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Next week in the AVA--Battle of Coral Sea
« on: November 17, 2010, 07:43:56 AM »
Hi folks, we are going to try the battle of coral sea. I had trouble with this map the last time i used it, but maybe things have changed. if not this thread will be a moot point as i will change everything to another setup. for the time being this will be it:




Japan - KNIGHTS
Bases
C-52 = CV Shoho and Invasion Group I-16 (A5M Sub) and B5N
C-53 = CV Shokaku A6M2 D3A B5N
C-54 = CV Zuikaku A6M2 D3A B5N
A5 and A9 = Rabual 25th Air Flotilla A6M2  (Ju88 )
A10 = Lae I-16 A6M2
A6 and A16 I-16 B5N 25th Air Flotilla
A11 and V31 vehicles only

Axis Armament Restrictions:
I-16 Type 29 Loadout Only no Rockets or Droptanks
JU88 Torpedo or 4X 250 KLG Bombs only
GVs
LVT/A2 NOTE AT C52 ONLY *
M3
M8
PT Boats all bases

Axis Historical Skins for this battle
A6M2
Default= Tainan Air Group
Tainan NFG by busa01
Tainan CAG by Busa01
Zuikaku FG by busa01
Zuikaku FG/1AF busa01


Allied- Rooks
US Navy
C-45 USS Lexington F4F SBD TBM (TBD SUB)
C-46 USS Yorktown F4F SBD TBM

A3 P13 A14= Port Morseby and Seven Mile Strip Complex
USAAF 35th and 36th Fighter Squadrons P-39D/P-400 **
8th Light Bomber Squadron A-24 Banshee (USAAF version of SBD)
13th and 90th Bomber Squadrons B-25C
Royal Australian Air Force
P-40E 75 Squadron RAAF P-13 Only ***
V30 A63 and A12 GVs and PT Boats only

Armament restrictions:
TBMs Torpedo's only ****
B-25C Glass nose only
GVs
M3
M8 PT Boat

Allied Historical Skins For This Battle
P-39D
8FG/35FS by Larry
8FG/36FS by Fencer

P-40E
75 Sqn RAAF by FTJR

B-25C
39BG/90BS by Cactus

F4F
VF-41 is correct USN paint scheme for this battle.

Arena Settings:
Coral Sea Map
Only bases mentioned and on map above will be used all others neutral.
Killshooter is on.
Visibility is 12.0 miles
Fuel burn rate is 1.0
Ack settings are .25
Base capture: 10 troops
Radar (1943)
Sector 316,800
Tower 132,000
Icons Enemy Off
Friendly 2.4K

Designer Notes

*CVL Shoho provided air protection for the IJN Port Morseby invasion TF. No other naval units on either side was able to conduct amphibious operations. To recreate this C52 will be the only TF with LVTs.

** The 35th and 36th Fighter squadrons Operated a mix of P-39Ds and P-400s Pilots wishing to simulate the P-400 should arm with the 37mm gun package. Pilots wishing to simulate the P-39D should arm with the 20mm gun package.

*** The 35th and 36th Fighter squadrons were sent to Port Moresby to relieve RAAF 75 Sqn which only had three operational Kittyhawks during this battle. To simulate the rarity of P-40E operations for this week in time they available only a P13 and it will take some effort to get them airborne from there.

**** The TBM being limited to torpedo's only is to better reflect the limitations of the TBD Devastator.

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Re: Next week in the AVA--Battle of Coral Sea
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2010, 08:09:54 AM »
Looks good.  :aok
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Re: Next week in the AVA--Battle of Coral Sea
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2010, 08:12:30 AM »
lets just hope the map works, or I'm screwed!  :D

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Re: Next week in the AVA--Battle of Coral Sea
« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2010, 08:35:42 AM »
This one sounds fun!   :salute
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Re: Next week in the AVA--Battle of Coral Sea
« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2010, 09:48:17 AM »
no pee38's??   :cry :cry :cry :uhoh
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Re: Next week in the AVA--Battle of Coral Sea
« Reply #5 on: November 17, 2010, 10:06:45 AM »
Looks good. :)

The P-39/400 descriptions are flipped,  the P-39D had the 37mm gun.  The P-400 was the export model for the RAF who requested the 20mm.

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Re: Next week in the AVA--Battle of Coral Sea
« Reply #6 on: November 17, 2010, 10:23:58 AM »
sorry, i didnt write the setup. i just plagiarized it!  :D

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Re: Next week in the AVA--Battle of Coral Sea
« Reply #7 on: November 17, 2010, 11:57:36 AM »
Yeah Soulyss I screwed that up when I first did the setup. It was corrected, but the old writeup was used again.

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Re: Next week in the AVA--Battle of Coral Sea
« Reply #8 on: November 17, 2010, 01:22:47 PM »
Either way, looking forward to give this setup a try.  I hope the terrain cooperates.   I can't wait to try and shoot down a zero with my P-39D, by all accounts she's  just a horrible plane but I love her so. :D

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Re: Next week in the AVA--Battle of Coral Sea
« Reply #9 on: November 17, 2010, 01:24:05 PM »
WHAT ABOUT THE terrain wasn't cooperating?

 and how does the 39D fly compared to the "Q"?
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Re: Next week in the AVA--Battle of Coral Sea
« Reply #10 on: November 17, 2010, 01:31:30 PM »
WHAT ABOUT THE terrain wasn't cooperating?

 and how does the 39D fly compared to the "Q"?


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Re: Next week in the AVA--Battle of Coral Sea
« Reply #11 on: November 17, 2010, 04:12:48 PM »
Guess I better enjoy the German iron this week!  Now I don't feel so bad about not getting to play much next week.  Silly paper airplanes....  :rolleyes:
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Re: Next week in the AVA--Battle of Coral Sea
« Reply #12 on: November 17, 2010, 07:33:01 PM »
Guess I better enjoy the German iron this week!  Now I don't feel so bad about not getting to play much next week.  Silly paper airplanes....  :rolleyes:

The Zeke rocks!  :aok

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Re: Next week in the AVA--Battle of Coral Sea
« Reply #13 on: November 17, 2010, 10:43:34 PM »
shifty, take a look at the setup and make sure its ok. thanks-- :salute

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Re: Next week in the AVA--Battle of Coral Sea
« Reply #14 on: November 18, 2010, 07:01:17 AM »
shifty, take a look at the setup and make sure its ok. thanks-- :salute

It looks good to me. The only problem is my mistake on the P-39s. I thought we had it fixed but it keeps popping up and I can seem to find the corrected post. Anyway I appreciate you giving it a second try.
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