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RE: CWDB 1946-1979 with certain WW2 Platform Additions - 5/26/2015 5:42:47 PM   
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Hi, Guys-
Looks like the KA-3B Navy version cannot act as a tanker like the KA-3B MC version (the Navy seems to be missing the "Wing Drogue" property entry).

Also, my reading of the EKA-3B is that it can do both offensive ECM as well as act as a tanker, but the database loadouts seems to only permit one or the other (source: footnote 10 at the A-3 Wikipedia page).

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RE: CWDB 1946-1979 with certain WW2 Platform Additions - 5/27/2015 7:35:20 AM   
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Hi noted will amend platforms as requested
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ORIGINAL: phatstar

Hi, Guys-
Looks like the KA-3B Navy version cannot act as a tanker like the KA-3B MC version (the Navy seems to be missing the "Wing Drogue" property entry).

Also, my reading of the EKA-3B is that it can do both offensive ECM as well as act as a tanker, but the database loadouts seems to only permit one or the other (source: footnote 10 at the A-3 Wikipedia page).

Thanks!



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RE: Cold War Database 1946-1979 Platform Requests - 5/27/2015 7:36:03 AM   
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Hi thanks for the infomation on the to do list
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ORIGINAL: PN79

Hello,
can you please add late 1940s to early 1960s british Type 13 radar height finder as sensor? It was used by the United Kingdom and West Germany and usually accompanied british Type 80 long range radar. Some data:

Maximum Range: 100 to 150 miles
Frequency: 3 GHz (10 cm)
Radar Horizontal Beam width: 4 to 7.5 (sources disagree)
Radar Vertical Beamw width: 1 to 1.5 (sources disagree)
Radar Peak Power: 500 Kw
Radar Pulse Width: 0.6 to 1.9
Radar PRF: 250 to 500

nodded vertically from -1° elevation to +20° elevation
6 cycles per minute

Sources:
http://www.radarpages.co.uk/mob/rotor/type13.htm
http://www.ventnorradar.co.uk/Type1314.htm
http://martinshough.com/aerialphenomena/Lakenheath/BTNeale2.htm
http://martinshough.com/aerialphenomena/Lakenheath/radarspecs.htm
http://ahistoryofrafsaxavord.blogspot.cz/2009/12/radar-equipment-at-top-site.html
http://www.radartutorial.eu/19.kartei/karte809.en.html
http://www.usarmygermany.com/Sont.htm?http&&&www.usarmygermany.com/USAFE%20TACS%201A.htm

Thanks in advance.






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RE: Cold War Database 1946-1979 Platform Requests - 6/17/2015 8:23:36 PM   
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Hi Sirius.

I know you devs are extremely busy, but with the up cumming release I have to ask. Have the YF-12 fuel consumption issue been looked at?

I reported it sometime last year, and several other have also mentioned the extremely short range of the YF-12.

It burns something like 3500kg/min at military. This seems a bit excessive considering the SR-71´s fuel consumption.

Søren

PS. Thanks for the TSR-2. That bird is truly awesome.

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RE: Cold War Database 1946-1979 Platform Requests - 6/18/2015 12:06:58 AM   
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I noticed the SR-71 in the database only had military power, not afterburning power. I wasn't sure if there was a reason for that, if it it was an oversight.

Also, the number of bases in the CONUS and continental Europe is quite small. There are not a lot of bases used by the USAF in Spain, for example. With mid-air refueling now a reality, those sorts of bases become important because they were very often logistics hubs.

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RE: Cold War Database 1946-1979 Platform Requests - 6/18/2015 8:50:26 PM   
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Hi thanks all noted and will look into it
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ORIGINAL: SeaQueen

I noticed the SR-71 in the database only had military power, not afterburning power. I wasn't sure if there was a reason for that, if it it was an oversight.

Also, the number of bases in the CONUS and continental Europe is quite small. There are not a lot of bases used by the USAF in Spain, for example. With mid-air refueling now a reality, those sorts of bases become important because they were very often logistics hubs.



