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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: cooldued on April 09, 2010, 09:04:53 AM
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why do the C-47s only have 10 troops?read this...
Douglas C-47 Specifications
Wingspan: 95 ft. 6 in.
Length: 63 ft. 9 in.
Height: 17 ft.
Empty Weight: 18,200 lbs
Gross Weight: 26,000 lbs
Top Speed: 230 mph
Service Ceiling: 24,000 ft.
Range: 1,600 miles
Engine/Horsepower: Two Pratt & Whitney R-1830s/1200 each <found at http://science.howstuffworks.com/douglas-c-471.htm
Crew: 3
Accommodation: 27 troops or 18-24 litters
27 how did you get 10?
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If you want 27 troops in a C-47 then it will have to take 27 troops to capture a base. This is HiTech's way of evening it out. The more troops a troop carrier carries in-game the more it will take to capture a base. Can't remember right off where HT talked about it, but it's somewhere here....
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why do the C-47s only have 10 troops?
Extra leg room.
and even 10 volunteers is hard to find. Do you know what their chances of survival are?
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man that's lame oh well i guess this was point less then. :cry
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lol good one bozon. :lol
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I think 1701E's answer is accurate I vaguely recall HT saying something to that effect somewhere sometime and I'm pretty sure I'm not imagining it.
Another question comes to mind is were those 27 troops or 27 fully loaded combat ready paratroops in full kit and how much extra space and weight do those kits take up?
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If you want 27 troops in a C-47 then it will have to take 27 troops to capture a base. This is HiTech's way of evening it out. The more troops a troop carrier carries in-game the more it will take to capture a base. Can't remember right off where HT talked about it, but it's somewhere here....
Good point.
-Spektor
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Really all you need is one good sized dude like Rambo. I seen him drop into a town and kill everybody. Or was the Chuck Norris :headscratch:
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Can't remember right off where HT talked about it, but it's somewhere here....
The 2003 Convention Q&A.
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The 2003 Convention Q&A.
"You have really good [memory]." :)
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I just quote the dang thing so many times and listened to it so many times in order to quote it that it's all burned into my head. :lol
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You're complaining about only 10 troops in a C-47 when you don't question the fact that airfields are controlled by 1-mile square mini-towns with a maproom in the center and 10 guys jogging at a medium pace instantly "take control" of an airfield by going into the map room?
It's a gameplay concession. There has to be a limit, a structure, a rule for how the capture works. If they chose "10" troops because it was a round number, then whatever they chose is exactly 1 planeload of troops.
Meaning 1 capture per sortie. Not meant to be realistic. Meant to be gameplay-balanced.
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The reason that C-47 carried 27 troops was not a Gross weight problem, it was a bulk out problem.
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man that's lame oh well i guess this was point less then. :cry
Like MOST of your post, yes! :neener:
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why do the C-47s only have 10 troops?read this...
Douglas C-47 Specifications
Wingspan: 95 ft. 6 in.
Length: 63 ft. 9 in.
Height: 17 ft.
Empty Weight: 18,200 lbs
Gross Weight: 26,000 lbs
Top Speed: 230 mph
Service Ceiling: 24,000 ft.
Range: 1,600 miles
Engine/Horsepower: Two Pratt & Whitney R-1830s/1200 each <found at http://science.howstuffworks.com/douglas-c-471.htm
Crew: 3
Accommodation: 27 troops or 18-24 litters
27 how did you get 10?
Very nice. You are hooking em all over the place.
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Very nice. You are hooking em all over the place.
wtf?
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What if the maximum # of troops needed to capture a base were to be increased to, say, 20 troops? That would be the same as 1 plane-load or 2 vehicle-loads. Since vehicles are more maneuverable, it would seem right to put more pressure on those that drive them. Just a theory, though. So don't go ragging on about what has already been posted.
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wtf?
Where's the fridge?
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What if the maximum # of troops needed to capture a base were to be increased to, say, 20 troops? That would be the same as 1 plane-load or 2 vehicle-loads. Since vehicles are more maneuverable, it would seem right to put more pressure on those that drive them. Just a theory, though. So don't go ragging on about what has already been posted.
like I tolled you before
man that's lame oh well i guess this was point less then. :cry
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like I tolled you before
You rang him like a bell?
Incorrect spelling is lame.
The spellcheck works, I swear.
School is cool.
"Would you like fries with that?"
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Really all you need is one good sized dude like Rambo. I seen him drop into a town and kill everybody. Or was the Chuck Norris :headscratch:
Couldn't have been chuck norris. once they dropped him off the war would be over
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Couldn't have been chuck norris. once they dropped him off the war would be over
what war?
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what war?
Every war. Ever.
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You rang him like a bell?
Incorrect spelling is lame.
The spellcheck works, I swear.
Since "tolled" is actually a word, and is spelled correctly, how exactly would the spellcheck help in this instance?
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Since "tolled" is actually a word, and is spelled correctly, how exactly would the spellcheck help in this instance?
From looking at Cooldueds post, he was suppose to write "Told" not "Tolled" unless he intended one of the following meanings. So yes, he made a spelling mistake.
