Oscar - Jack - Tojo

[Butcher]

Few tours ago I took up a c202 just to see how many I could shoot down with twin 50s, sure enough I landed 8 kills in one sortie. I took off and chased down a couple of carrier planes whose CV got sunk, then flew to the field to play around hoping someone would up, ended up with a heavy 38 that kept trying to up.
A decent aimer can score a few kills, maybe not as many as the 38 I can remember would not ditch his ords, I simply aimed for an engine.  Granted this is pot luck, but I do recall shooting down a P-47 with twin 50s from a Ki-84 with less then 50 rounds total.

Most likely you won't score a kill on a snap shot on someone in a Ki-43, but then again if you want big guns go fly a Me-410, big guns won't matter when a Ki-43 sits on your tail and peppers you to death.


Model Type   Kills   Percent
Bf 110G-2   1   12.500
F6F-5   1   12.500
P-38L   5   62.500
SeaFire   1   12.500

Late War Tour 142
Kills by Butcher in a
C.202 by player name
Player Name   Killed   Percent
Nightfal   5   62.500
Pappy08   1   12.500
Pepsi   1   12.500
THESWEDE   1   12.500
    8 Kills   

[JVboob]

+1
+1
+1

[Mitsu]

Emily, she is cute too.

[Sabre]

+ for Ki-43. I'm all for the Oscar.  It was a favorite of mine in Warbirds for point-defense of a base under heavy pressure.  A joy to fly, and could pull double emilman's and not stall out.  Once got into a fight against an F4U and a F6F simultaneously.  While I didn't outright kill either of them, I sent them both home with smoking engines; landed with 2 rounds left. From a scenario standpoint, it is a definite plus.  The Flying Tigers overwhelmingly ran into Oscars more often than any other Japanese fighter.

[bangsbox]

I thought Nates were their most faced opponent

[Butcher]

I thought Nates were their most faced opponent

Ki-27s were mostly removed from combat in 1941, after the disaster against the Russian I-16's.

The Oscar replaced the Ki-27 as a front line fighter.

[bustr]

Hey, I've posted a Type100 gunsight reticle in anticipation of the Ki43 and Ki44.

[Mitsu]

I wish those planes will be released in next version! 
Also I wish HTC remodel Ki-61...

[tunnelrat]

Hey, I've posted a Type100 gunsight reticle in anticipation of the Ki43 and Ki44.

 

[Seadog36]

Of the three, the Oscar should be a top priority as it was the primary fighter for the IJAAF and the plane in which the majority of IJAAF pilots became aces in.  Not having the Ki-43 in the Japanse planet set would be like not including the P-51D for the US plane set.

ack-ack

Absolutely correct~ no other plane was used in such great numbers by the IJAF, and the paltry armament is no excuse why it should not be represented.


Seadog36

[EagleDNY]

+1 for more Japanese rides, and for updates on the current rides.

Ki-43 would be great for early war FSO.
J2M3 absolutely fabulous for the B29s over Tokyo.
Ki-100 - because the Ki-61 needs help...

[Mitsu]

Ki-100 - because the Ki-61 needs help...

Yes indeed!
It is the most useful Tony.

[jimson]

I thought Nates were their most faced opponent

The original AVG before it was absorbed into the army, ran into the Ki27 more than any other fighter. The retractable gear fighters they encountered that they long called Zeros were actually Oscars.

There are few other units as famous as the Flying Tigers.

It's almost like having an air combat game without the proper planes to do the Battle of Britain.

Just for that reason, I believe both the Ki27 and Ki43 should be added to the game.

I'd love to do a proper Flying Tigers setup, but it is most difficult to find adequate subs. I suppose a Val could be used as a Nate sub and an A6M2 as an Oscar, but the Zero's cannons are just too much.

[icepac]

I'd take the faster J2M2 over the later 4 cannon J2M3.

[Krusty]

It's almost like having an air combat game without the proper planes to do the Battle of Britain.

HAHAHAH!! That would be SOOOOOO.....


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