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RE: Cold War Database 1946-1979 Platform Requests - 6/27/2015 11:35:42 AM   
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For the South Vietnam's Air Force (VNAF) please, check this Report

Thanks.

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RE: YF-12A/SR-71 1.07 RC 2 - 7/5/2015 4:57:47 PM   
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ORIGINAL: .Sirius

Hi if you have them Ill add them not a problem :)
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ORIGINAL: hellfish6

Paul,

Any interest in having the information for the Landing Craft-type gunboats/mortar boats? They were mostly used in WWII, but some did see service through Vietnam (and maybe longer in other navies besides the US)? I have pretty good info on most variations.




Only a few months late...

These are based on CWDB's #2293 LCI 467 Amahai, which is an LCI(G) transferred to the Dutch and then to Indonesia. I'll note changes per type and variation. Most of this materiel is based on Osprey's Landing Craft, Infantry and Fire Support and U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History By Norman Friedman. 211 total LCI(L)s were transferred to the Royal Navy and 25 to the Soviets in 1945 (designated DS - desantnoye sudno/assault ships).

Basic Landing Craft Infantry (Large) LCI(L)-1 class:

Armament: 4x 20mm Mk4 Oerlikon guns. One on bow, one on aft superstructure (cannot shoot forward) and two on the stern facing aft.
In service 1942
299x built

Displacement: 234 long tons (238 t) standard
389 long tons (395 t) full
Length: 158 ft 6 in (48.31 m)
Beam: 23 ft 3 in (7.09 m)
Draft: 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) aft
Propulsion: 8 × GM diesel engines, 2 shafts (4 engines per shaft), 1,600 bhp (1,193 kW)
Speed: 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Range: 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h) (130 tons)

No radars fitted except in rare cases

Basic LCI(L)-351 class:

Armament: 5x 20mm Mk4 Oerlikon guns. Four 20mm on the corners of the deckhouse, fifth gun on the bow.
In service 1943
595 built

Landing Craft Infantry (Gun) LCI(G) Type A (LCI(L)-351 base) 10x built

2x 40mm single, forward deckhouse corners
3x 20mm Mk4 Oerlikon guns, bow mount, two on aft deckhouse corners
6x .50cal, three per side - bow, amidships, aft
10x 4.5" Mk7 Rocket Launchers (12 rockets per launcher). Firing forward, not trainable.
No troop carrying
720 rockets, 3000 rounds of 40mm in magazine

Landing Craft Infantry (Gun) LCI(G) Type B (LCI(L)-351 base) 8x built

3x 40mm single, bow and forward deckhouse corners
2x 20mm Mk4 Oerlikon guns, two on aft deckhouse corners
6x .50cal, three per side - bow, amidships, aft
8x 4.5" Mk1 Rocket Launchers (12 rockets per launcher). Firing forward, not trainable.
later (1944+) versions had 42x 4.5" Mk7 launchers
No troop carrying
754 rockets, 4500 rounds of 40mm in magazine

Landing Craft Infantry (Gun) LCI(G) Type E (LCI(L)-351 base)

1x 3"/50 Mk22 , forward, elevated mount fires over bow
1x 40mm single, bow
4x 20mm Mk4 Oerlikon guns, deckhouse corners
10x .50cal, five per side - bow, amidships, aft
No troop carrying

Landing Craft Infantry (Gun) LCI(G) Type C (LCI(L)-1 base) 7x built

2x 40mm single, forward deckhouse corners
3x 20mm Mk4 Oerlikon guns, bow mount, two on aft deckhouse corners
6x .50cal, three per side - bow, amidships, aft
10x 4.5" Mk7 Rocket Launchers (12 rockets per launcher). Firing forward, not trainable.
2x 4.5" Mk22 Rocket Launchers ((12 rockets per launcher). Firing forward, not trainable.
No troop carrying

