BoB could use it...

Tupolev Tu-2 "Bat" - Designed for all mission roles;

Escort Fighter
Long Range Bomber
Ground Attack
Torpedo Bomber

Reformation of the P-40 SERIES

P-40B - Stays the same

P-40E - Remove the War Emergency Power, 2,320 produced.

P-40F/L - Change out the Allison for a Merlin and lengthen the fuselage a bit. Three hard points for ordnance and 4 or 6 50 cals.

P-40N - Most numerious version produced 5,220.

Loadout Options:

Light - 4 or 6 50 cals
P-40s BEST Rate of Climb = 1920 fpm

Heavy - 6 cals three hard points for 2,000 lbs. of bombs


List is updated...


 

[Clone155]

The P40N sounds cool, would it be a mid war plane?

[swareiam]

The P40N sounds cool, would it be a mid war plane?

Believe it or not. Yep... The P-40N would be a Mid War model;

The first production block was the P-40N-1-CU. It appeared in March of 1943, still powered by the Allison V-1710-81 engine, but with 122 gallons of internal fuel and a generally lighter structure than its predecessors. With weight reduced to 6000 pounds empty, 7400 pounds gross, and 8850 pounds maximum, the N-1 was the fastest P-40 service variant and was intended for high altitude combat. Maximum speed was 378 mph at 10,500 feet and service ceiling was 38,000 feet. An altitude of 15,000 feet could be attained in 6.7 minutes. Armament consisted of four 0.50-inch machine guns in the wings. Four hundred P-40N-1-CUs were built.

It saw combat for the first time shortly after that.

 

[phatzo]

  +1 on the p-40n

[Karnak]

G4M3 was an extremely late war version of the 'Betty' that saw very little combat.  It had a fully protected fuel system at the expense of fuel capacity and had multiple 20mm cannons.

The version we'd want is the G4M1 or G4M2.

[Saxman]

G4M3 was an extremely late war version of the 'Betty' that saw very little combat.  It had a fully protected fuel system at the expense of fuel capacity and had multiple 20mm cannons.

The version we'd want is the G4M1 or G4M2.

I'd say make the G4M1 or 2 the priority add, but include the 3 to give the Japanese a level bomber that would at least be MARGINALLY survivable (those four 20mm emplacements would make her nasty to deal with).

[Clone155]

I'd say make the G4M1 or 2 the priority add, but include the 3 to give the Japanese a level bomber that would at least be MARGINALLY survivable (those four 20mm emplacements would make her nasty to deal with).

And possibly perkable?

[Infidelz]

The P-40, even at its best as the F would not be perkable. The had the best performance of the lot with the merlin engine. It is discernable by the lack of scoop over the spinner. it carried 6 fifty.

Infidelz.

[swareiam]

The P-40, even at its best as the F would not be perkable. The had the best performance of the lot with the merlin engine. It is discernable by the lack of scoop over the spinner. it carried 6 fifty.

Infidelz.

Where'd you get that information? The merlin didn't give the "F" model better performance than the "N" with an Allison. Think about that one...