barrage balloons

[pembquist]

just a thought

[Chilli]

WWI?  I think we need more WWI planes and some sort of strategic value first.

[Tyrannis]

just a thought

If they have the ability to stop Lancstukas from divebombing CV's, im all for em.

[waystin2]

Yes barrage balloons and vehicles and planes, and animals and.....

[MachFly]

Some pictures form this thread: http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,216687.0.html

[skorpion]

Yes barrage balloons and vehicles and planes, and animals and.....
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why did you post a pic of the Panzer...? 

[fuzeman]

Already been wished for.

I know I posted for them a looooong time ago, but search will not find the post.

[pembquist]

http://www.worldwar-two.net/armamento/90/

Another thought: those glide bomb things they used to take out bridges in burma? was it and the naazees used to sink a couple of italian or greek or french, (brain failure,) cruisers in the med.  Steam locomotives would be nice too, lots of them.

[surfinn]

Might be fun to shot down over cities but i think the airfields would have to be further away. other wise +1

[Scotty55OEFVet]

Yes barrage balloons and vehicles and planes, and animals and.....
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Now that is classic!  

[mthrockmor]

Is anyone aware of a barage balloon taking out any planes during the war? If so, post details please. Always happy toto learn more. Otherwise I think its a fun idea with relevance more associated with the arcade version. I could be wrong, and if you get a kill for the target practice...

Boo

[Ack-Ack]

Barrage balloons wouldn't really deter dive bombing as most bomb release points are above the usual altitudes of the barrage balloons.  What the balloons will would deter would be strafing runs over town and airfields, at the least make it a little more of a challenge.

Is anyone aware of a barage balloon taking out any planes during the war? If so, post details please. Always happy toto learn more. Otherwise I think its a fun idea with relevance more associated with the arcade version. I could be wrong, and if you get a kill for the target practice...

Boo

Wreckage of a He-111 brought down by a barrage balloon on 3/22/1941 at Immingham.


more wreckage from the same He-111


Here's an account of another one from 1940.
966 Squadron claims first German Bomber with a Balloon Cable at Newport on September 13th 1940

ack-ack

[mthrockmor]

Great link Ack-Ack!

Boo

[jimson]

Looks like some are thinking of manned blimps or hot air balloons, but the OP seems to be talking about these:



Il2 has them and the cables will take your wing off.

[pembquist]

Thats what I meant.  I don't know if they should be easy to shoot down though, thinking the bullets just pass through.  I was thinkng they might be interesting over ports and vh bases. Maybe they would use gobbs of computer power though.  The only source I looked at said their ceiling was 1500 meters.