Author Topic: Friday November 14th (Read 3323 times)

LÃ¶we · « **Reply #15 on:** November 12, 2003, 10:57:47 PM »

Stream.

From what I can tell the 325th launched 72 P-40F Warhwaks from the USS Ranger on 19 January 1943 to Cazes airfield near Casablanca. Where they stayed until 23 January When they were sent to Mediouna, on the 24th of january they flew escort for President Roosevelts party. There first in theater mission. I guess it wasnt a pajama party.

My reference is a squadron/ signal publications book , titled "Checkertails" by Ernest R McDowell.

My wife Linda is about to have a garage sell , and I am going to get rid of some aviation books to make room for more aviation books. This book was on the garage sell list. If you don't have the book and would like to,,, e-mail me your physical address.

My e-mail address is Jvan325@hotmail.com It's a must book for you checkertail guys.

Shane · « **Reply #16 on:** November 12, 2003, 11:01:46 PM »

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Originally posted by brady
I dident call you lame, I said imo using a non CV plane from a CV is lame ( from a historical/imershion prespective) in a set up.

sorta like using ww2 skinned planes in a war that occurred 20 years later? or using a late war ija bomber in 1941/2?

or perhaps like using american skinned b17's as ju188's?

plenty examples of sanctioned "lameness" abound.

o0Stream140o · « **Reply #17 on:** November 12, 2003, 11:48:03 PM »

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Originally posted by Löwe
Stream.

From what I can tell the 325th launched 72 P-40F Warhwaks from the USS Ranger on 19 January 1943 to Cazes airfield near Casablanca. Where they stayed until 23 January When they were sent to Mediouna, on the 24th of january they flew escort for President Roosevelts party. There first in theater mission. I guess it wasnt a pajama party.

cc Lowe,
My XO has actual WW2 footage of the 317th launching from the Uss Ranger. It was pre checkerboard on the the tail and they had the American flag painted just forward of the tail so that the British didn't shoot them down. I guess in the confusion of a fight the P-40 looked like a C.202? I can send you the link sometime if I can get him to put it back up. It just being a MTO I thought I would be cool, that's all no historical reference right now. I know that they never really launched for a mission off a flattop, but in here not much call for ferrying planes to the fields in the CT. I would love to see an early North African or Southern Italy map run... but I am not going to rock the boat to much, so to say.

Pongo · « **Reply #18 on:** November 13, 2003, 12:45:09 AM »

Its a cool set up Brady looking forward to it.
Anyone ever think of using the lvts ground based for one country and the m3 - m8 for the other country for flavour?

Slash27 · « **Reply #19 on:** November 13, 2003, 01:38:04 AM »

the confusion of a fight the P-40 looked like a C.202?
Maybe looked more like a 109. I may have read that some where.

Swager · « **Reply #20 on:** November 13, 2003, 09:36:26 AM »

Good Setup!!

brady · « **Reply #21 on:** November 13, 2003, 10:11:09 AM »

The LVT's have a know bug when it comes to their 75mm Main gun's they are usless aganst other GV's for the most part, also with the totaly unrealistic nature of the Air to Ground exchange in AH it is generaly better for game play if we simply use the Panzer to represent armor on both sides.

BTW this is suposed to be in Libbya in late 41 early 42, so this is an early set up using the Libbya map, not NUTTZ's Tunisia map. Thier are no US Air Assests represented in it.

daddog · « **Reply #22 on:** November 13, 2003, 11:57:22 AM »

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Brady, I believe that the only ppl flying the P40 will be the 325th.. maybe

I love the P40.

I have little hope against the 202 and 109, but will have fun trying.

detch01 · « **Reply #23 on:** November 13, 2003, 01:51:11 PM »

Gonna go out and polish up the P-40

Cheers,

Arlo · « **Reply #24 on:** November 13, 2003, 01:54:04 PM »

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The LVT's have a know bug when it comes to their 75mm Main gun's they are usless aganst other GV's for the most part ...

Heh .... is it a bug or is it the fact that they only have HE rounds for the LVT?

eta32 · « **Reply #25 on:** November 13, 2003, 02:16:10 PM »

ho hum... yawn..........

brady · « **Reply #26 on:** November 13, 2003, 07:16:39 PM »

The Bug is their HE shels dont detonate like they should on impact and they just bounce off, they should detonate on impact, HTC is aware of this howeaver. Hopefully one day we wil see a HEAT shell made for it by HTC.

Arlo · « **Reply #27 on:** November 13, 2003, 07:48:38 PM »

HE shells not detonating? I don't see why the HE shell should work any differently for the LVT than for any other GV. But you say it's a bug and HTC is aware of it and working on the problem. *ShruG*

Or are you claiming that HE shells aren't modeled correctly period and should be more effective versus tracks/wheels/light armor and such? (Not that LVTs equipped with only HE shells versus M8s equipped with AP shells would stand much of a chance anyhow.)

Still, in the end ... I can see it making more sense to enable M8s and M3s for both sides (more so than amphibs for both sides). At least until some allied heavies and axis lights are modeled to give more leeway ... either way.

kanttori · « **Reply #28 on:** November 13, 2003, 08:44:11 PM »

Beautiful map and good setup! I love all the CT Setups! And I have nothing against the CT Hosts, I love them all, too! And most of all I love you, Brady!

Ahumm... I mean I love your hosting...

Jester · « **Reply #29 on:** November 14, 2003, 08:59:58 AM »

Have seen the LVT HE shells bug during one of the Burma set-ups when we had them for tanks.

I was on the backside of one of the towns and snuck up on a LVT-4 engaged with another and commenced to fire at his side from short range (200 yards). I must have got 10 solid hits and that many more ricochets with out even scaring his paint! I finally gave up and killed him with a long burst from the .50 cal. machine gun on my LVT.

The armor on the LVT series would barely turn a rifle caliber bullet. No way one should be able to shrug off 5+ 75mm HE shells.