Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka added to Betty Ords

[flyndung]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yokosuka_MXY7_Ohka

[Ack-Ack]

Did you read the article?  Did you see the part about the mother ship being the G4M2e Model 24 Tei?  You see the problem?

[MrKrabs]

Did you read the article?  Did you see the part about the mother ship being the G4M2e Model 24 Tei?  You see the problem?

The first problem I saw that it was wikipedia in the first place...

[flyndung]

we can add that Betty model too .. after all it was the second most produced model of that Betty bombers easy fix

[MrKrabs]

we can add that Betty model too .. after all it was the second most produced model of that Betty bombers easy fix

You do realize that models don't magically appear overnight right?

Can you present a more-compelling argument as to why this model should deserve a higher priority than all others?

[flyndung]

the bomber is easy to create as the only difference between the 2 is bigger engines and a bigger bombbay. 98% of the plane is already done.

[FLS]

The problem with the Ohka is that you can't land your kills.

[Volron]

Can I have the G5N instead?

[Saxman]

[Greebo]

The game isn't exactly crying out for another way to kill CVs, even a not very effective one like the Ohka. It only had a 2,600 lb warhead which means even a formation of three could not deliver the 8K of ord needed to kill a CV. The G4M2 Betty carrier aircraft struggled to carry the Ohka in RL despite its extra power and would likely take longer to get to alt and reach a CV than a formation of heavies which can easily take out the CV in one go. It would be far more vulnerable to fighters while on the way than even a formation of Lancs and while the player is guiding each Ohka to its target the formation would be completely defenceless. Even if three Ohkas could sink a CV each one could be taken out in their dives by proximity fused AA fire or fighters, unlike a stick of bombs. This would get 1-2 weeks of use and then become a hangar queen.

[Lusche]

The game isn't exactly crying out for another way to kill CVs, even a not very effective one like the Ohka. It only had a 2,600 lb warhead which means even a formation of three could not deliver the 8K of ord needed to kill a CV.

Depends all on how much lb of damage would actually be assigned to that warhead. If it were 2,600 lb of damage, then 3 Ohkas would indeed sink any undamaged CV, as the often quoted "8K" required are actually around 7,100 lb (which means you need eight 1k bombs to sink it).

[Greebo]

Sources are a bit vague as to what the payload was, most say warhead weight rather than explosive. I guess in the unlikely event of the Ohka making it into AH then HTC would just set it up so that three could take out a CV. Weapons damage to ships seems to be influenced more by game play considerations than anything else in AH.

[Ack-Ack]

The problem with the Ohka is that you can't land your kills.

 

[bustr]

It would be a human controlled short range Cruise missile for everything else besides a CV. I know, we have to be polite and accept it as a wish for sinking CVs. It's the kind of weapon that says screw you and your well developed skills in the game.

If guys are willing to pork ord and radar as a one way mission all day every day. This will be used and hey, how high and far off the field would 12 of them have to be released to allow the thing to get to full speed? At the most probably ever 3 guys because I bet it would be an ord for a single bomber only. It would have some similarities to defending against doodlebugs.

Most players target the CV first while allowing the cruiser to damage their fleet or field. So two of these would always get rid of the cruiser. Would one take out a destroyer? Squads do one way fun suicide missions all the time.

And if this became highly effective against fleets, would Hitech dial up the ack to quell the whining admirals? It would have a smaller footprint than the Yak 3, so would probably be harder to track with a 5 inch when it got up to full speed.

[Vraciu]

Perk it!!


And when you die--after slamming into the CV--you lose them all!