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General Forums => Axis vs Allies => Topic started by: IK3 on June 17, 2005, 04:42:54 PM
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what's a good match-up for '38G? (that fits in the timeframe)
ki-61?
109F?
A6M2?
202?
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I'd say the Bf109F-4, Bf109G-2, Fw190A-5 and Ki-61 are all good matches.
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the a6m is the best to me
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in r/l how did 38G and A6M2 perform against each other, who had superiuority @ that stage?
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Assuming the 38G pilot was smart and never tried to fight the Zeke horizontal, the 38G was superior. Better E retention, better in the vertical, and just plain faster.
As soon as the 38G slowed down, though, the Zeke could eat him for lunch.
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KI-84
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What superdud said.
ki-84
They are well balanced both speed & turn wise. Comes down to the pilot as it should.
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I think the Tony would make a good match for the 38G. The Tony would eat the 38 for lunch, but it would be a good fight. The 109F would probably be more of a workout (for the 109 pilot). Hard to get a good guns solution that makes use of the 109s guns to turn those opportunities into kills. As long as the 38 driver didnt run away a zero would destroy it. Please. Like a pig like that could ever wallow its way through a fight with a nimble killing machine like a zero? Course, it would take me 20 minutes of picking away at nonvital areas of that armored behemoth with the BB guns on the A6M2 before I could do enough damage for a kill, but the zero flys so sweet you'd barely break a sweat avoiding whatever feeble attempts at attack the 38 might make. I would imagine the 202 would be a good workout as well, as its a bit better handling than the 109, but the guns pack even less of a punch. Dunno, I dont fly the 202 much.
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man, u americans had nicknames for all the dang jap planes didnt you!!!!!! could someone explain what a tony is, and list all the major names for all the planes for help in future. ty in advance
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KI61, Tony
KI84 Frank
N1K2 George (although most in AH call it a Nikki)
A6m Zeke (also called a zero, but allied code name was Zeke)
KI67..escapes my small melon at the moment.
RTR
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Originally posted by StarOfAfrica2
I would imagine the 202 would be a good workout as well, as its a bit better handling than the 109, but the guns pack even less of a punch. Dunno, I dont fly the 202 much.
202 v. 38G is a great fight, with the edge going to the 202.
- oldman
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Originally posted by RTR
KI61, Tony
KI84 Frank
N1K2 George (although most in AH call it a Nikki)
A6m Zeke (also called a zero, but allied code name was Zeke)
KI67..escapes my small melon at the moment.
RTR
Ki-67 = Peggy
Which is funny (to me) because the Japanese name is the Hiryu, which means "Dragon Slayer". The only woman I ever knew named Peggy was large, round, and a real dragon in her own right.
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Originally posted by Pooface
man, u americans had nicknames for all the dang jap planes didnt you!!!!!! could someone explain what a tony is, and list all the major names for all the planes for help in future. ty in advance
At the start of WW2 we didnt know the actual names of the fighters (like A6M2, KI-43, etc.). And if someone called out "Nakagima 3:00 high" the pilots didnt really know if it was a bomber or fighter.
They gave girl names to the Japanese bombers (Betty, Val, Kate) and boy names for the fighters (Oscar, Frank, Tony)
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depends on who is flying the lightning