Devil made the comment "So is the B239" in reply to Dantoo's post which stated "The A6m3 has no place in this. It is not historical. It is not a substitute. It is unbalancing."
The B239 was a land based modification of the Buffalo so it can be classified as a substitute for the F3F which we do not have in the plane set. Any reasonable person can see that, therefore Devil is wrong to say the b239 has no place in the plane set.
One last point, these things are supposed to be fun for both sides. They are not a completely historical recreation. The addition of a Zero with double the 20MM ammo load just makes it that much more difficult for the allies which have no A/C with cannons to compete in an environment where they have no advantages in speed, climb, or manuverability.
The British Commonwealth used the B-339E (Buffalo Mk. 1), which had a host of problems that hampered it's combat effectiveness, especially poor engine performance. According to "Brewster Buffalo in British Service." Its climb rate was only 2,300 Ft/min on the deck. Our Finnish Brewster has a climb rate of a little over 2,900 Ft/min - a difference of 600+.
How does this compare to the A6M3's improvement over the A6M2? Pretty evenly, actually. Climb rate for the A6M2 is 2800 Ft/min and 3,400 Ft/min for the A6M3 - a difference of 600 Ft/min.
So by adding the A6M3, the historical difference in climb performance between the Zeke and Brewster is maintained. Sure the A6M3 has 40 more cannon rounds per gun, but the Finnish Brewster also turns tighter and quicker than a B-339E, so there are still advantages inherent to both over the historical match-up.
Neither the Finnish Brewster or the A6M3 is appropriate for Malaysia 1942, but adding the A6M3 makes having the Finnish Brewster as a substitute for the B-339E a viable option because the Finnish Brewster vs. A6M2 is a bad match-up.
