Kurt Bullard Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 In SC 1.06, your likelihood of tech research advancements is based, in part, on the "... relationship with enemy research levels to represent captured equipment, spying, etc." I thought you might find this information from the "etc." category of interest. It comes from "The Last Year of the Luftwaffe: May 1944 to May 1945", by Alfred Price. The German night fighter force reached its peak effectiveness in early 1944, "... culminating on 30-31 March when 94 bombers were shot down during an attack on Nuremburg." In SC terms, this a single strength point lost on a single raid. "The technical improvement in the night fighter force hinged on the development and introduction of three new electronic devices into its aircraft, and in keeping the RAF ignorant of their existence. The most important of these was the SN-2 airborne interception radar...." At this point, the Germans had at least one Tech Level advantage. Then, "During the early morning darkness on 13 July a fully equipped Junkers 88G night fighter landed at the RAF airfield at Woodbridge in Suffolk. Its inexperienced pilot had been ordered to fly the night fighter from its base in Holland to Germany for engineering work but had inadvertently steered a reciprocal compass course and arrived in England by mistake. Examining the windfall the next day, Royal Air Force intelligence officers found ... the SN-2 radar." Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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