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bomccarthy -> RE: Panzers, rückwärts! Gunnulf (GHC) vs QBall (WA) (12/31/2016 9:31:40 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Gunnulf
Turn 30 - 22 Jan 44
Snowfall over the Reich. Looks like he continues to fly but only 5 small raids find their targets; one night raid on Essen causes no damage (flying in the snow at night sounds like a particularly aweful job for sure!), but the day raids cause pretty impressive damage. Just 49 liberators cause 79% damage to a size 30 HI target at Braunschweig, while just 22 liberators cause 69% damage to the V-Weapon factory at Neustrelitz and 24 bombers cause 29% damage to the size 20 Griefwald factory. I cam't wait until we get back to 150+ raids finding their targets...!
However most discouraging is when we actually engage in the air as now there are already Mustangs flying AS missions over Hannover with devastating results. 3 battles on different days for the same interceptor groups; first on day two then 152 Bf109s thing they get the drop on 47 P38s and 50 Bombers, however we lose 10 to his 2. Then the next day come the Mustangs, we bring 216 and lose 25, they bring 72 and lose 4. Day 7 the same groups engage. The now battered Bf109s can only muster 130 and lose another 24(!) while the 65 Mustangs still serviceable lose just 2. Should we even bother flying? I'm expecting 44 to be devastating overall but I would hope that now and again we can get the odds to do some damage. None of this seems encouraging and we need to have a big think about our response. There is no doubt however that QBall has mastered the air war here.
Aren't these screens subject to a great deal more FOW than when you check the city itself for damage? I am not sure - I thought someone discovered that a while ago.
What are the experience levels in your fighter units? I seem to recall that this has a major effect on the Luftwaffe in 1944. Also, what were the altitude settings of your units and the P-51s? Above 25k ft, the P-51 had a performance advantage over the Bf-109 and FW-190, reflected in the game's high speed at altitude (which you can see in the Editor). The P-51's best speed starts at 28k feet (I believe) - this was its critical high blower altitude. Actually, all of the second-generation Allied fighters (except the Typhoon/Tempest, Spitfire V, XII, and the LF Spits) performed best at 28k ft or higher. You can try setting your Luftwaffe units at no more than 25k ft (best altitude for most Bf-109 models), but the Allied fighters will still get the altitude bounce if they are flying higher. I think the best altitude of FW-190A, F, and G models will be no more than 20k ft; FW-190D models will probably be the same as the Bf-109s. The Germans were never able to mass produce an adequate auxiliary stage supercharger; they had to use nitrous oxide for high altitude performance, and that only lasted 10-15 minutes.
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