second sino-japanese war 1937-1940

[Wutz]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

I've made a DF map using a mod pack, and have many of the aircraft needed already in it.

What is missing however are the Curtiss Hawk III and fixed gear Hawk 75 H and M, and some of the rarer bombers for both sides. And the Kawasaki Ki-10 biplane fighter for the IJAAF.

It is very fun to fly these old aircraft types against one another.

This is also a fascinating prelude to the wider Pacific war, and one that the US and Commonwealth countries paid too little attention to.

The moment we have a G3M1 Nell or a H6N Mavis I am also on board, a fitting bomber for that period, and I am all for it!

[JG53Frankyboy]

http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/sino-japanese.htm

we even had such a small early Cina campaign in the VOW
http://www.vowreloaded.de/index.php?...up_open&id=121

[Tempest123]

+1 for this idea from me too, I am trying to create several sino-japanese missions, the Burma and eastern China maps are great, I wish we had a map of Southern China (or a portion of it), and some of the aircraft that where involved. This theatre is appealing because the maps are very scenic, and the terrain is different than most of the eastern european maps from Il2 (except Slovakia which is a blast to sightsee around). I don't think one would run into legal issues if a map and several aircraft were released, because there is no campaign being supplied, so any political implications are left up to the mission builders and aircraft skinners. This is also a good way to get around the Grumman issue and still improve the pacific theatre.

[proton45]

The early war "plane set" has the potential for great fun and interest. This was the era that brought "dogfighting" to its technological climax...most of the technology's employed where to aid in turning, visibility, climbing and speed. This was also a technological race that ended in the development of the ultimate dogfighter...the A6M Reison.

If the campaigns where done right they could be quite interesting...China's "air force" was a coalition of warlords that each had their own aeroplanes... and then their was the Russian volunteers, and the Flying Tigers.

I imagine that the new game engine would be quite good at surrounding us with the sights, sounds and sensations of flying an open air cockpit...

The advanced features for mission building (like triggers) would be quite useful in building realistic battle environments of an era, when "radio communication" and "radar" was practically unheard of...

Originally Posted by Tempest123

This theatre is appealing because the maps are very scenic, and the terrain is different than most of the eastern european maps from Il2 (except Slovakia which is a blast to sightsee around).

+1... If done the right way a good map, of any part, of Asian should feel like a "trip abroad". With the one exception of Shanghai, the Chinese citys and towns of this era had their own unique look and feel. I dont know if people here are familiar with the "patchwork" of rice patty's, as seen from above, but these too are a unique feature of Asian landscape. Their is also a rather steep kind of hilly mountain that is quite common through out Asia.