"I have returned"

[Oldman731]

USRanger's beautiful map and the success of Shifty's Solomons setup prompt us to continue the Pacific campaign.  More than a year has passed since yesterday.

“I HAVE RETURNED”

The Philippines Campaign 1944-45

AXIS (Knights)
Imperial Japanese Air Force
Ki-61 (Tony)
Ki-84 (Frank)
Ki-67 (Peggy)
C-47 (Tabby)
M-3 (sub for truck)
M-8 (sub for Type 95)

Imperial Japanese Navy
A6M5 (Zeke)(carrier only)
D3A (Val)(carrier only)
B5N (Kate)(carrier only)
G4M1 (Betty)(land-based)
PT boats

ALLIES (Bishops)
US Army
P-38L
P-47D-25
B-25H and -C (sub for -J)
A-20G
C-47
Jeep
M-3
M-8
M-16
M-4/75 Sherman

US Navy
F4U-1D
F6F-5
FM2
TBM
PT boats

SPECIAL NOTES:
Use Channel 200 for cross-country,
 Channel 123 for your-side-only communications.
All unmanned ack is .25 (one-fourth MA standard).
Visibility is set at 12 miles.
Traditional AvA bombsight (must be calibrated).
Radar settings (1945) as follows:
   Tower 237,600 (feet)
   Sector 369,600
Fuel is 1.0 burn rate.
Ten troops required for base capture (map room setting
 is .0015).
Town-down percentage is 50%.
Carriers will regenerate quickly.
Strat is disabled.
Friendly mid-airs are off.
Killshooter is on.

HISTORY:
The Philippines:  Scene of repeated Allied
disasters at war's beginning.  Clark Field. 
Subic Bay.  Corregidor.  The Bataan Death
March.  Now, on October 20, 1944,
having suffered through nearly three
years of cruel Japanese occupation, Filipinos
look to the skies and seas as the overwhelming,
merciless Allied forces return to set them
free.  The campaign to retake the islands will
last through the end of the war.  It will cost
the allies over 60,000 casualties, and will
take the lives of nearly 350,000 of the
Emperor's loyal, doomed subjects.

We have utilized USRanger's fine Guadalcanal
map as a generic representation of the area of
conflict. 

[Krusty]

Interesting.

I'm not making judgements or anything, nor starting anything, but I'm curious why no N1K2 in this one? Seems to fit about that time and isn't really uber against the US rides. I know it's a bit of a late war plane but there was a similar mid-wing model earlier (N1K-J) that also had 4 20mm guns.

Just curious.

[Shifty]

Interesting.

I'm not making judgements or anything, nor starting anything, but I'm curious why no N1K2 in this one? Seems to fit about that time and isn't really uber against the US rides. I know it's a bit of a late war plane but there was a similar mid-wing model earlier (N1K-J) that also had 4 20mm guns.

Just curious.

Krusty,

This was another setup I was working on and hadn't quite finished. OM and Chilli had batted around a Philippines idea so I coughed it up and OM did some tweaking and improving. I originally left the N1K2 out and kind of encouraged OM to do the same since as you said it was the N1K1 used in the Philippines. If it gets bad I'm sure OM  would consider adding it as a sub for the N1K1. We've been getting away from adding every aircraft possible in setups recently to a more streamlined approach hoping for a little more balance and intense fighting for both sides. Like anything else sometimes it works and sometimes... All that aside it's good to see you in the arena again. I hope you'll continue to add your input.

[Tyrannis]

will bombsites for the b25C model be normal or manual?


(i really hate manual  )

[Melvin]

will bombsites for the b25C model be normal or manual?


(i really hate manual  )

I will refer you here for the answer... http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,313441.0.html#top

[Tyrannis]

I will refer you here for the answer... http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,313441.0.html#top

-reads through what is said again-
-still doesnt see an answer to my question-
-considers melvin even more of a fool than previously thought-
 

[Puma44]

G P S in progress.....

[Krusty]

will bombsites for the b25C model be normal or manual?


(i really hate manual  )

Last night in my G4M it was on "easy" mode, just FYI.

[Melvin]

Poor tyrannis. I guess I gave your reading comprehension skills far too much credit.

Oh well, there's always next year....

[Tyrannis]

Poor tyrannis. I guess I gave your reading comprehension skills far too much credit.

Oh well, there's always next year....

i havent flown the AVA much.


so :Traditional AvA bombsight" could mean anything to me.

which is the reason why i asked the question wether it was normal or manual.

so, your little retort post didnt answer my question at all.

now shoo melvin, its allmost summer break, isent there some middle schoolers a couple of topics down for you to go mock? 

[Melvin]

Yikes...

Sorry Oldman for the squabble. Looks like a great set-up. Hopefully I'll get a few hours this weekend to come get shot down.

 

[gyrene81]

-reads through what is said again-
-still doesnt see an answer to my question-
-considers melvin even more of a fool than previously thought-
 

geez tyrannis...come on dude, you're making me have to side with melvin...and you're getting melvin'd.

Traditional AvA bombsight (must be calibrated).

main arena style doesn't require calibration.

[Oldman731]

This was another setup I was working on and hadn't quite finished. OM and Chilli had batted around a Philippines idea so I coughed it up and OM did some tweaking and improving. I originally left the N1K2 out and kind of encouraged OM to do the same since as you said it was the N1K1 used in the Philippines. If it gets bad I'm sure OM  would consider adding it as a sub for the N1K1. We've been getting away from adding every aircraft possible in setups recently to a more streamlined approach hoping for a little more balance and intense fighting for both sides. Like anything else sometimes it works and sometimes... All that aside it's good to see you in the arena again. I hope you'll continue to add your input.

This and a bit more.  I tried to limit the plane set to aircraft that were actually in the Philippines.  As near as I could tell the N1K - in any of its versions - never made it there.  The version we have in AH doesn't appear even to have been used outside Japan, and didn't reach any kind of production numbers until most of the fighting in the Philippines was over.  I'm happy to put it in if it there's a good source that puts it there.

- oldman

[Krusty]

Not to worry OM, just curious. It would lend something with a bit more firepower but other than that the bases are covered.

[Puma44]

Going to be a fun setup, Oldman!  Thanks!