Landing Craft Infantry (Gun) LCI(G) Type D (LCI(L)-1 base) 20+ built

3x 40mm single, bow mount, forward deckhouse corners
4x 20mm Mk4 Oerlikon guns, two bow mount, two fantail
6x .50cal, three per side - bow, amidships, aft
10x 4.5" Mk7 Rocket Launchers (12 rockets per launcher). Firing forward, not trainable.
No troop carrying
720 rockets, 4000 rounds of 40mm in magazine

Landing Craft Infantry (Rocket) LCI(R) (LCI(L)-1 base) 18x built
In service 1944
H2C Radar
1x 40mm bow
4x 20mm Mk4 Oerlikon guns on deckhouse corners
6x 4.5" Mk30 Rocket Launchers (6 rockets per launcher, 30 minute reload time)
later (1945) rearmed with 6x Mk 51 5" rocket launchers (12 rockets each, 15 minute reload time, 1700 rockets in magazine)
1100 rockets, 1000 40mm rounds in magazine
Unspecified ECM equipment

Landing Craft Infantry (Mortar) LCI(M) (LCI(L)-351 base) 42x built
In service 1944
1x 40mm bow
4x 20mm Mk4 Oerlikon guns on deckhouse corners
3x 4.2" Mortars mounted forward of the deckhouse
1200 mortar rounds in magazine

Landing Craft Support (Large) LCS(L)3 LCI(L)-351 base "Might Midget" 130x built
158.5 foot length
23 foot, 3 inch beam

387 tons loaded displacement
15.5 knots max speed
5500 mile range @ 12 knots

70 crew (5 officers, 65 men)

1x 3"/50 Mk22 bow mount (alternately 1x 40mm or 1x twin 40mm - varied widely)
2x twin 40mm (forward deckhouse and fantail)
4x 20mm Mk4 Oerlikon guns, two forward deckhouse, two aft deckhouse
10x 4.5" Mk7 Rocket Launchers
53x transferred to Japanese MSDF in 1952

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RE: YF-12A/SR-71 1.07 RC 2 - 7/5/2015 6:29:53 PM   
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Hi Hellfish no problems Ill get these added
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ORIGINAL: hellfish6

quote:

ORIGINAL: .Sirius

Hi if you have them Ill add them not a problem :)
quote:

ORIGINAL: hellfish6

Paul,

Any interest in having the information for the Landing Craft-type gunboats/mortar boats? They were mostly used in WWII, but some did see service through Vietnam (and maybe longer in other navies besides the US)? I have pretty good info on most variations.




Only a few months late...

These are based on CWDB's #2293 LCI 467 Amahai, which is an LCI(G) transferred to the Dutch and then to Indonesia. I'll note changes per type and variation. Most of this materiel is based on Osprey's Landing Craft, Infantry and Fire Support and U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History By Norman Friedman. 211 total LCI(L)s were transferred to the Royal Navy and 25 to the Soviets in 1945 (designated DS - desantnoye sudno/assault ships).

Basic Landing Craft Infantry (Large) LCI(L)-1 class:

Armament: 4x 20mm Mk4 Oerlikon guns. One on bow, one on aft superstructure (cannot shoot forward) and two on the stern facing aft.
In service 1942
299x built

Displacement: 234 long tons (238 t) standard
389 long tons (395 t) full
Length: 158 ft 6 in (48.31 m)
Beam: 23 ft 3 in (7.09 m)
Draft: 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) aft
Propulsion: 8 × GM diesel engines, 2 shafts (4 engines per shaft), 1,600 bhp (1,193 kW)
Speed: 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Range: 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h) (130 tons)

No radars fitted except in rare cases

Basic LCI(L)-351 class:

Armament: 5x 20mm Mk4 Oerlikon guns. Four 20mm on the corners of the deckhouse, fifth gun on the bow.
In service 1943
595 built

