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Title: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: tuton25 on August 29, 2012, 11:44:01 AM
A mosquito with better armour and one big 57mm cannon
a video for you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M00f5RxhxLY&list=PLEF44F53CBA5BACAF&feature=mh_lolz
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: danny76 on August 29, 2012, 11:59:06 AM
A mosquito with better armour and one big 57mm cannon
a video for you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M00f5RxhxLY&list=PLEF44F53CBA5BACAF&feature=mh_lolz

Half a ton of armour and a ton of gun. That'll be lovely to fly

-1
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Nathan60 on August 29, 2012, 12:04:53 PM
I think we have something like this in game Im not sure tho. What would we even use it for?
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: tuton25 on August 29, 2012, 12:09:28 PM
It was intended as a anti-tank but modified for the anti-shipping role
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: RTHolmes on August 29, 2012, 12:45:47 PM
+1
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Rob52240 on August 29, 2012, 01:01:16 PM
+1

I prefer the current bomsight variant once light for dogfighting.  It has the power and lightness to handle quite well.  If you see one flying low and you're in a 190, watch out.
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: tuton25 on August 29, 2012, 01:15:00 PM
+1

I prefer the current bomsight variant once light for dogfighting.  It has the power and lightness to handle quite well.  If you see one flying low and you're in a 190, watch out.
Care to explain????
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: SmokinLoon on August 29, 2012, 01:31:00 PM
Half a ton of armour and a ton of gun. That'll be lovely to fly

-1

When it had the role of using a big gun in long shallow dives vs a really slow and big target it really doesn't need to be twinkle toes in the acrobatic department.   :aok

I think it might be kind of fun to tinker with, I bet it isn't any worse to fly than the 75mm armed B25H.   
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: tuton25 on August 29, 2012, 01:39:33 PM

I think it might be kind of fun to tinker with, I bet it isn't any worse to fly than the 75mm armed B25H.   

Probable fast but with less punch
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Rob52240 on August 29, 2012, 01:42:20 PM
Care to explain????

Once light, get aggressive with enemy fighters and try to force them to auger.  Worst case Ontario you slow them down for you friends to make easier work of.
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: RTHolmes on August 29, 2012, 01:45:58 PM
theres something about the bomber mossie that makes it a less than ideal dogfighter ...
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Rob52240 on August 29, 2012, 01:48:37 PM
It handles better with no guns.  It's easier to get on someone's 6 this way.

Odds are they won't notice you're not flying with guns.
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: RTHolmes on August 29, 2012, 01:50:17 PM
what do you hurt them with, harsh language? :headscratch:
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Rob52240 on August 29, 2012, 01:56:42 PM
See above, force an auger or slow them down to be killed by friendlies quickly.

Plus it's fun to make an La pilot wonder how you just did that.
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Karnak on August 29, 2012, 01:57:07 PM
Probable fast but with less punch
More punch as it would be firing AP rounds instead of HE rounds.
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Bruv119 on August 29, 2012, 03:36:48 PM
+1 to the tse-tse.
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: tuton25 on August 29, 2012, 07:24:41 PM
 :noid You could also find me hunting buffs with this thing :noid
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: W7LPNRICK on August 29, 2012, 07:40:26 PM
+1 has to be better than the 410.... :D
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Karnak on August 29, 2012, 08:22:52 PM
:noid You could also find me hunting buffs with this thing :noid
Remember that it has the same low blown Merlin 25s that the Mosquito Mk VI has.
+1 has to be better than the 410.... :D
Well, of course.  Its a Mosquito.
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: MK-84 on August 30, 2012, 05:12:21 PM
It handles better with no guns.  It's easier to get on someone's 6 this way.

Odds are they won't notice you're not flying with guns.

Other than the icon directly giving away the fact that it doesnt have guns, sure I bet they wont notice :rolleyes:

Now I don't always dogfight in a mossie, but when I do i prefer the one with the guns. :D
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Tracerfi on August 30, 2012, 05:16:56 PM
+1 has to be better than the 410.... :D
it would act as the British Me 410
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Karnak on August 30, 2012, 06:58:29 PM
it would act as the British Me 410
Well, not really.  In AH it would be strictly an anti-tank aircraft, and at that it would likely be the best in the game against the tougher tanks.

