mdiehl
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[QUOTE]It was USN (ships and aircraft) that effectively won the war and not the USAAF (excluding the A-bomb).[/QUOTE] That is incorrect in every conceivable way. The effort required the balanced approach used by the Allies of Navy opening doors, army securing positions, land based air (Marine and Army air units) operating from new bases. Lather, rinse, repeat. The objective was to put strategic bombers in range of Japan. The strategic bombing capmaign was highly effective on all fronts. At the tactical level about which you are complaining, enemy airfield suppression by B17s, B24s and B25s was highly effective. [QUOTE]That was the only way the B-29's were able to be used effectively...[/QUOTE] That is incorrect. When the B29s operated from sub-jetstream altitudes in fair weather they were quite accurate. By the end of the war, they were able to bomb accurately in foul weather using improved radar sets that never showed up in the ETO. [QUOTE]This problem is their inability to find proper targets and bomb them. The bombers in WWII didn't have GPS and yet in UV we have them fly many many HEXes away (i.e. 20 x 30nm = 600nm for B-17/B-24 and 30 x 30nm = 900nm for Betty) and pinpointly attacking designated target (even at night)... This is completely unrealistic.[/QUOTE] If you are complaining that bombers do not frequently get lost en route to target. Tough. They routinely did not. [QUOTE]In Europe (yes I know it's different theatre but still) the bomber crew results were appalling and apart from specialized squadrons (i.e. pathfinders equipped with H2S ground mapping radar in later stages of war) they were all, most of the time, hopelessly inept...[/QUOTE] That is completely incorrect. On several occasions the USAAF daylight bombing raids came close to destroying the Luftwaffe's aircraft industry (as close as the Uboats ever came to starving out the UK). [QUOTE]#1 Create "Can Not Find the Target" penalty for LBA (Land Based Aircraft) level bombers when bombarding "Port," "Airfield," "Ground Unit" and docked ships in "Naval attack" depending on the range of target.[/QUOTE] It rarely happened that strategic bombers were unable to find their targets. If you are talking about targets being obscured by weather tha's a different subject. But bear in mind that a target that cannot be bombed owing to weather can't operate as an airbase for the same reason. [QUOTE]The further away target is the more percentage of crews should simply miss their target and never have opportunity to bomb it.[/QUOTE] That'd be highly unrealistic, both on the general subject of navigation and in the mechanics used to handle it. If, for example, a US Bomb Group were to "fail to find" a target, the whole group would fail, not some fraction of a group. [QUOTE]The experience of air crews involved should play role here but even 99 EXP crew should have difficulty finding and bombing target that is 600nm (B-17/B-24) or 900 nm (Betty) away.[/QUOTE] Why would one make it easier on Betties to find a target 600 nm away? Why would one peel 200 nm off of the effective strike radius of the B24? Why would one have "difficulty" finding a target at that range when USAAF heavy crews routinely and successfully flew missions at that range during WW2? [QUOTE]#2 For night operations add to #1 above x2 modifier (i.e. even more crews that can't find target).[/QUOTE] Night bombing is the only routine where it would be appropriate to consider any "unit unable to find target" routine. [QUOTE]#3 Lessen the effect of LBA level bombers when attacking ships that are docked (please note that I used term "docked" and not "anchored").[/QUOTE] Why would it make a difference? A ship at dock is just as vulnerable as a ship at anchor. Bombing stopped, not anchored, not docked ships was relatibely easy for level bombers. Even B17s. [QUOTE]Since CV's can still launch 50% aircraft when docked (assuming that they will undock and sail in time to have 50% status in air operations) why not giving this same opportunity to all ships that are docked?[/QUOTE] Your complaint should be about the fact that CVs can launch planes when docked. They could not. [QUOTE]Right now it seems that, when attacked with LBA level bombers, docked ships are treated almost the same as anchored ones (i.e. to many hits scored).[/QUOTE] Docked == Big Fat Easy Target.
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