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Originally Posted by *Buzzsaw*
Salute Avimimus
I think you might find that even in 1942, the Spit V's can take off a wing with a single burst. The 190A4's can do the same even easier. Even in 1940, the 109E4 can dewing pretty much any aircraft with a two second shot placed accurately. And the aircraft with a 20mm in hte nose, like the F4's and Yaks are pretty powerful too. Unless you are flying 109F2's versus MiG-3's it is a dangerous world... 
Are you the Avimimus who used to build COOP missions?
In any case, if you are looking for a 1942 enviroment to fly for the next 6-8 weeks, RAF74 is holding an online COOP campaign entitled OPERATION JUBILEE, re-enacting the Dieppe Raid, and we are welcoming individuals and smaller Squads to participate. At the moment, besides RAF74, we have II/JG1, WingWalkers, Redwulf and 2Gvsap. There is room on the Allied and German sides. |
Thank you for the invitation, I will certainly consider it. Yes, I do miss the days of Bf-109F2 vs. Mig-3 (rather than the main option being 1944 Normandy...) Dieppe has a special place in my psych (as a Canadian).
I've been around for a long time, I don't recall making co-op missions though (or encountering a doppleganger)
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Originally Posted by WTE_Galway
Personally I would have been much happier if instead of IL2 1946 we had moved back the other way and got the Spanish Civil War and various other small conflicts throughout the 1930's.
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I would have gone for an SCW scenario too. There are so many counter-factual scenarios possible from that time period... I did try creating an experimental Luft'36 style dogfight map.
It is actually quite exotic when you remove cannons, the TB-3 becomes a flying fortress which requires all of one's ammunition to bring down, the Il-2T becomes a bomber destroyer and the 1st generation monoplanes become energy fighters... - a new experience for me at least.
Side 1 (I-153M62, I-16type18, Il-2T, TB-3_4M-17, P_11c)
Side 2 (TB-3_4M-34R_SPB, Ju-87B-2, Ki-27-Ko, Ki-27-Otsu, J8A, CR_42)
The file is still available if anyone wants it...