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ORIGINAL: Yaab

Lilly - dives into pockets
Sonia - takes pictures
Nell and Betty - ride torpedo

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ORIGINAL: Aurorus

I will take a different tack than the others. I use Sonias, Lillies, Anns, Sallies, Helens... all of them... in front-line duties. You want to try to match payload and supply use to target. With 4 x 50 KG bombs, Sonias are effective against soft targets in open ground. As 1-engine light bombers, they also use half the supply of the level bombers. With 1 x 800 Kg bomb, Anns are very effective against hard targets, such as tanks, or as ASW platforms, since an 800 Kg bomb is often enough to sink a sub outright. The initial Lilly is not very helpful, because 4 x 100 KG bombs are only marginally better than the 4 x 50 KG for the Sonia at twice the supply. However, the Lilly is the first plane to upgrade to armor, in April 1942. The Lily IIa is a very helpful plane. As Japan, you will often encounter your opponent flying his planes, including CAP, very high. With armor, the Lilly IIa is less susceptible to light ground fire and can be used at low altitudes. A single raid at low altitude will often come in under high-flying CAP without being intercepted. Used appropriately, this can also force your opponent to drop his CAP down to altitudes that better suit Japanese early war aircraft. Sallies are your best all-purpose bomber. They are best used against soft targets in more difficult terrain and in areas of heavy flak, because of their higher durability. Helens are similar in every respect to Sallies.

Nells and Betties are all-purpose aircraft and can be used as torpedo bombers, ground attack aircraft, and search planes. They shine in airfield attacks because of their mixed payload that includes both 250 KG bombs and 50 Kg bombs. The larger number of bombs often will result in more damaged planes. Sometimes, especially when attacking ports, both Nells and Betties will change their payload to 800 KG bombs, which are effective against any ship, even heavy armor.

In short, use your bomber selection to make your payload fit your target.

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With 1 x 800 Kg bomb, Anns are very effective against hard targets,

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both Nells and Betties will change their payload to 800 KG bombs,

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Not mention here is light bombers can use level 2 a/f with full effectiveness.

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ORIGINAL: rustysi

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both Nells and Betties will change their payload to 800 KG bombs,

Never seen this either. Doesn't mean no, just never seen it. Maybe someone else could add.

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ORIGINAL: Gräfin Zeppelin

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ORIGINAL: rustysi

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both Nells and Betties will change their payload to 800 KG bombs,

Never seen this either. Doesn't mean no, just never seen it. Maybe someone else could add.

They do that surprisingly sometimes within the first turns of a new game. Its rare and only a few do it.
Like there is a hidden stockpile somewhere.

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ORIGINAL: Gräfin Zeppelin

So many years and I still dont know everything........

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ORIGINAL: GetAssista

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ORIGINAL: Gräfin Zeppelin

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ORIGINAL: rustysi

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both Nells and Betties will change their payload to 800 KG bombs,

Never seen this either. Doesn't mean no, just never seen it. Maybe someone else could add.

They do that surprisingly sometimes within the first turns of a new game. Its rare and only a few do it.
Like there is a hidden stockpile somewhere.

Pretty common for the first turn, and happens now and them with port attack mission and high xp pilots. Starting-level monster pilots (80+ xp) will use those very often on port bombing

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
From looking at the Editor and the device pools in the Intel Report area I know there are pools for the standard 250KG bombs as well as the others. I assume that the Nells and Bettys would only load the bigger bomb if they have used the pool of 250KG bombs - most likely to happen at game start when new production has not increased the pools yet.

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castor troy

Those bombs were converted BB shells and IIRC only used for the Pearl Harbour attack.

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Panther Bait -> RE: The 800Kg AP Bomb (8/22/2008 3:24:28 PM)

As far as I know, not all of the Japanese 800 kg bombs were modified BB shells. The initial ones used at PH were, but there were other versions of the 800 kg bomb designed after that. However, I'll admit that I have no idea how many of these were actually produced or used IRL.

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wild_Willie2 -> RE: The 800Kg AP Bomb (8/21/2008 2:28:24 PM)

800KG bombs are used by all japanese torpedo carrying AC on port attack missions.

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Q-Ball -> RE: The 800Kg AP Bomb (8/21/2008 3:13:36 PM)

They are also used by Nells/Bettys flying from lvl 2 and lvl 3 airfields on Naval Attack. I prefer Torps, but it's sort of an interesting trick to keep a lvl 3 AF around if you want to drop 800kg bombs, which can hurt anything including a BB.

But mostly, I have seen them used on Port Attacks.

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ndworl
No height restriction that I have seen. I typically send in the Kates at 10,000 feet and they've usually preferred the 800kg bomb to torpedoes. I've sent in Nells and Bettys at various heights, from 5 to 15 thousand feet and overwhelmingly they've used 800kg bombs.

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
As for never running out of bombs - that would be true for the Allies I guess, but would if be the same for the Japanese? Why have bomb pools in the database at all if they never run out?

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
Have you another explanation for why 2-EBs drop them early in the game but not often in the later game? Or why they would load them at all when they normally fly with 250kg bombs?

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ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn
etc.
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/printable.asp?m=1895316

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ORIGINAL: GetAssista

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ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn
etc.
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/printable.asp?m=1895316

This is actually quite old thread, I would not use it as a reference. E.g. 2E flying with big bombs from level 2 airfields