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Title: I wish for the IL-4
Post by: kilo2 on February 15, 2010, 02:02:34 PM
I wish for the IL-4

We could use a russian bomber.

Crew:   4 (pilot, navigator, gunner/wireless-operator, rear gunner)
Length:   14.80 m (48 ft 6.75 in)
Wingspan:   21.44 m (70 ft 4.5 in)
Height:   4.10 m (13 ft 5.5 in)
Wing area:   66.7 m² (718 ft²)
Empty weight:   5,800 kg (12,787 lb)
Max takeoff weight:   11,300 kg (24,912 lb)
Engine:   2× Tumansky M-88B radial engines, 820 kW (1,100 hp) each
Maximum speed:   430 km/h (232 kn, 267 mph)
Range:   3,800 km (2,052 nmi, 2,361 mi)
Service ceiling:   9,700 m (31,825 ft)
Armament:   2 × 7.62 mm ShKAS machine guns
1 × 12.7 mm Berezin UB machine gun
Up to 2,500 kg (5,500 lb) of bombs or mines. Alternatively, 1 × 940 kg (2,072 lb) 45-36-AN or 45-36-AV torpedo. Very rarely, 2 × BETAB-750DS 305mm rockets.
Title: Re: I wish for the IL-4
Post by: Sunka on February 15, 2010, 02:30:39 PM
I think we need more medium bombers for sure ,but with are current FSO's running well over 400 people flying a week in it,i would start with Japanese and medium Germen buff's,as we have plenty of allied bombers.
Title: Re: I wish for the IL-4
Post by: Krusty on February 15, 2010, 05:44:47 PM
The early bombers are exactly what we need. Despite the fact that the DB-3 (IL-4) was a mid-1930s plane, and obsolete in WW2, it has the early-war performance that could fill in for a number of RAF, VVS, IJA planes.

The only issue is that it has a heavier bombload than most of the planes it could sub for hehehe

Fits perfectly in the early Eastern Front, in the CBI theater and along the Soviet border with Japan.
Title: Re: I wish for the IL-4
Post by: waystin2 on February 15, 2010, 05:46:21 PM
I say yes to the IL-4.  :aok  Let HTC decide it's priority...
Title: Re: I wish for the IL-4
Post by: Motherland on February 15, 2010, 07:51:21 PM
I think we need more medium bombers for sure ,but with are current FSO's running well over 400 people flying a week in it,i would start with Japanese and medium Germen buff's,as we have plenty of allied bombers.
The Soviet Union has no domestic multiple engined aircraft... it's probably the most lacking planeset in the game.
Title: Re: I wish for the IL-4
Post by: Sunka on February 15, 2010, 07:58:33 PM
But we do have an overwhelming majority of allied bombers.(Medium or Larger)
Title: Re: I wish for the IL-4
Post by: oakranger on February 15, 2010, 09:47:36 PM
I wish for the IL-4

We could use a russian bomber.

Crew:   4 (pilot, navigator, gunner/wireless-operator, rear gunner)
Length:   14.80 m (48 ft 6.75 in)
Wingspan:   21.44 m (70 ft 4.5 in)
Height:   4.10 m (13 ft 5.5 in)
Wing area:   66.7 m² (718 ft²)
Empty weight:   5,800 kg (12,787 lb)
Max takeoff weight:   11,300 kg (24,912 lb)
Engine:   2× Tumansky M-88B radial engines, 820 kW (1,100 hp) each
Maximum speed:   430 km/h (232 kn, 267 mph)
Range:   3,800 km (2,052 nmi, 2,361 mi)
Service ceiling:   9,700 m (31,825 ft)
Armament:   2 × 7.62 mm ShKAS machine guns
1 × 12.7 mm Berezin UB machine gun
Up to 2,500 kg (5,500 lb) of bombs or mines. Alternatively, 1 × 940 kg (2,072 lb) 45-36-AN or 45-36-AV torpedo. Very rarely, 2 × BETAB-750DS 305mm rockets.

+1
Title: Re: I wish for the IL-4
Post by: vonKrimm on February 16, 2010, 07:42:30 AM
Yes, the Il-4 would be nice, as would <real> buffs for Japan (G4M) & Italy (P.108); Germany would do well to get the He-111 <scenarios>.
Title: Re: I wish for the IL-4
Post by: The Grinch on February 16, 2010, 09:46:17 AM
1+

Title: Re: I wish for the IL-4
Post by: Vadjan-Sama on February 16, 2010, 11:49:29 AM
The Il-4 would be nice, but I think that we need the Tu-2 or the Pe-2 first.


+1
Title: Re: I wish for the IL-4
Post by: Motherland on February 16, 2010, 02:52:52 PM
Yes, the Il-4 would be nice, as would <real> buffs for Japan (G4M) & Italy (P.108); Germany would do well to get the He-111 <scenarios>.
You realize that the G4M would be much worse than the Ki 67 in almost every respect right? And that less than 50 P. 108's were built?
Title: Re: I wish for the IL-4
Post by: druski85 on February 16, 2010, 03:58:42 PM
+1

305 mm rockets?  Yes please.   http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Research/Ordnance/Betab/ (http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Research/Ordnance/Betab/)  (scroll down a bit)

Rarely used...yea.  Fun?  Oh yes.   :aok

Title: Re: I wish for the IL-4
Post by: SmokinLoon on February 16, 2010, 07:20:51 PM
The Il-4 would be nice, but I think that we need the Tu-2 or the Pe-2 first.


+1

I was hoping someone would say just this  *points up* 
Title: Re: I wish for the IL-4
Post by: kilo2 on February 16, 2010, 07:34:49 PM
Yes the rockets are very fun looking. But the implications of the torpedo are even more tantalizing.