It would also be tougher, faster and more maneuverable than the Me410.
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: SmokinLoon on August 31, 2012, 02:43:18 PM
it would act as the British Me 410

Someone hand me a fish so I can hit him along side his head....  Do NOT insult the Mossi or the British like that again.    ;)

Also... keep in mind the differences in ammo fired between the two: the Me410 we have as the 50mm armed with HE and not AP, while the 57mm on the Tse Tse (which is a huge fly known for its bite from Africa, btw), is armed with AP for use in the anti-shipping/anti-submarine role, iirc.
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: W7LPNRICK on August 31, 2012, 10:55:45 PM
You guys fight with fish a lot do ya?   :rofl :neener: :ahand
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Fish42 on September 01, 2012, 01:57:32 AM
You guys fight with fish a lot do ya?   :rofl :neener: :ahand

No...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCwLirQS2-o

 :bolt:
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: R 105 on September 01, 2012, 12:11:50 PM
I want one.
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Tank-Ace on September 01, 2012, 11:32:53 PM
Hs 129 with the BK 7,5.
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Karnak on September 02, 2012, 08:09:39 AM
Hs 129 with the BK 7,5.
A complete pig that could barely fly.

You know, you don't need to toejam on every wishlist post for a non-German unit with your incessant demands for only German units to be added.
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: TOMCAT21 on September 02, 2012, 08:13:27 AM
+1
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Tank-Ace on September 02, 2012, 02:49:25 PM
A complete pig that could barely fly.

You know, you don't need to toejam on every wishlist post for a non-German unit with your incessant demands for only German units to be added.

Better gun than the 57mm. Unless the tse-tse used APDS rounds, anyway, althoug I've never heard of it using them.

Depending on how hard-hitting they model the 57mm rounds (look at how the 37mm rounds for the BK 37 were), the Hs 129 would be a more effective tank-buster, particularly against heavyily armored units like the Tiger I and II, or the IS-2 if we ever get it.


We're talking like 82mm of penetration vs 136mm. Thats a big difference.
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: titanic3 on September 02, 2012, 03:17:10 PM
Better gun than the 57mm. Unless the tse-tse used APDS rounds, anyway, althoug I've never heard of it using them.

Depending on how hard-hitting they model the 57mm rounds (look at how the 37mm rounds for the BK 37 were), the Hs 129 would be a more effective tank-buster, particularly against heavyily armored units like the Tiger I and II, or the IS-2 if we ever get it.


We're talking like 82mm of penetration vs 136mm. Thats a big difference.

Except you might as well be flying a Lancaster. Because that's how it's going to perform, if not even worse.
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Butcher on September 02, 2012, 03:29:26 PM
Except you might as well be flying a Lancaster. Because that's how it's going to perform, if not even worse.

Yeah and the B-25H does so well in a long gentle slope dive towards a tank.
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Karnak on September 02, 2012, 03:44:18 PM
Better gun than the 57mm. Unless the tse-tse used APDS rounds, anyway, althoug I've never heard of it using them.

Depending on how hard-hitting they model the 57mm rounds (look at how the 37mm rounds for the BK 37 were), the Hs 129 would be a more effective tank-buster, particularly against heavyily armored units like the Tiger I and II, or the IS-2 if we ever get it.


We're talking like 82mm of penetration vs 136mm. Thats a big difference.
Once again, take your "German only" roadkill and start a thread asking for it.
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Tank-Ace on September 02, 2012, 08:35:24 PM
The German weapon would probably preform better, and its roadkill now, for mentioning it in a thread about an allied equivelant?

Would the tse-tse be fun? Yes, and eventually I'd like to see it. But the Hs 129 would be more effective.



If the Tse-Tse DID use APDS rounds.... well, we might even see a perked tank-buster with it.
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: titanic3 on September 02, 2012, 09:22:05 PM
The German weapon would probably preform better, and its roadkill now, for mentioning it in a thread about an allied equivelant?

Would the tse-tse be fun? Yes, and eventually I'd like to see it. But the Hs 129 would be more effective.



If the Tse-Tse DID use APDS rounds.... well, we might even see a perked tank-buster with it.

How? You'll get raped the moment a fighter shows up, even a 40 ENY one. At least with the other anti tanks, you have a chance against some of the weaker ones.
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Karnak on September 02, 2012, 10:38:33 PM
The German weapon would probably preform better, and its roadkill now, for mentioning it in a thread about an allied equivelant?

