What about ground-attack missions?

[addman]

We all know that BoB was mostly about air-air engagements with some elements of jabo missions but will the campaigns have ANY variations other than air-air? I know it might seem a bit picky since this is a BoB sim/game and we don't know squat about how the missions will be really but flying the same type of missions might get a little repetetive. I guess that the triggers/scripting, new A.I and the new dynamic weather system will make every mission unique though.

What about the pics of german armoured vehicles/tanks we've seen? what use will they have if the germans can't "win" and stage an invasion? Only decorative and for "what if" mission builders maybe? What do I care anyway, I'll be over 3000 meters up in the air in a Fiat Br.20 training my bombsight anyway

[JG53Frankyboy]

well, looking at the so far "known" list of flyable planes , it realy looks like it will be an attack war mostly for the Axis side.........

Bf109
Bf110
Ju87
Ju88
He111
Br20

all can carry bombs.
Allied , only the Blenheim (a dream of mine would be as additional flyables the Wellington and Beaufort, torpedo attacks with "correct" torpedo limits )........

"Online Wars" will not have easy times with the BoB release version i guess

most propably we will have to wait for the next SoW scenario to get in a tactial ground war ............. Northern Africa or Eastern Front

[Daniël]

JG53Frankyboy, the Fiat G.50 is flyable too on the axis side.
I don't think the early version of the Bf 109 E (which is in SoW) could carry bombs.

[JG53Frankyboy]

but the G.50 will not be able to carry bombs.I mentioned only the bombcarriers.

and what is a BoB game without the possibility to simulate the german Bf109 Fighterbomberraids (3./ErprGrp210, II(Schlacht)/LG2 from september on, one squadron of every fightergroup from October on) or the history of the ErprGrp210's Bf110.
BTW, in the FMB pictures that Maddox posted in the last update there were Bf109E-3/B and Bf110C-7 (a C-4/B never existed offically) in the planelist

and AFAIK the Hurricane and Spitfire werent able/used to carry bombs in 1940...

[Daniël]

Yes, the G.50 couldn't carry bombs. The armament was 2 12.7 mm MGs and sometimes + 2 7.7 mm MGs in the wings I think. It would be nice if there were both versions.

[Chivas]

There will be plenty of action for ground pounders. There will be nothing to stop you from flying with whatever aircraft carries ordnance, looking for targets of opportunity on both sides of the channel..