Originally posted by Furball
individual 88's wouldnt work. the timing mechanism would be far too complicated for the majority of the pointy click dweebs because they did not use prox fuses.
Technically you are correct; they used an altimeter to explode the ordnance at preset altitudes, & they used radar to give them this accurate altitude setting ( we don't have such radar in AH ) & they fired the 88's in batteries & later in the war they began to fire a rectangle "box" that was very deadly.
HiTech could implement control of batteries of 3-5 88mm guns for players & give them a reading that approximates altitude of target so they could preset the altitude & be more in keeping with how they were really used ( I think it would be complicated to code ). Or just give control of one gun per player & place 3-5 90mm guns with proximity fuzes on or around a field , it'd be a more simple design to implement I would think since they already have the 5inch/128mm naval guns with POZIT fuzes ( less complicated to code ). They would be relatively useless for low, fast flying aircraft because of the slow rate of rotation & elevation. They could then place a few quad .50 or quad 20mm emplacements for the low & fast attacks to supplement the 37mm's now on the field, & they could turn the 37mm's into 40mm Bofors ( I'm not a fan of the Bofors myself ) .