Would the tse-tse be fun? Yes, and eventually I'd like to see it. But the Hs 129 would be more effective.



If the Tse-Tse DID use APDS rounds.... well, we might even see a perked tank-buster with it.
FYI, "roadkill" was what the BBS substituted for what I actually wrote.

Fact: The Hs129 could barely fly with the BK 7,5.  It was underpowered from the start and with the 75mm gun dangerously so.

While the gun is better than the Mollins 57mm it is crippled by being attached to the Hs129.  If the two aircraft were both added I guarantee that the Mosquito Mk XVIII would see vastly higher usage than the Hs129 simply due to the fact that the Mosquito airframe is vastly more capable than the Hs129 airframe.  The gun does you no good if you cannot bring it to bear on the target.

Now, drop your hijack and start your own pro-Hs129 thread.
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Butcher on September 02, 2012, 10:38:44 PM
How? You'll get raped the moment a fighter shows up, even a 40 ENY one. At least with the other anti tanks, you have a chance against some of the weaker ones.

Someone apparently didn't even bother to fly 1 sortie in a Me-410. He-129 is going to perform so much better except for the fact any given 40 eny plane in Aces High will school it with a 10k alt loss.

Here's some info and I don't even need to bother checking data for it:

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Hs 129 C
In order to address the poor performance of the aircraft, plans had been underway for some time to fit the plane with newer versions of the Italian Isotta-Fraschini Delta engine that delivered 630 kW (850 hp). The engine installation ran into a number of delays however, and was still not ready for production when the plant was overrun by the Allies in 1945.

Fly the B-25H, go attack a ground vehicle or get attacked by an Aircraft.. In your previous posts you mentioned how you shot down many many planes in a Stuka - i'd like to see you tank-ace live and shoot down any tanks/aircrafts in an Hs-129.

fact is last time I checked you didn't even have ONE Ju-87 kill after you bragged on the BBS about "able to turn fight" MANY opponents. You argued time and time again, and I checked the logs - I ACTUALLY logged a kill in the ju-87, you haven't logged one kill in the Ju-87 (vs an aircraft) PERIOD.

maybe someone needs to go back to find the thread where I debunked this, I was a bit surprised I had even 1 kill in a Ju-87 (air to air). But the mighty ace Jaeger didn't even have one period.
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: titanic3 on September 02, 2012, 10:42:11 PM
Someone apparently didn't even bother to fly 1 sortie in a Me-410. He-129 is going to perform so much better except for the fact any given 40 eny plane in Aces High will school it with a 10k alt loss.

Here's some info and I don't even need to bother checking data for it:

Fly the B-25H, go attack a ground vehicle or get attacked by an Aircraft.. In your previous posts you mentioned how you shot down many many planes in a Stuka - i'd like to see you tank-ace live and shoot down any tanks/aircrafts in an Hs-129.

fact is last time I checked you didn't even have ONE Ju-87 kill after you bragged on the BBS about "able to turn fight" MANY opponents. You argued time and time again, and I checked the logs - I ACTUALLY logged a kill in the ju-87, you haven't logged one kill in the Ju-87 (vs an aircraft) PERIOD.

maybe someone needs to go back to find the thread where I debunked this, I was a bit surprised I had even 1 kill in a Ju-87 (air to air). But the mighty ace Jaeger didn't even have one period.

(http://rob.nu/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/73189-Misc-OhSnap_Bear.jpg)

On a side note, Butcher vs Tank Ace, round #12,356...BEGIN!
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Karnak on September 02, 2012, 10:45:29 PM
The Mosquito Mk XVIII was powered by two Rolls-Royce Merlin 25s each producing 1,640hp.

The Hs129 was powered by two Gnome-Rhône 14M 4/5s each producing 700hp.

That is 3,280hp for the Mosquito and 1,400hp for the Hs129.

Have fun trying to lug a 75mm gun on 1,400hp.
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Butcher on September 02, 2012, 11:03:56 PM
(http://rob.nu/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/73189-Misc-OhSnap_Bear.jpg)

You better get to bed, you work an an ice cream shop now - need to save that arm for filling ice cream scoops. Don't worry if that arm gets tired just switch over - even if the other is already tired from daily activity:)
Oh yeah...

