Radar Coverage Map, BoB

[Sabre]

The map below shows the front-line dot dar coverage for the BoB CT set up coming Friday.  Bar Dar will extend about another 10 miles.  As you can see, it will take successive strikes over a short period (default down times of 2 hours, I believe) of time to punch a hole in the British radar coverage.  On the other hand, the German radar is much less robust, though it will in general take at least two different strikes to punch a hole in the German coverage.  That hole will however be much bigger.  The more flexible bomb load of the Ju88 should somewhat make up for the fact that the British radar sites (not the field radar, but the vehicle bases marked with an "X" on the map) require the destruction of six or eight separate buildings to take it out.  Airfield radars of course only requires that one bomb land on the radar dish.

Sabre
CT Staff

[Lephturn]

Looks interesting!

How does bar dar fit into this?  Can it only be dropped by hitting HQ as normal?

[popeye]

What will the update rate be?

[Sabre]

Good questions.  I believe, but am not 100% certain, that the radar settings we typically use make both dot-dar and bar-dar tower-based; i.e. they extend out from the radar site and are tied to it's distruction.  So killing a radar site will not only create a hole in dot-dar coverage, but bar-dar as well.  Because I'm giving bar-dar a larger radius, there is much more overlap of bar-dar coverage.  The HQ will have it's normal affect on radar.

Regarding update rates, I believe I used one minute last time.  It seemed to work well.  Alot can happen in 60 seconds.

Sabre

[keyapaha]

last night i ran offline bombing missions to these radar towers (which are very nice) i loaded up 20x50 and 4x500 i go to v49 and drop only 20x50 all at once directly on the tower i got 8 radar 5 structurs and 1 gun  i still have my 4 500kg left so i go to v51 and drop all 4 500kg on the tower i got 7 radar 8 structures killed

  if the radar bldgs are all at the base of the tower that need to be destoryed to make the radar inopperable then it is feasable for one ju88 to knock out 2 radar stations on one mission.

  so you can have about 3 ju88 leaving at the same time to hit these stations at the same time you can about eliminate radar for the brits for awhile.

[Sabre]

Key, remember that all the airfields have radar too.  So killing the "X" stations pushes the radar frontier back, but does not necessarily eliminate all raid warning.  Still, Brits better keep an eye on the lone-wolfs.  Also not how much more brittle LW radar coverage is.  If the Brits are smart, they'll hit the Germany radar early and often.  That way, the Luftwaffe will be forced to "play in someone else's sandbox."

Sabre

[keyapaha]

true the LW radar i hope will be protected at earnest  i am sure the british will be protecting theres but pushing back the coverage of there radar is goal number one for me i would rather be detected at 15k at the cliffs than grabbing alt  in the middle of the channel.

 also if you take a full tank of fuel and max bomb load in the ju88 frome the only feilds you can fly from if your like me and grab 5k alt before heading to your target you wont make it back to your home feild.

 i will try out the alternate spawn points on those selected feilds maybe there closer to the coast of france.


 that is one beautiful terrain i am drooling just thinking about the battles that are gonna take place in the air gonna be filming alot on this one.
 
  the only thing i worry about is those spits and hurri's on my 6 iam such a bad shot with ju88 guns.

[popeye]

Fleets don't have radar?

[Kweassa]

Sorry people, but I'm a bit dense...  

 Umm.. can anyone explain to me how the radar system works in this new BoB terrain again?? I understand the dot dar somehow is supposed to work as 'low alt dar', and the bar dar as 'high alt dar' ?? If someone knocks out the radar sites, and leaves air field dar dish intact, what happens? What if someone knocks out the dar dish at fields, but leaves the radar sites intact?? Pretty confusing for me..

[Esme]

The more I learn about this terrain, the more it's growing on me!

:-)))

Esme

[keyapaha]

i may be wrong here but i would think the airfields radar should not cover as much territory as one of those big radar stations un less there somehow linked to a piticular radar station to boost there coverage.  therefore destroying the big radar stations should at best limit the airfield covreage of there radar .  maybe i missed somthing in the eariler post on this subject.

[Joc]

Just flew a few sorties over this map,just want to say it is very,very nice indeed  cant wait for the 1st scramble!!