"toll 2 (tl)
v. tolled, toll·ing, tolls
v.tr.
1. To sound (a large bell) slowly at regular intervals.
2. To announce or summon by tolling.
v.intr.
To sound in slowly repeated single tones.
n.
1. The act of tolling.
2. The sound of a bell being struck."
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But it's a spelling mistake that spellcheck would not correct. That's his point.
w00t for random pointless arguments. :D
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But it's a spelling mistake that spellcheck would not correct. That's his point.
w00t for random pointless arguments. :D
:noid :lol
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why do the C-47s only have 10 troops?read this..........
..........27 how did you get 10?
Because origionally when they asked for volunteers thats all they could get - 10 - everyone of them from OHIO. But those 10 insisted they thought they should not be dropped from a height greater than 500'.
It was pointed out to them that the chutes would not open properly at such a low altitude to which they replied :
"Oh......we get parachutes??"
<sheesh> Ohioians!! - by then it was too late - the seating had already been configured for "THE OHIO TEN"!!
....cheers eh! :D
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Really all you need is one good sized dude like Rambo. I seen him drop into a town and kill everybody. Or was the Chuck Norris :headscratch:
No it was Chris Costa :aok
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Every war. Ever.
thats exactly right. It would be the end of war as we know it.
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Yes, 27 Troops may have fit in a real life C47, but how many would fit if each one had two coolers, and a sheep in each hand?
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Yes, 27 Troops may have fit in a real life C47, but how many would fit if each one had two coolers, and a sheep in each hand?
African or European sheep?
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The thing is why does the amount of troops the carriers can carry have to be exactly the number of troops it needs to have to capture a base ('cept the jeep of course)?
Stop and think about it... if the goon were to let 15+ troops go, then killing more than 1 of the troops becomes a major event than just spraying a few MG rounds at them for the single troops kill and moving back to get the kill vs the carrier, or another attacking GV/aircraft.
I hope HTC at least considers the idea.
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It is just a gameplay balance decision.
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From looking at Cooldueds post, he was suppose to write "Told" not "Tolled" unless he intended one of the following meanings. So yes, he made a spelling mistake.
"toll 2 (tl)
v. tolled, toll·ing, tolls
v.tr.
1. To sound (a large bell) slowly at regular intervals.
2. To announce or summon by tolling.
v.intr.
To sound in slowly repeated single tones.
n.
1. The act of tolling.
2. The sound of a bell being struck."
:headscratch: Whut tis post about againz ? (oops)
Whats this post about again ? :aok :lol
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The thing is why does the amount of troops the carriers can carry have to be exactly the number of troops it needs to have to capture a base ('cept the jeep of course)?
Stop and think about it... if the goon were to let 15+ troops go, then killing more than 1 of the troops becomes a major event than just spraying a few MG rounds at them for the single troops kill and moving back to get the kill vs the carrier, or another attacking GV/aircraft.
I hope HTC at least considers the idea.
What about the opposite? Just make the requirement to capture a field 14 troops. You would need more than one troop carrier.
Sound interesting? Would it make things more fun? Less fun?
wrongway
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like I tolled you before
:huh :headscratch:
how much did you toll him? anything over $5.00 is a total waste of money
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African or European sheep?
how about this, we make the requirement 10 troops+3 sheep of European descent to capture a base. oh, and the sheep carry .50 cals fired from the hip :banana:
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how about this, we make the requirement 10 troops+3 sheep of European descent to capture a base. oh, and the sheep carry .50 cals fired from the hip :banana:
(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff107/tymekeepyr/new_taliban_secret_weapon.jpg)
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an armed sheep :rofl.
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(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff107/tymekeepyr/new_taliban_secret_weapon.jpg)
:rofl thats perfect! :aok
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Don't forget the SAPP's standard blender (approx 37 lbs). I believe it was Lute who got HTC to add that to the GoonieBird back in '08.
Yes, 27 Troops may have fit in a real life C47, but how many would fit if each one had two coolers, and a sheep in each hand?
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Yes, 27 Troops may have fit in a real life C47, but how many would fit if each one had two coolers, and a sheep in each hand?
4 or 5 lol
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It carried upto 27 passengers
which equals
3 cooks
3 medics
1 parson
2 imbedded reporters
1 camera man
4 minders (for the imbedded reporters and camera man)
1 "moral" officer
1 "logistics" officer
1 field secretary
10 grunts
HTC only renders the grunts
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I'm currently watching Band of Brother and in that series they have 8 paratroopers per plane, but I don't know if that is accurate in any way....
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I'm currently watching Band of Brother and in that series they have 8 paratroopers per plane, but I don't know if that is accurate in any way....
they had sticks of 12. and what a great show :aok
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what a great show :aok
Anywhere you can download it for free ? :D
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i dont down load i just watch on random websites (just search on google "band of brothers episodes online") usually find somthing
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I know where but I think thats against forum rules :D
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I know where but I think thats against forum rules :D
I know where it is, its called e-bay, you buy the set of dvd's and in about a week, you get to wathc it all you want in HD :aok
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WOW cool has 216 post in just a lil over a month. Where does he find time to play?