(http://www.ipfwcommunicator.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/oh-snap.jpg)
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: titanic3 on September 02, 2012, 11:13:51 PM
You better get to bed, you work an an ice cream shop now - need to save that arm for filling ice cream scoops. Don't worry if that arm gets tired just switch over - even if the other is already tired from daily activity:)
Oh yeah...

(http://www.ipfwcommunicator.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/oh-snap.jpg)

You should get to bed old man...your arms must be tired of the hourly you know what sessions. Or else no ice cream cones for you fat man.  :old:
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Tank-Ace on September 03, 2012, 04:53:23 PM
Fly the B-25H, go attack a ground vehicle or get attacked by an Aircraft.. In your previous posts you mentioned how you shot down many many planes in a Stuka - i'd like to see you tank-ace live and shoot down any tanks/aircrafts in an Hs-129.

Will it be more vulnerable to fighters? Hell yes. But it would be just about the only thing in the inventory that can reguarly and reliably knock out Tigers and KT's.


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fact is last time I checked you didn't even have ONE Ju-87 kill after you bragged on the BBS about "able to turn fight" MANY opponents. You argued time and time again, and I checked the logs - I ACTUALLY logged a kill in the ju-87, you haven't logged one kill in the Ju-87 (vs an aircraft) PERIOD.

maybe someone needs to go back to find the thread where I debunked this, I was a bit surprised I had even 1 kill in a Ju-87 (air to air). But the mighty ace Jaeger didn't even have one period.

Check under the names 49Jager or 49Nem.


Not saying it was a fair fight; I had started with at least 5k alt at the bottom of my dive and was fighting fresh up aircraft (I had just bombed the VH, and the ordnance bunkers). But I did tangle with a typhoon, a P-51 and a spitfire of an unknown model. I killed the P-51 and I think oiled the typhoon so he had to land. Can't remember if I got the kill on him or not.
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: tuton25 on January 05, 2013, 11:17:58 AM
Alot of the posts say that this won't handle well in a dogfight on the deck (where it will be most of the time), but you have to remember that this is not a fighter. It is a ground attack plane and should be treated as such. If you want a fighter mossie I suggest the Mk. 2 or 30. These are lighter and faster than the Mk 6 we have.
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Karnak on January 05, 2013, 12:29:33 PM
Alot of the posts say that this won't handle well in a dogfight on the deck (where it will be most of the time), but you have to remember that this is not a fighter. It is a ground attack plane and should be treated as such. If you want a fighter mossie I suggest the Mk. 2 or 30. These are lighter and faster than the Mk 6 we have.
The Mk II was a bit lighter due to a weaker wing spar and less fuel tanks, but it was most certainly not faster than the Mk VI, probably about 30-35mph slower on the deck.  The Mk 30 is faster up high, slower down low as compared to the Mk VI and probably not significantly lighter or heavier than the Mk VI.
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: SmokinLoon on January 05, 2013, 06:21:14 PM
More punch as it would be firing AP rounds instead of HE rounds.

1 British 3in/60 Pdr rocket does 187 HE damage.  1 AP round from %75 of the 75 and 76mm AP rounds do 78 lbs damage.  Once could estimate that the 57mm AP round would do LESS than 78 lbs of damage vs an OBJ.  Granted, there is no real way of measuring which one would be more effective vs a ship, but may I suggest trying a few runs against a fleet using the Me410 and the 50mm HE that does 50 lbs of damage and see how that goes?

The Tse Tse would be fun to play with, but again I'm not sure what it would be good at.  Maybe busting gv's, but that is anyone's guess. 
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Karnak on January 05, 2013, 06:50:56 PM
1 British 3in/60 Pdr rocket does 187 HE damage.  1 AP round from %75 of the 75 and 76mm AP rounds do 78 lbs damage.  Once could estimate that the 57mm AP round would do LESS than 78 lbs of damage vs an OBJ.  Granted, there is no real way of measuring which one would be more effective vs a ship, but may I suggest trying a few runs against a fleet using the Me410 and the 50mm HE that does 50 lbs of damage and see how that goes?

