The new bomb fuzing needs to be an option.

[Avimimus]

Originally Posted by ElAurens;207600
Yes we could kill ships via skip bombing on occasion, but the randomness of it is just so wrong. Same bomb dropped from different aircraft even at equal speed/altitude failed to arm. I lost count of how many bombs I saw make good hits and not go off. A failure rate so high that it is beyond belief.

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On the other hand, torpedo drops can be gotten down to an utter science, nearly 100% success rates for drops and arming. Now this will go down with enemy action of course, as it should.

It took a few tries. I found heavier bombs were more likely to skip. I even managed to skip reliably using an Il-2. I just never dumped bombs while in even a shallow dive or under 90 metres and tried to keep my speed up.

I don't think it was necessarily easy in real life. If you've ever been in the ocean - it is hard to imagine throwing a several hundred kilo high-explosive device and expecting it to bounce several times is ever going to be perfectly reliable, predictable and undemanding of skill.

As for torpedo bombing - science perhaps - but I'm having an awfully hard time meeting the release requirements (speed and altitude)!