Author Topic: Base air defenses (Read 534 times)

Ack-Ack · « **on:** September 02, 2003, 10:54:48 PM »

Instead of just having the 37mm gun emplacements, can each base also have manned 88mm guns that can be used in both anti-armor and air defense rolls? And have the 37mm gun emplacements strictly for AA, instead of the duel role they have now. Maybe even add some manned 40mm gun emplacements also to compliment the 37mm gun emplacements.

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Tilt · « **Reply #1 on:** September 03, 2003, 03:41:21 AM »

Both 37mm and 88mm AA guns (or their #" equivilant) were commonly used as anti armour guns. (on all sides)

In fact they were often mobile and used in battle field situations.

I would love the manned 88mm field gun to be fixed (its presently porked in the TE) and used.

I would further welcome a truck that could tow and deploy these weapons to battle field positions.........especially as the new TE features forest canopy cover and opportunities to hide behind stuff.

Even better if the truck can tow katyusha or werbel whats its.

Slash27 · « **Reply #2 on:** September 03, 2003, 05:42:26 PM »

Emplacements with .50's and 20 MM's would also be a nice option.

Sancho · « **Reply #3 on:** September 03, 2003, 06:26:36 PM »

barrage balloons too and flak towers.

Ack-Ack · « **Reply #4 on:** September 03, 2003, 08:08:24 PM »

That's actually a pretty cool idea. Put the barrage balloons over the towns, ports, HQ and major factories. A side benefit would that it would slow down the suicide pork and auger player.

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Rutilant · « **Reply #5 on:** September 08, 2003, 09:40:03 PM »

What was the function of the barage baloons, anyhow?

Urchin · « **Reply #6 on:** September 08, 2003, 09:42:48 PM »

Basically the cables would damage the planes and make them crash.

6389 · « **Reply #7 on:** September 08, 2003, 10:05:25 PM »

and waht if a bomb hits a barrage ballon what would happend to the suff bellow

Ack-Ack · « **Reply #8 on:** September 08, 2003, 10:40:12 PM »

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Originally posted by Rutilant
What was the function of the barage baloons, anyhow?

To prevent low flying attacks/strafing runs. The cable would snag the wings and slice them off. Sometimes explosives would be strung on the cables so when the wing would snag the cable, it would drag the cable down until it reached the explosives and detonate.

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Arlo · « **Reply #9 on:** September 08, 2003, 10:59:26 PM »

880 mm catapults with optional fat lady wearing a horned helmet loadout.

Rutilant · « **Reply #10 on:** September 09, 2003, 12:29:15 AM »

Ooooh... kinda like the masts of the support ships on CVs..

Poor guys under the barage baloons, gettin wings rained on em,

MANDOBLE · « **Reply #11 on:** September 09, 2003, 05:14:40 AM »

Add also some SAM emplacements for, at least, make shorter the flight of the incomming jabos.

6389 · « **Reply #12 on:** September 09, 2003, 04:22:06 PM »

that would be sweet to have they had those in moh frontline

Scootter · « **Reply #13 on:** September 11, 2003, 09:52:47 AM »

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Originally posted by Rutilant
Ooooh... kinda like the masts of the support ships on CVs..

Poor guys under the barage baloons, gettin wings rained on em,

guys under barrage balloons had plenty of worse stuff raining on them, the balloons would have helped keep the aircraft from flying over them and that was the idea in the first place.

Aircraft would not fly into the balloons (would you?) so they worked in keeping them away. They were set up over the transports on D-day to help with dive bombers and straffing (the allies controled the air at this time so this was not a big problem)

They were cheep and easy so why not have them up