The Tse Tse would be fun to play with, but again I'm not sure what it would be good at.  Maybe busting gv's, but that is anyone's guess. 
Nobody should be using the 50mm or 57mm guns against anything larger than a gun emplacement.  They should be, primarily, for anti-GV work and for that the armor penetration on the 57mm AP will be significantly better than the 75mm HE.
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: tuton25 on January 05, 2013, 11:06:00 PM
The 57mm cannon was full auto unlike the german 50mm (I think) so it could be used similarly to the Il-2's 37mm guns
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Karnak on January 06, 2013, 08:15:59 AM
The 57mm cannon was full auto unlike the german 50mm (I think) so it could be used similarly to the Il-2's 37mm guns
The German 50mm is full auto.  All that means is it fires at is maximum cyclic rate if the trigger is held down.  The 57mm Molins gun had a rate of fire of slightly better than one round per second if I recall correctly.

The B-25's 75mm, on the other hand, was manually loaded and could not be operated in any kind of maneuvering situation.
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: SmokinLoon on January 06, 2013, 09:42:44 AM
The German 50mm is full auto.  All that means is it fires at is maximum cyclic rate if the trigger is held down.  The 57mm Molins gun had a rate of fire of slightly better than one round per second if I recall correctly.

The B-25's 75mm, on the other hand, was manually loaded and could not be operated in any kind of maneuvering situation.

Correct, correct, and correct.  The term "full auto" is a bit over used, many think it means a high rate of fire when all it actually means is one trigger pull = multiple shots. 

I know I wouldn't want to be the reloader in a B25H when in maneuvers, the poor fellow would be bouncing from wall to wall holding a 75mm HE in his hands trying to load the breach.   :D   
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: tuton25 on January 06, 2013, 07:44:09 PM
I can track GV's in a 410 without problems
With the added armour the mosquito xviii would be wirble killing machine!!!
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: phatzo on January 06, 2013, 07:51:36 PM
Check under the names 49Jager or 49Nem.



OOOoohhh, I thought you were PNG as Nemisis.
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: tuton25 on January 07, 2013, 11:29:02 PM
The German 50mm is full auto.  All that means is it fires at is maximum cyclic rate if the trigger is held down.  The 57mm Molins gun had a rate of fire of slightly better than one round per second if I recall correctly.

The B-25's 75mm, on the other hand, was manually loaded and could not be operated in any kind of maneuvering situation.
All the videos of the 57mm gun make it seem that it shoots faster than the german 50mm. I just hope they don't modle the relibility issues.....
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: matt on January 08, 2013, 12:27:39 AM
+1
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: bozon on January 09, 2013, 03:41:10 AM
1 British 3in/60 Pdr rocket does 187 HE damage.  1 AP round from %75 of the 75 and 76mm AP rounds do 78 lbs damage.  Once could estimate that the 57mm AP round would do LESS than 78 lbs of damage vs an OBJ.  Granted, there is no real way of measuring which one would be more effective vs a ship, but may I suggest trying a few runs against a fleet using the Me410 and the 50mm HE that does 50 lbs of damage and see how that goes?

The Tse Tse would be fun to play with, but again I'm not sure what it would be good at.  Maybe busting gv's, but that is anyone's guess. 
The Mollins is supposed to have a significantly better armor penetration than the German 50mm. They sunk ships with that cannon. It was also used in air to air a few times, including in dogfights against 109s and 190s, but if I remember correctly its only flying victim was a Ju88. The rockets were indeed found to be much more effective and the numerous MK VI could carry them.

In AH the XVIII will be used against GV and as a de-acker as it will be able to snipe the ack position from a much greater distance than the 20mm. The added armor may help a little against the auto acks and GV fire up to 20mm. I doubt it will survive an Ostie 37mm hit.

Personally, I'd love to see it, as well as the Mossie XXX model. The latter will be inferior to the Mossie VI right on the deck, but I suspect that already at 10k it will start to be superior. It is a much better bomber hunter than the VI.
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: tuton25 on January 09, 2013, 09:47:17 PM
The Mk 30 was intended to be a high altitude nightfighter/daytime escourt
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Stellaris on January 10, 2013, 01:03:49 PM
+2!

Mossies are cool.  We like more.
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: tuton25 on January 10, 2013, 10:25:40 PM
The mossie is my bird so any and all would be nice....
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: tuton25 on March 09, 2013, 09:09:44 PM
Now HTC, how about this one......
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: SmokinLoon on March 09, 2013, 09:50:37 PM
Now HTC, how about this one......

