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Offline Saxman

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Re: B25 and HVAR
« Reply #15 on: October 21, 2009, 04:30:26 PM »
Quote from: Spikes on October 21, 2009, 04:24:52 PM

Personally, if there is a plane that does it better, you'll more than likely see that plane more (in this instance, IL2). I know it is used, but I see the IL2 a helluva lot more than the 25H,

That'll change REALLY quick if the 25H gets AP rounds....
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Re: B25 and HVAR
« Reply #16 on: October 21, 2009, 04:33:57 PM »
Quote from: Saxman on October 21, 2009, 04:30:26 PM
That'll change REALLY quick if the 25H gets AP rounds....
Oh definitely, it will also be used more in the A2G attack role other than CAS with those 8 HVAR's.
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Re: B25 and HVAR
« Reply #17 on: October 21, 2009, 05:45:04 PM »
HVAR and AP for the B-25 are the two things I actually want more for this game than the A-26...it is close though  :x
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Re: B25 and HVAR
« Reply #18 on: October 21, 2009, 05:51:06 PM »
I'd also like the ability to lock the top turret in the forward position.


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Re: B25 and HVAR
« Reply #19 on: October 21, 2009, 07:24:32 PM »
Quote from: Spikes on October 21, 2009, 04:24:52 PM

Personally, if there is a plane that does it better, you'll more than likely see that plane more (in this instance, IL2). I know it is used, but I see the IL2 a helluva lot more than the 25H,
It's not a matter of personal opinion, the B-25H can commonly be found at GV battles. It's not, as you say, as popular as the Il-2, but the La 7 is not as popular as the P51, and it's certainly not a hangar queen.
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Re: B25 and HVAR
« Reply #20 on: October 21, 2009, 07:29:43 PM »
Quote from: Ack-Ack on October 21, 2009, 05:51:06 PM
I'd also like the ability to lock the top turret in the forward position.


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Especially if we get a J gunship with the twelve .50s in the nose and cheeks. 14 Deuces FTW!

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Re: B25 and HVAR
« Reply #21 on: October 21, 2009, 08:27:14 PM »
Quote from: Saxman on October 21, 2009, 07:29:43 PM
Especially if we get a J gunship with the twelve .50s in the nose and cheeks. 14 Deuces FTW!

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Wow...I didn't even know those existed until now!

I had great fun with 'only' 8 .50s today, using them to blind a silly wirble till I took it out with my 75mm  :D
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Re: B25 and HVAR
« Reply #22 on: October 21, 2009, 08:33:24 PM »
Quote from: Yossarian on October 21, 2009, 08:27:14 PM
Wow...I didn't even know those existed until now!

I had great fun with 'only' 8 .50s today, using them to blind a silly wirble till I took it out with my 75mm  :D



Feel free to count 'em. 8 in the nose, two in each cheek.

This one looks like it's missing the top turret, but many had it locked forward for a total of 14 forward .50 cal.
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Re: B25 and HVAR
« Reply #23 on: October 21, 2009, 09:45:18 PM »
Oh...dear...that looks too awesome for words  :O :aok
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Re: B25 and HVAR
« Reply #24 on: October 22, 2009, 12:02:20 AM »
Quote from: Saxman on October 21, 2009, 08:33:24 PM
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Feel free to count 'em. 8 in the nose, two in each cheek.

This one looks like it's missing the top turret, but many had it locked forward for a total of 14 forward .50 cal.
It is a J model we don't have that version?
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Re: B25 and HVAR
« Reply #25 on: October 22, 2009, 12:16:17 AM »
Yes I know. I'm saying I wish we HAD the J so we could have the strafer version.
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Re: B25 and HVAR
« Reply #26 on: October 22, 2009, 01:13:01 PM »
How different was the -H from the -J (also, what happened to the B-25I)?  I read that the top turret was in a different location, but that's all I know.
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Re: B25 and HVAR
« Reply #27 on: October 22, 2009, 01:51:05 PM »
Main difference between the H and J was the nose and armament. The B-25J had the full-length nose like the C/D, and was built in both glass-nosed and solid-nosed versions. The 25J didn't have the cannon, but the gunship variants had a TON of .50cal up front (as seen in that pic). The dorsal turret was in roughly the same location (B-25H moved the turret forward just aft the cockpit, whereas the G and earlier it was further aft, as in our C/D).

There was no "I" because it looked too much like a number 1, so was skipped for clarity (same reason that I believe there's never been an "O" variant of an American aircraft). The same is the case with the P-38, which also jumped from H to J.

Incidentally, I could have SWORN I saw a pic somewhere of a 25J that had FOUR .50cal on each cheek (two pods of two on each side) for a total of 14 guns in the nose and cheeks. Will need to see if I can find it.
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Re: B25 and HVAR
« Reply #28 on: October 22, 2009, 02:19:26 PM »
Quote from: Stoney on October 20, 2009, 08:12:52 AM
Well, remember that in version 2.15 they changed the way the ordnance system works for the aircraft models, so I think we'll see a change going forward.

Yep, I'm free of that constraint now.
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Re: B25 and HVAR
« Reply #29 on: October 22, 2009, 02:26:09 PM »
Quote from: Pyro on October 22, 2009, 02:19:26 PM
Yep, I'm free of that constraint now.

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