P = Patrol
B = Bomber
Y = Consolidated Aircraft Corp
(PBY)
now mind you depends which version of the PBY u refer to...because they are not all defenceless from what I've read only the earlier ones were defenceless PBY-1/PBY-3
PBY-4(is when it took on the name Catalina) and up had guns..
PBY-5A(Catalina)
width 104'
length 63.8'
height 20.18'
accommodation 9
hardpoints 2
empty weight 20,911lbs
max take off weight 35,422lbs
max speed 179mph
max range 2,545miles
rate of climb 526fpm(feet per minuet)
service ceiling 14,698ft
engines 2 Pratt&Whitney r-1830-92 14 cylinder twin wasp air cooled radial engines generating up to 1,200hp
armament
2x 7.62(possibly 50Cal's?)mm guns in bow turret
2x 7.62(possibly 50Cal's?)mm guns in fuselage blisters 1 in each side
1x 7.62mm gun in ventral tuneel section
(1 source says 50 Cal's one says 7.62 only variation I've found between sources)
bombload of up to 4,000lbs that includes 2x torpedoes,bombs,depth charges(they also work on surface ships) or anti ship mines(these are all very useable ords)
now from my general understanding if its got a bomb or a gun it can be put to use in any game situation heck people have even figured out uses for the pilot with a .45
such as hiding in map room and shooting troops or sneaking up on a rearming plane on a de aked Field or sneaking up on a manned gun or tank and shooting the pintel off/trying to track it or just making a base flash to annoy the ppl
it may not be the best aircraft or the fastest but it would be better rounded then allot of things we currently have(if it can up from ports that's a +)
B5N is a decent plane... great for killing cruisers/gvs...that's about it not very fast burst into flames from smallest round but still gets used
d3a1 less flammable and forward facing guns(just as slow) but not enough bombs to do much damage
g4m1 more or less a giant b5n with a 20mm on the tail and 500 more lbs of ords and about 80mph faster
sbd forward facing 50 Cal's decent tail gun fair ords rather slow...
tbm takes forever to climb great on ords tail falls off easily and tops out at 240mph
ki-67 chews threw fuel very flammable rather fast and 20mm on the tail(ever want to be a rocket ship?)
point is except for the ki-67(only seen like 4 ever) most of these planes get flown frequently they all have major exploits and issues but ppl don't seem to focus on them more so then just do what they can with the plane and go for the target and try to get the job done more or lees ppl will find a use for it and depending on the model added it can serve in all arenas
and yes +1 for a PBY-4+(as the OP did not state which version)
side note im not a expert nor do i claim to be right thats just what searching yeilded
