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Potentially daft question on CVEs - 5/13/2020 12:43:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		I know its a max of five air groups in a normal CV, but is there a limit to the number of sqds on an CVE, or is it five as well?

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RE: Potentially daft question on CVEs - 5/13/2020 1:33:33 PM   
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Status: offline 		Good question, I don't know.

The most I have had on at one time is 3: fighter, bomber, recon. Most of the time I run only 1 squadron.

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RE: Potentially daft question on CVEs - 5/13/2020 3:29:12 PM   
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Status: offline 		The question is, why put that many units on such a fragile ship?

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RE: Potentially daft question on CVEs - 5/13/2020 4:15:36 PM   
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Status: offline 		If they can't carry torpedoes you don't need two kinds of bombers.

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RE: Potentially daft question on CVEs - 5/13/2020 8:09:19 PM   
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If they can't carry torpedoes you don't need two kinds of bombers.


ASW duty, but realistically the TBM/TBF is better at this as well. Only really necessary to use SBDs in this role in 1942/1943.

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RE: Potentially daft question on CVEs - 5/13/2020 9:48:35 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Encircled

I know its a max of five air groups in a normal CV, but is there a limit to the number of sqds on an CVE, or is it five as well?

I think the limit is five as well - useful if you are gathering fragments of units after a big carrier battle, or if you want small batches of planes for Search/ASW/Recon.

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RE: Potentially daft question on CVEs - 5/19/2020 9:16:24 AM   
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< Message edited by traskott -- 5/19/2020 9:17:30 AM >

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RE: Potentially daft question on CVEs - 5/19/2020 9:17:18 AM   
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If they can't carry torpedoes you don't need two kinds of bombers.


ASW duty, but realistically the TBM/TBF is better at this as well. Only really necessary to use SBDs in this role in 1942/1943.

Didn't know this. Why?

Thanks!

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RE: Potentially daft question on CVEs - 5/19/2020 11:11:08 AM   
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RE: Potentially daft question on CVEs - 5/19/2020 11:35:31 AM   
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Thanks.

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RE: Potentially daft question on CVEs - 5/19/2020 3:18:40 PM   
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Ouch!. Yes.

Thanks.

TBF/TBM also carry a radar set, IIRC.

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