Originally posted by Ball
The 88 would be fun, wouldnt have prox fuses for puffy ack tho - would make it quite difficult to hit anything with an individual gun.
The 88mm's used a timed fuse and coordination from central fire control director.
Tilt had an interesting idea on how to do this in the 88mm FlaK 36 thread:
http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=198029&highlight=FlakA manned 88 mm or 5" ground gun does not need the proxy fusing when firing AA it just needs a timer function for fuse setting.
When in the gun what ever control is set to normally set the engine rpm on an AC can be used to set the time delay on the fuse. The readout could be in seconds or the read out could convert the fuse delay time to an equivalent range to detonation.
Of course, then it comes down to the timing element in the simple aiming sites used in-game. FlaK36 in AA role had central fire control centers with the fancy optics and communications to radar stations, to determine direction, speed, and altitude of the target.... that was transmitted to the guns, where crew set the fuze and they fired. Considering the carpet of ack you see in many WWII bomber films, they were pretty accurate too.
Or, for simplicity's sake, since the code is already there for 5 inch guns and auto puffy ack already, and the end result is very similar, using that code in place of coming up with a whole new AA site for the vehicle could be an alternative. KISS principle.
