Sequoia Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Minor point since we don't actually see the aircraft, but are we early enough to have P-40s and Stukas? I have no idea of Italy's ground attack capabilities at that stage of the war. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Unless I am mistaken, P-40s were still being used in this theater and at the time of Sicily. But I think the Allies had too much air superiority for Stukas to be employed. There should be some other bomb carrying Luftwaffe planes about though. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 To quote Shakespeare " Cry (A-20) HAVOC and let slip the dogs of war!" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisND Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Americans get P40F Warhawk and A-36A Apache. There's also the A-20, but there's some... internal debate on whether this should be in. Germans get Bf-109G6, Bf-109G6/U4 and FW-190A5 Jabo. No Stuka. They don't tend to last very long with lots of enemy fighters prowling about... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanir Ausf B Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 That's great. Now if we could please get something capable of shooting back at the planes... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 when I first saw the name 'Apache' I had to google it, I simply could not summon a mental picture of that airplane. Ooooh, an early ground attack version of Mustang! If I ever knew that plane existed I had forgot all about it long ago. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 MikeyD, The A-36 Apache was designed specifically for ground attack to Britsh specs and was fitted with dive brakes and the Allison engine, which performed poorly at high altitude. The Rolls Royce Merlin engine, which worked great a t all altitudes, and some redesign were what gave the later P-51 Mustang its sterling performance and reputation. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLeftFlank Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 But didn't German Stukas and Ju-88s sink a number of Allied ships during the landings? I find it hard to believe the Allies would secure forward airstrips so fast as to sweep them from the skies for at least a week or two thereafter if not longer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Dunno about Stukas and Ju-88s, but yes; a couple of ships were sunk over the first day or two. But that's not really too relevant to CAS in a CM context. The GAF and RA were swept from the skies pretty rapidly. A lot of the airfields were overrun in the first couple of days, and that coupled with the pre-invasion bombing campaign pushed the Axis air forces back to airfields around Salerno pretty soon. Also, the Allies were REALLY snappy about getting a/c operational from airfields on Sicily - the distance from Tunisia was a bit too far, and Malta/Gozo/Pantelleria could only hold so many planes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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