Landing Craft Infantry (Gun) LCI(G) Type A (LCI(L)-351 base) 10x built

2x 40mm single, forward deckhouse corners
3x 20mm Mk4 Oerlikon guns, bow mount, two on aft deckhouse corners
6x .50cal, three per side - bow, amidships, aft
10x 4.5" Mk7 Rocket Launchers (12 rockets per launcher). Firing forward, not trainable.
No troop carrying
720 rockets, 3000 rounds of 40mm in magazine

Landing Craft Infantry (Gun) LCI(G) Type B (LCI(L)-351 base) 8x built

3x 40mm single, bow and forward deckhouse corners
2x 20mm Mk4 Oerlikon guns, two on aft deckhouse corners
6x .50cal, three per side - bow, amidships, aft
8x 4.5" Mk1 Rocket Launchers (12 rockets per launcher). Firing forward, not trainable.
later (1944+) versions had 42x 4.5" Mk7 launchers
No troop carrying
754 rockets, 4500 rounds of 40mm in magazine

Landing Craft Infantry (Gun) LCI(G) Type E (LCI(L)-351 base)

1x 3"/50 Mk22 , forward, elevated mount fires over bow
1x 40mm single, bow
4x 20mm Mk4 Oerlikon guns, deckhouse corners
10x .50cal, five per side - bow, amidships, aft
No troop carrying

Landing Craft Infantry (Gun) LCI(G) Type C (LCI(L)-1 base) 7x built

2x 40mm single, forward deckhouse corners
3x 20mm Mk4 Oerlikon guns, bow mount, two on aft deckhouse corners
6x .50cal, three per side - bow, amidships, aft
10x 4.5" Mk7 Rocket Launchers (12 rockets per launcher). Firing forward, not trainable.
2x 4.5" Mk22 Rocket Launchers ((12 rockets per launcher). Firing forward, not trainable.
No troop carrying

Landing Craft Infantry (Gun) LCI(G) Type D (LCI(L)-1 base) 20+ built

3x 40mm single, bow mount, forward deckhouse corners
4x 20mm Mk4 Oerlikon guns, two bow mount, two fantail
6x .50cal, three per side - bow, amidships, aft
10x 4.5" Mk7 Rocket Launchers (12 rockets per launcher). Firing forward, not trainable.
No troop carrying
720 rockets, 4000 rounds of 40mm in magazine

Landing Craft Infantry (Rocket) LCI(R) (LCI(L)-1 base) 18x built
In service 1944
H2C Radar
1x 40mm bow
4x 20mm Mk4 Oerlikon guns on deckhouse corners
6x 4.5" Mk30 Rocket Launchers (6 rockets per launcher, 30 minute reload time)
later (1945) rearmed with 6x Mk 51 5" rocket launchers (12 rockets each, 15 minute reload time, 1700 rockets in magazine)
1100 rockets, 1000 40mm rounds in magazine
Unspecified ECM equipment

Landing Craft Infantry (Mortar) LCI(M) (LCI(L)-351 base) 42x built
In service 1944
1x 40mm bow
4x 20mm Mk4 Oerlikon guns on deckhouse corners
3x 4.2" Mortars mounted forward of the deckhouse
1200 mortar rounds in magazine

Landing Craft Support (Large) LCS(L)3 LCI(L)-351 base "Might Midget" 130x built
158.5 foot length
23 foot, 3 inch beam

387 tons loaded displacement
15.5 knots max speed
5500 mile range @ 12 knots

70 crew (5 officers, 65 men)

1x 3"/50 Mk22 bow mount (alternately 1x 40mm or 1x twin 40mm - varied widely)
2x twin 40mm (forward deckhouse and fantail)
4x 20mm Mk4 Oerlikon guns, two forward deckhouse, two aft deckhouse
10x 4.5" Mk7 Rocket Launchers
53x transferred to Japanese MSDF in 1952



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RE: YF-12A/SR-71 1.07 RC 2 - 7/5/2015 6:57:54 PM   
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Let me know if you need anything else - I have pictures that could help mount placement, and lots of other reference materiel to hopefully fill any gaps.

