Author Topic: Suggestions for New Planes & Vehicles With Notes & Comments (Read 1003 times)

Zipper9 · « **Reply #30 on:** September 24, 2002, 02:45:16 PM »

Except for new planes and viechles do anyone know what future releases will bring to AH? Is there a roadmap?

Any major updates coming and what is included?

How often is there new patches, releases, versions etc?

LLv34_Camouflage · « **Reply #31 on:** September 24, 2002, 07:06:52 PM »

The Brewster should probably go into the Eastern Front -category? I wish the Finnish export model, B-239, was modelled. It was not called "Buffalo", by the way. That was the nickname for the more heavy B-339s. The B-239 was called "Pearl of the Sky" by its pilots.

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Originally posted by Dowding (Work)
The Tu-2 was a 1943 plane - I believe it saw action at Kursk.

According to my sources, the TU-2 saw action for the first time in the beginning of the 1944 summer offensive. The first operational TU-2 unit(s) were from the 334th bombing division, serving on the Finnish front, on the Karelian Isthmus north of Leningrad.

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Instead, the Russian planest should be fleshed out.
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I couldn't agree more. More early-mid war VVS planes please! For example, early La5s and Yaks could be made fairly easily from the existing models?

Camo

Dowding (Work) · « **Reply #32 on:** September 25, 2002, 02:40:35 AM »

Turbot - the Russian production numbers for their own home-grown aircraft dwarves even the P-39 lend-lease delivery numbers. While 5000 units would be significant on the Western Front, in terms of Soviet production output it was quite low.

Take the Yak fighter variants - there were 37,000 made.

The Il-2 alone accounted for 37,000 aircraft - the most produced aircraft in WW2.

Someone already posted the I-16 had a production run of 16,000 units.

So if production numbers decide VVS modelling priority, Russian fighters win hands down IMO.

I'd like to see the P-39, don't get me wrong, but I think the true Russian A/C should be above it in any priority list.

Camo - thanks for correcting me. I sooooo want to see more VVS planes; I only play AH for the scenarios/TOD etc (the MA just keeps my uber skillz from rusting away

) and at the moment we are quite limited if we want to do a Russian front full monty scenario. No stuka, no Pe-2, no early war fighters, no VVS level bomber. Maybe one day...

senna · « **Reply #33 on:** September 25, 2002, 03:07:14 AM »

In other words it sucks, bring the ki-84, Ki-43 to AH plz.

Wilbus · « **Reply #34 on:** September 25, 2002, 04:56:15 AM »

Agree we need more VVS planes, more italian aswell since they actually have the fewest.

Mig, lagg, Yak, Pe2 etc would all be good additions. Stuka should have been the first plane to add in AH IMO.

Dowding (Work) · « **Reply #35 on:** September 25, 2002, 06:21:36 AM »

Stuka is really a must for scenarios and this new mission theatre.

Zipper9 - check out the News forum for details on upcoming features. I think pyro generally posts that kind of information.

The 'next big thing' is the mission theatre. The gist of it is an arena with historical match-ups where pilots sign up for scripted missions generated every so often and get rewarded for their actions in those missions. Surviving and carrying out your mission are key goals. That's what I remember reading anyway. Check out the relevant post in News section for accurate information.

We also have the Me-163, Tiger I and supposedly stuka coming to AH. I don't think anything else has been confirmed, but I should think there will be more.

hogenbor · « **Reply #36 on:** September 25, 2002, 07:09:35 AM »

Most comments are valid, these are just the planes I would like to see because of their significance

Stuka
B5N Kate
Ki-43
Ki-84
I-16
P-39
SM-79
Pe-2
He-111

In random order.

These planes were all essential tools of war and fought in great numbers, without them AH cannot be a complete simulation.

Also signifcant but less pressing IMHO

B-24
B-25
Ju-52
Beaufighter

I guess that the mid war Russian planes belong in this category too, but I don't know much about them. A La-3 perhaps?

Great to have but less impact on the war:

Wellington
Ki-44
Buffalo
CR-42

Almost no impact on the war but great nontheless:

Fokker G1 (Hey, the most modern fighter of indigenous Dutch design ever to saw combat... for four days, they mostly got mauled on the ground by the Luftwaffe, who used the survivors as trainers for Me110s)

D-520

And my personal favourite, which I never see discussed on this forum (shame on you guys!)

THE BOULTON PAUL DEFIANT!!!

brady · « **Reply #37 on:** September 25, 2002, 08:00:30 AM »

Why is the Stuka important for the Mishion theater? Afik the Mishion theater will be a 44 ish set up in western Europe, a place whear the Stuka saw little to no action.

Wilbus · « **Reply #38 on:** September 25, 2002, 11:15:05 AM »

Brady, for what I know the mission theater can be any time at all, any theater, might start out in 1944 Western setup though.

You should know more about it then the rest of us though.

brady · « **Reply #39 on:** September 25, 2002, 08:26:42 PM »

What I read was that it was to be a 1944 set up, allies aganst the Luftwaffe in western Europe, and would be changed to a diferent theater when they see fit to do so. If you think about it they realy cant do a Pac set up unless they add a bunch more planes, and they fullest plane set they have is the 44 US/Brit vs German one. A BoB set would be the next likely set imo.

They dont talk to me any more than they do John Q public:) The only thing I have a clue on is what is up in the next week or two in the CT:)

Hajo · « **Reply #40 on:** September 25, 2002, 10:40:18 PM »

P-61 Nightfighter
He-219 Nightfighter

Both used extensively later war years to intercept bomber formations, P61 and He219 both had radar. The 210 was considered a disaster. They started production before battle testing. 210 was a complete flop, but it looked nice Only reason 210 was used was because they had them. RLM stopped production on 210...410 was a redesign.

Ki100
Ki84 Frank

Both Japanese fighters, performance was outstanding. Our Japanese planeset lacks high performance rides. Both would fit the bill IMHO.

P39
B24
B25

These three used extensively. Airacobra should fly with Russian markings.

Bristol Beaufighter Anti shipping and Recon. High Lethality
versatile aircraft. Also used as a nightfighter.

Yak-3
LaGG3

Both to add early Soviet fighters.

Wilbus · « **Reply #41 on:** September 26, 2002, 03:32:47 AM »

Hajo, the Yak 3 was a late war plane, later then Yak 9. The Yak 3 was first sent for testing in March 1944, production began June 1944.

Testing for it began in 1941, but was then dropped and then started again in 1943.

Yak 1, migg, Lagg, all good early war planes though.

Dowding (Work) · « **Reply #42 on:** September 26, 2002, 04:10:58 AM »

I'm sure the Mission Theatre will vary it's planeset eventually, brady.

Xjazz · « **Reply #43 on:** September 26, 2002, 04:28:14 AM »

A-hem!

The Finnish export model, B-239 Brewster to the AH!!!

Thank you.

brady · « **Reply #44 on:** September 26, 2002, 07:30:35 AM »

Dowding, O yes I am shure it will, my primary point is that if you look at the planes we have in the curent plane set their realy are not to many theaters they can do and do well with what they have, they can do what they have stated as their first theater and do it well with the planes we have now. But from my experance in putting CT set up's together I can testify to the fact that their are many holes in the curent plane set the farther you get away from that time and place the ,ore dificult it is to do a good set up.

Anything involving, Japan, Italy and Russia as a primary apponet are either imposable(Italy) or very dificult to do without subsitution. No matter what the time frame.