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madmickey -> P-40 bomb load (2/16/2005 6:04:46 PM)

In the computer database The P40N bomb load is 500 lb. in the aircraft data of the fighter squadron it is listed as 2 (100 lb.) which is correct? The Kittyhawk III (Brit version of P40N) has a 500 lb bomb load.



rtrapasso -> RE: P-40 bomb load (2/16/2005 6:29:20 PM)

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ORIGINAL: madmickey

In the computer database The P40N bomb load is 500 lb. in the aircraft data of the fighter squadron it is listed as 2 (100 lb.) which is correct? The Kittyhawk III (Brit version of P40N) has a 500 lb bomb load.


I think someone else (or was it you?) asked this in another thread. They didn't get an answer.

Another thing - iirc, the reason the P40E is supposed to have a shorter range is because of the "increased bomb load" over the P40B. But, again iirc - the P40B has the same loadout as the E in the game (2 x 100 lb). I could be wrong on this, but i don't have access to the game database right now.



madmickey -> RE: P-40 bomb load (2/16/2005 7:01:54 PM)

I asked in the regular forum. Will try again there.



rtrapasso -> RE: P-40 bomb load (2/17/2005 4:57:51 PM)

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ORIGINAL: madmickey

I asked in the regular forum. Will try again there.


OK - since no help has been forthcoming, here are some basic facts about the P40B and P40E as far as i can deterrmine.

P40B - as far as i can find had no provisions for external or internal bombs. However, i suspect some ground crew along the way figured out a way to attach a bomb or two with baling wire and chewing gum.

P40E - apparently had provisions for 6 x 20 pound bombs on wing racks and a fuselage mount that could carry either a 500 pound bomb OR a 51 Imperial Gallon drop tank.

So, i think the standard WITP model has both aircraft loads wrong - giving bombs to the P40B, and subtracting bombs from the P40E. (I am going from memory so i could be wrong here).

However, i am no "wing nut" - maybe operationally they did things quite differently than the design listed above. Maybe they never used a 500 pound (or 250 pound) bomb in the P40E for some reason.

One of the things that remains unclear to me is the different loadouts of the aircraft in WITP. I think they can vary from what is listed in the WITP database, but i don't know when and how these variations are made. Maybe one of the mod-ers can shed light on this.

EDIT: To get some interest in this subject, i will throw in a fact i learned along the way (and was somewhat dismayed to find): The Brits got the P40, and considered it inferior to the Messerscmidt and the Spitfire, and relegated to training and/or ground attack. Or gave it to the Australians...[:(][X(][8|]



Hard Sarge -> RE: P-40 bomb load (2/17/2005 5:32:45 PM)

Well for the last part, the 109 and Mc 202 pretty much owned the P-40 in NA, they couldn't compete at med/high alt, so they flew low, and as soon as a bad guy was seen, they went into Lufberry circles

in the PTO, it was a fast plane, that if it got into trouble could outdive anything the other side had (Ki-61 excluded) but in the ETO, it wasn't as fast as what the other side had, and it couldn't outdive them (helps to outdive if you have alt on your side, flying low, it is HARD to dive :) )

as for giving them to the Aussies, don't worry, they gave them to the south Africans and New Zealanders too

HARD_Sarge



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