Me410

[iron650]

I've been seeing B17s a lot higher than I see b29s since I started here.

Same.

[Ack-Ack]

Lets also keep in mind that the B-29 was the only long rang bomber to bomb Japan most of the war and well into Korean war too.

Ummm...you're forgetting the B-24. It was able to fly from forward bases in the Aleutians and hit the northern island of Japan.

ack-ack

[Babalonian]

it was in the poll last time we got to vote on new plane.. it lost though, everyone wanted the stupid B29 instead.


you also forgot to mention the BK 5 50mm cannon.   

It far from lost, it got 2nd place!  I predict we'll have it in-game before Christmas.

[oakranger]

Ummm...you're forgetting the B-24. It was able to fly from forward bases in the Aleutians and hit the northern island of Japan.

ack-ack

That just islands of Japan, but you are right.  I should have siad main land of Japan. 

[EagleDNY]

I'm still +1 on the 410.  I voted for it last time.  With the different armament options, I think it would get a fair bit of use. 

[Tupac]

I give this a prus rone

[iron650]

How about the 50mm cannon is a separate loadout? Then there's the Mg 151, etc I mentioned earlier.

[Ack-Ack]

The Me 410A-1/U4 with the 50mm cannon would be far more successful in AH than it was in real life.  In fact, in real life the 50mm was basically useless as the pilot had to close in as close as 450 yards to have any chance of hitting a bomber and after a round or two the 50mm cannon would usually jam. 

ack-ack

[W7LPNRICK]

That would suck. 

[Krusty]

The Me 410A-1/U4 with the 50mm cannon would be far more successful in AH than it was in real life.  In fact, in real life the 50mm was basically useless as the pilot had to close in as close as 450 yards to have any chance of hitting a bomber and after a round or two the 50mm cannon would usually jam. 

ack-ack

There were quite a number armed with it, and hit they did (when they weren't intercepted by the escorts, naturally). So jammed or not, there ya have it. There's a large group of folks that suggest it's an absolute requirement for a 410 in this game. If you recall I was against it initially. However, our B-25H is a million more times effective than the thing was in real life as well, hasn't caused any complaints there.

[W7LPNRICK]

There were quite a number armed with it, and hit they did (when they weren't intercepted by the escorts, naturally). So jammed or not, there ya have it. There's a large group of folks that suggest it's an absolute requirement for a 410 in this game. If you recall I was against it initially. However, our B-25H is a million more times effective than the thing was in real life as well, hasn't caused any complaints there.

I used to kill the cruiser with 7 shots from the "H", not anymore...what happened? 

[JOACH1M]

+1 to 410

[alpini13]

   +1

[iron650]

There were quite a number armed with it, and hit they did (when they weren't intercepted by the escorts, naturally). So jammed or not, there ya have it. There's a large group of folks that suggest it's an absolute requirement for a 410 in this game. If you recall I was against it initially. However, our B-25H is a million more times effective than the thing was in real life as well, hasn't caused any complaints there.

The U-4 models carried the 50mm. There were reports of 8 rocket launched tubes. The A series was a light bomber and the B followed for a little.

[Krusty]

It's not that it was a bomber or a fighter. It was really both. There was nothing limiting an A to only dropping bombs and a B only carrying guns, for example. There are lots of test setups that never worked and lots of myths about what it could carry. For the rockets, it could only carry 4 on the outer wings (like our 110G). The 6-gun in the bomb bay did not work (or rather it worked with disasterous results, destroying part of the plane it launched from) and was never tested in flight.

P.S. U4 wasn't a sub type, just a naming convention describing what loadout was put into it when it was in the factory.