Chickenboy
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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake perhaps they are having research problems? Oops, forgot to address this. I'm going to pretend you didn't read the manual and that you don't know that the Japanese automatically get all historically researched airframes at the historical timeframe, regardless whether they bork the research or not. They can never do worse than historical. So, no-they're not having research problems on deployment of these airframes. They simply can't at this stage of your game. Oh, and any Allied player that agrees to scenario 2 gets 'historical' Japanese research moved forward on most airframes by several months. In the case of the Tojo IIa, Scenario 1 production begins 9/42; Scenario 2 allows production to commence in 4/42. I'd expect most of the other airframes to be so moved forward as well. One of the interesting vagaries of research is the automatic movement of the undamaged research to the next model in line. In other words, once Tojo IIa is nearing production (say, 3/42 in your scenario), the astute Japanese player will switch these fully repaired research 'factories' over to the next model number. All research on the Tojo IIb is now repaired and can immediately commence 'pulling' the next available airframe forward in the production cue. In other other words: The Japanese get the Tojo IIa 5 months before historical in your scenario. Perhaps even earlier with successful research. They'll get the IIb *at least* 5 months before historical, the IIc earlier yet. It's not inconceivable that you can shave 6-8 months off of the historical arrival of these Japanese fighter types with manipulation of the system just so. The Tojo IIc is a decent midwar airframe, upgunned substantially from the IIa. The Tony c and d models are potent gun platforms as well, but have poor reliability. The late war engine fixes this, but you won't see that for some time. IJN Georges have a potent punch against bombers-you'll start to see them soon, I reckon. The real brass ring is the Frank line of fighters for the IJAAF though. I'd expect these to be pulled through with all due dispatch... Enjoy, Allied dogs!
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