Thanks Sirius!

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RE: Cold War Database 1946-1979 Platform Requests - 7/6/2015 12:23:02 AM   
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Delete me please, i was looking in the wrong database

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RE: Cold War Database 1946-1979 Platform Requests - 7/22/2015 7:09:44 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Overlord

Ok..first shot at this..

for BOTH CWDB and DB3000:
Argentine Daggers and Mirages should NOT have ATA refuel capability..

loadout requests:
A-4B need a 3x Mk82 LDGP/2xDT as Standard War Loadout NOT the 6xMk82s. Also change title from A-4B Caza to just A-4B.
A-4C need a 2x Mk82 and a 4x Mk82 both with 2xDTs as Standard War Loadout.
A-4Q need a 2x Mk82 and a 4x Mk82 *snakeye* with 2x DT as Standard War loadout. The Navy A-4Qs were the ONLY A-4s to use snakeye 500lbs bombs.



Just bumping these..thanks!

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RE: Cold War Database 1946-1979 Platform Requests - 7/23/2015 9:56:50 AM   
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Hi noted havnt forgot :)
quote:

ORIGINAL: Overlord


quote:

ORIGINAL: Overlord

Ok..first shot at this..

for BOTH CWDB and DB3000:
Argentine Daggers and Mirages should NOT have ATA refuel capability..

loadout requests:
A-4B need a 3x Mk82 LDGP/2xDT as Standard War Loadout NOT the 6xMk82s. Also change title from A-4B Caza to just A-4B.
A-4C need a 2x Mk82 and a 4x Mk82 both with 2xDTs as Standard War Loadout.
A-4Q need a 2x Mk82 and a 4x Mk82 *snakeye* with 2x DT as Standard War loadout. The Navy A-4Qs were the ONLY A-4s to use snakeye 500lbs bombs.



Just bumping these..thanks!



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RE: Cold War Database 1946-1979 Platform Requests - 7/29/2015 3:10:22 AM   
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Just curious...would it be possible to add the NB-36H as a hypothetical platform?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_NB-36H
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear-powered_aircraft
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_Nuclear_Propulsion

The B-36H is already in the CWDB, so I supposed the only real change would be to give it a nuclear engine, which I guess means it would never run out of fuel.

Related to this, would it be possible to also add the Tupolev Tu-95LAL, the Soviet's nuclear-powered bomber, also as a hypothetical platform.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-95LAL

Thanks for considering these.

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RE: Cold War Database 1946-1979 Platform Requests - 7/29/2015 7:47:08 PM   
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Hi Mgellis

The NB-36H was not nuclear powered, nor was it ever intended to be.
It was merely a flying lab to verify the feasibility of operating a nuclear reactor on-board a plane.

It worked, but the required shielding proved way too heavy, and no one was too happy about the idea of a flying nuclear reactor with all the consequences of a crash near the airbase.

If it proved feasible, there were some pretty futuristic ideas for atomic bombers on the drawing board, but the ICBM proved to be much better.

If you want a really outrageous unit/weapon added. Try this one on for size.

Project SLAM, Supersonic Low Altitude Missile (or the flying crowbar).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersonic_Low_Altitude_Missile

I would LOVE to try this thing out in wargasm62.

Søren

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RE: Cold War Database 1946-1979 Platform Requests - 7/29/2015 8:57:42 PM   
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Hi Mgellis

The NB-36H was not nuclear powered, nor was it ever intended to be.
It was merely a flying lab to verify the feasibility of operating a nuclear reactor on-board a plane.



Okay, the X-6, then, which was never built, but would have been nuclear-powered.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_X-6

In terms of scenario design, what does it mean if you have bombers that have no range limits? They aren't as fast as an ICBM, but they can go anywhere in the world, and even after they are launched, the actual attack can be called off at any time. That might be important in some scenarios.



