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Offline Arlo

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Smoke Curtain
« on: October 06, 2020, 12:43:00 PM »
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Offline Vulcan

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Re: Smoke Curtain
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2020, 04:20:43 PM »
That's cool, but wouldn't it block the bomber from seeing the target?
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Re: Smoke Curtain
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2020, 04:31:41 PM »
Quote from: Vulcan on October 06, 2020, 04:20:43 PM
That's cool, but wouldn't it block the bomber from seeing the target?

Sure it would (which would explain why this wasn't a common tactic in WWII), but perhaps it was anticipated that the bomber could line up and make a successful drop when it penetrated the curtain and it would experience less overall AA with gunners not being able to aim at max range and having a very short time to hit it/them once it breaks through.
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Re: Smoke Curtain
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2020, 04:42:57 PM »
Pretty cool. Although I would assume the smoke laying plane would be shot down within seconds which kind of seems obvious when I remember that the smoke is to stop the ship shooting planes down.
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Re: Smoke Curtain
« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2020, 05:15:18 PM »
Flawed tactic, I reckon. But that curtain effect was cool.
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