B-25J Mitchell

[AceHavok]

I can has B-25J?

[titanic3]

Hmm...how would it compare to a B-26? Replace it? No?

[Karnak]

The B-25J could be added for a fraction of the effort needed to add a Ju188, Do217, He111 or such.  Comparing the two is like comparing apples and watermelons.

[AceHavok]

The B-25J easily could replace the B-26,  It's basically a B-25H without the 75mm.  It also has a glass nose.

[palef]

its a jet bomber I only count prop planes

No, it IS a jet bomber.

"It's a jet bomber. I only count prop (sic) planes."

How many can you count up to?

[Butcher]

Not sure about this but ill fire away anyhow - the B-25C/H we have is close resembles the B-25J, wouldn't it be easy to add the B-25J in the game? I don't mean anytime soon - some other aircrafts out there I'd like to see added first, but if it can be reasonably quick to add
I wouldn't mind another variant added.

Basically would be a formation bomber with dozen 50s in nose along with 3k ords, basically a B-26 just not quite as good, still had some 4,000 versions built.

[Karnak]

The B-25J easily could replace the B-26,  It's basically a B-25H without the 75mm.  It also has a glass nose.

No reason to replace the B-26B when we can have both.

[AceHavok]

Oops, I meant to see more use then the B-26.

[Karnak]

Oops, I meant to see more use then the B-26.

Doubtful.  The B-26B is superior to the B-25J in all significant ways.  Larger bomb load, faster, better gun positions.

[Guppy35]

Not sure about this but ill fire away anyhow - the B-25C/H we have is close resembles the B-25J, wouldn't it be easy to add the B-25J in the game? I don't mean anytime soon - some other aircrafts out there I'd like to see added first, but if it can be reasonably quick to add
I wouldn't mind another variant added.

Basically would be a formation bomber with dozen 50s in nose along with 3k ords, basically a B-26 just not quite as good, still had some 4,000 versions built.

I think you hit on the potential issue for this though.

A formation of strafers.  I went and was looking at the histories of the MTO B25 Groups that were using B25Js for level bombing.  They didn't have the additional strafer 50s and why would they considering the roll they were used for?

So do you add formations for B25Js that aren't equipped as strafers and keep the strafer birds solo?

[Butcher]

So do you add formations for B25Js that aren't equipped as strafers and keep the strafer birds solo?

B-26 is much of a strafer as a B-25. I don't see many B-26s trying to strafe down hangers, even though it has a bigger bomb load and faster.
I don't see the B-25J being anything of a game changer, a set of lancs on the deck have a far more change to cause more damage by suicide bombing hangers then a B-25 has attempting to strafe.

Where the b-26 has less guns and bigger bombload, B-25 has more guns and less of a bombload.


 

[AceHavok]

I think it's just a sexy plane.

[Krusty]

The B-25J could be added for a fraction of the effort needed to add a Ju188, Do217, He111 or such.

Indeed! Nose of the -C on the body of the -H, tweak a couple of guns packages, and the power curves.

I'm still puzzled as to why they added the C and H (or even the H at all!) but didn't add the VERY similar J model. It's like adding a 109F-4 but not a G-6.

[Butcher]

I just want the defensive armaments the H has, C is pretty undefended where J is simply a beast.

Lets see who tries to Ho down b-25Js.

[Eric19]

I just want the defensive armaments the H has, C is pretty undefended where J is simply a beast.

Lets see who tries to Ho down b-25Js.