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RE: Cold War Database 1946-1979 Platform Requests - 7/30/2015 8:13:06 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Schr75



Project SLAM, Supersonic Low Altitude Missile (or the flying crowbar).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersonic_Low_Altitude_Missile

I would LOVE to try this thing out in wargasm62.

Søren


One of my absolute favorite pieces of forgotten Cold War tech. At Mach 3 on the deck the whole thing would have glowed a dull red...

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RE: Cold War Database 1946-1979 Platform Requests - 7/31/2015 1:39:38 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Mgellis

quote:

ORIGINAL: Schr75

Hi Mgellis

The NB-36H was not nuclear powered, nor was it ever intended to be.
It was merely a flying lab to verify the feasibility of operating a nuclear reactor on-board a plane.



Okay, the X-6, then, which was never built, but would have been nuclear-powered.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_X-6

In terms of scenario design, what does it mean if you have bombers that have no range limits? They aren't as fast as an ICBM, but they can go anywhere in the world, and even after they are launched, the actual attack can be called off at any time. That might be important in some scenarios.




Another idea...what about a nuclear-powered version of the XB-70 Valkyrie? The Valkyrie is already in the database, as the hypothetical B-70A. What about a nuclear-powered NB-70A? This was actually briefly considered in the early stages of the aircraft's design process.

http://jalopnik.com/5705672/the-xb-70-valkyrie-almost-the-worlds-first-nuclear-aircraft
http://www.wired.com/2010/12/meet-the-xb-70-valkyrie-almost-the-worlds-1st-nuclear-aircraft/

Again, my interest in these platforms is the whole question of how a nuclear-powered bomber, a bomber with no range limit, a bomber that could stay aloft for a week if it needed to, would have affected strategy and tactics during the Cold War. As before, since the B-70A is already in the database, I think all that would be necessary is to give it a nuclear engine.

Thanks for considering this one.

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RE: Cold War Database 1946-1979 Platform Requests - 7/31/2015 10:15:25 PM   
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Hi guys,
I'm looking to create some World War 2 scenarios, the Battle off Samar especially has caught my attention as it's such a mismatch between expected outcome and what actually happened, and also because there is a number of interesting "what-ifs" that could be explored this way (What if Admiral Kurita had pressed the attack and encountered the 7th Fleet Support Force? What if Admiral Lee's Fast Battleships had turned back towards the 7th Fleet at the first reports of the attack on "Taffy 3"?) but unfortunately, quite a few of the platforms aren't in the database.
Notably, the Japanese Battleships Nagato and Yamato(!) would be good to have in there, as well as the various heavy cruisers of the Takao- , Myoko-, Mogami-class, tho these could be (very roughly) approximated with the Tone-class that is already in the CWDB.

For the US side, surprisingly, most ships are there, except for the Casablanca-class escort carriers.

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Concorde - 8/4/2015 11:18:27 PM   
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It would be cool, if the Concorde would be implemented in Command.

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RE: Concorde - 8/5/2015 2:12:47 AM   
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Can we add the Hypothetical Sander-Roe SR.53 and SR.177?

Jet / Rocket hybrid interceptor for local area defence that was almost ordered by west Germany (and by potentially many other NATO nations to follow)

However because of Lockheed bribes, the F104 Starfighter was chosen despite the SR177 being the preferred option.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saunders-Roe_SR.177 (has specs)

Good documentary on it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ6WCP6W1Ts

The afterburner setting can trigger the rocket motor I imagine ?

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RE: Cold War Database - 8/19/2015 12:59:48 PM   
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I found a mistake, or at least I think I did, with the USSR galosh ABM. It never intercepts any kind of ballistic missile. When you manually fire it you get a message saying that the weapon has to acquire the target first even when the target missile is fie kilometers away. I checked the database out and found that the seeker for the Galosh missile is infrared and I'm not sure if that's related to the above problem.