Nah.  I understand the draw to it though.  It would be fun to tinker with but it offers nothing new to AH, really.  Now a Wellington, or a Beaufighter, or D520, or Tu-2, etc.... THEN we're talking.   :aok
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Tank-Ace on March 10, 2013, 01:16:40 PM
Negative ghost rider, the pattern is full.
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: F77 on March 12, 2013, 02:55:41 PM
Going back to an earlier post... I tooka  MKXVI Mossie dogfighting in the DA.  At distance both mossie's ID as a "MOSS" and it's only close up that it distinguishes between the two.

It was good fun seeing all the aircraft scatter!  Light she makes a great dogfighter and ties people up, pity that there's not even a peashooter!
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Bruv119 on March 16, 2013, 02:28:01 AM
+1 to the TSE TSE. 

I can't look cool killing gvs with that 410 cannon with the mossie I can.   :rock
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Megalodon on March 16, 2013, 01:23:26 PM
A complete pig that could barely fly.

You know, you don't need to toejam on every wishlist post for a non-German unit with your incessant demands for only German units to be added.

...and you know that how... its your wealth of knowledge or you read in a book <unlikly>... maybe you used to fly them?

Then quit toe jamming every thread like you do. We dont need another mossi for a long while.

We need the Dewoitine D520  :aok



incessant French demand,

 
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Karnak on March 16, 2013, 01:36:11 PM
...and you know that how... its your wealth of knowledge or you read in a book <unlikly>... maybe you used to fly them?
Yes, read it in a book.  Sorry, but the Hs129 was not well liked and it was not a very good airplane.  Putting the 75mm cannon on it made it an outright dangerous airplane to its own pilot.  There were also more Mosquito Mk XVIII built than Hs129 with the 75mm cannon and those Mosquitoes were far, far, far more successful.  Asking Tank-Ace not to spam threads about non-German stuff with posts about German stuff is not unreasonable.

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Then quit toe jamming every thread like you do. We dont need another mossi for a long while.
I did not start this thread, nor have I said the Mossie XVIII should be added anywhere in it.  I acknowledge that I would like to see it, but, as I've said before, I can't justify supporting its addition given its low production numbers.  At least not until an awful lot of other aircraft are added before it.

And is it really shocking for me to comment in a Mossie thread?  There are one or two guys on this board who are more knowledgeable about the Mossie than I am, but that still leaves me near the top for supplying data on them and it was simply data which I was supplying in this thread until Tank-Ace tried to hijack it with his "Only German stuff should be added." fetish.

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We need the Dewoitine D520  :aok



incessant French demand,
I have advocated for the D.520, but in the appropriate threads for it.
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Megalodon on March 16, 2013, 03:38:45 PM
Yes, read it in a book.  Sorry, but the Hs129 was not well liked and it was not a very good airplane.
There were also more Mosquito Mk XVIII built than Hs129 with the 75mm cannon
There are one or two guys on this board who are more knowledgeable about the Mossie than I am, but that still leaves me near the top for supplying data on them and it was simply data which I was supplying in this thread until
What Book?


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17 Mosquito FB Mk.XVIII  <  25 Hs-129B-3  Panzerjager Hs-129  by Martin Peeg
Shipbuster: Mosquito Mk XVIII “Tse-tse” an operational history’ by Alex Crawford


Supply some data on this plane
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Megalodon on March 16, 2013, 03:50:23 PM
27 Mossie XVIIIs were built, some were converted from FB.MK VIs, which is where the confusion on numbers comes from.
There were 17 total   source? I will include the test versions so 31 Hs-129 with the 75
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Karnak on March 16, 2013, 03:52:57 PM
There were 17 total   source?

Mosquito by Sharp and Bowman.
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Megalodon on March 16, 2013, 03:54:14 PM
I stick withthe guy who researched it specifically thanks :)
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: tuton25 on August 17, 2013, 10:44:36 PM
The German 50mm is full auto.  All that means is it fires at is maximum cyclic rate if the trigger is held down.  The 57mm Molins gun had a rate of fire of slightly better than one round per second if I recall correctly.

The B-25's 75mm, on the other hand, was manually loaded and could not be operated in any kind of maneuvering situation.

I was insinuating that it had a higher rat of fire.....
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: Tank-Ace on August 18, 2013, 12:41:40 AM
Holy necro bump!!!!
Title: Re: Mosquito Mk. XVIII
Post by: tuton25 on August 19, 2013, 10:13:59 AM
Holy necro bump!!!!
So????