Also, would it be possible to get the two missiles of the US sentinel program added, the Sprint missile and the Spartan Missile? Both are a great compliment to the galosh in cold war scenarios. I would post to wikipedia but I'm too new to do so.

Thanks.

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RE: Cold War Database - 8/20/2015 12:07:44 PM   
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1807 FE 65 Teniente Palacios Canada (Navy) 1947-1966
1808 FE 66 Teniente Ferre Canada (Navy) 1947-1966

The ship names and dates actually correspond to the Peruvian Navy not Canada. The HMCS St Pierre (K680) and HMCS Poundmaker (K675) were sold to Peru in 1947 and were commissioned as the Teniente Palacios and Teniente Ferre respectively.

http://www.liquisearch.com/list_of_peruvian_navy_ships/vessels_acquired_from_1900_onwards/frigates
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_St._Pierre_(K680)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Poundmaker_(K675)

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RE: Cold War Database - 8/20/2015 1:22:39 PM   
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Fixed
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ORIGINAL: kgambit

1807 FE 65 Teniente Palacios Canada (Navy) 1947-1966
1808 FE 66 Teniente Ferre Canada (Navy) 1947-1966

The ship names and dates actually correspond to the Peruvian Navy not Canada. The HMCS St Pierre (K680) and HMCS Poundmaker (K675) were sold to Peru in 1947 and were commissioned as the Teniente Palacios and Teniente Ferre respectively.

http://www.liquisearch.com/list_of_peruvian_navy_ships/vessels_acquired_from_1900_onwards/frigates
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_St._Pierre_(K680)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Poundmaker_(K675)



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RE: Cold War Database - 8/21/2015 5:57:26 AM   
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Since we're seeing hypothetical units in the game, how about a weapon system that was nearly hypothetical, at least for a day or two?

Might be fun to play with these in a cold war scenario, maybe one where the US deployed them more broadly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LIM-49_Spartan
http://www.nuclearabms.info/Spartan.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_(missile)
http://www.nuclearabms.info/Sprint.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safeguard_Program
http://fas.org/spp/starwars/program/safeguard.htm

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RE: Cold War Database - 8/21/2015 9:47:09 AM   
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Hi these requests are in the pipeline got something on simmer at the moment but have not forgotten to add these
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ORIGINAL: Rob322

Since we're seeing hypothetical units in the game, how about a weapon system that was nearly hypothetical, at least for a day or two?

Might be fun to play with these in a cold war scenario, maybe one where the US deployed them more broadly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LIM-49_Spartan
http://www.nuclearabms.info/Spartan.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_(missile)
http://www.nuclearabms.info/Sprint.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safeguard_Program
http://fas.org/spp/starwars/program/safeguard.htm



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RE: Cold War Database - 8/22/2015 12:21:26 PM   
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Ah I missed it, sorry!

Has anyone gotten the galosh ABM to work?

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RE: Cold War Database 1946-1979 Platform Requests - 8/24/2015 9:46:01 PM   
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It would be nice to see "Kill" Markings on individual A/C,Ships,Sups.Land based units.

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RE: Cold War Database 1946-1979 Platform Requests - 9/4/2015 9:27:31 AM   
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May I suggest to add WW2 Weapon(especially Axis Ships and Aircrafts, V2 launcher facility etc ) and hypo weapons during WW2 - Nazi Germany Z-plan or Me 262 etc..)?

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RE: Cold War Database 1946-1979 Platform Requests - 9/9/2015 1:05:06 AM   
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I'm working on what's going to become a multi-day scenario and noticed that most of the US's conventional carriers lack the ability to replenish their escorts. The only DB entry I've seen that has it is the USS Ranger 1975. At the very least, all the post-WWII carriers should be able to refuel to starboard.

Midway Class (x2 out both sides): http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/0587533.jpg
Forrestal Class (hard to ID the ship but navsource lists it as USS Ranger) (x2 Starboard): http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/pix2/0583831.jpg
Kitty Hawk Class (looks like x2 Starboard): http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/0597528.jpg

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