SeaMonkey Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 I'm going to throw a quick summary of what I think we should see for Airforces is SC2. This is a preliminary assessment. First I believe each country(major) should be able to purchase a generic Air Hq(user named) as put forth earlier by DD, one per combatant. This Hq would coordinate the 3 possible air units types with some enhancing features. The 3 types are fighter/fighter bombers/SR ground attack aircraft, light and medium ground attack and tactical/level bombers, and finally long range medium/heavy strategic bombers. There is an overlap of each type into the roles the others play but they should have their own unique qualities that they excel in. For example: FFB should be only able to provide air superiority/escort tasks with some close support and naval attack abilities,good recon, very little strategic abilities. TACs should have some inherent AD qualities but excel in ground and naval attack with a better strategic ability, some % of FBB recon status. Then of course SACs should provide the strategic mission capabilities with some AD and a smaller ground/naval attack role, very little recon characteristics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ev Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 Hi SeaMonkey. I like very much support creating 3 types of air units as per your suggestions. I am not sure about the generic Air HQ. I would like to hear how you guys would work it out, but here are some of my thoughts: 1. Some air units are dispatched to far away places such as North Africa or the Eastern Froont. Those units have to be supplied from HQ's in those far away places. ...for those units in far away places it does not make sense to attach them to a central Air HQ in Berlin or London. 2. Some air units will be enganged in local ground support. It seems to me it makes more sense to attach those units to local ground HQ's. 3. I guess the Air HQ makes more sense for the "Strategic Air Campaign". Somehow, some units would be removed from the "tactical HQ's" and attached to a centra "Strategic HQ". I see the point, but how would you go about implementing it in the game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaMonkey Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 Point 3 is exactly on. The generic air Hq would be for a strategic centralized base of operations such as was the case for the Eighth USAF in UK during WW2. Also known as Bomber Command for the British contingent. This would represent a concerted effort to establish air superiority and conduct strategic operations over an operational theater. Of course air units deployed elsewhere would come under the authority of the local theater Hqs as we have now in SC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaMonkey Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 Further ev, imagine this feature in an historical context, eventually the Allies will have 3 of the generic air HQ organizations and the Axis will start and end up with potentially only 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaMonkey Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 The medium/tactical/level bombers of WW2: France Amiot 143M/Bloch 210 BN4/Liore' et Olovier 451 B4 1240 miles range,1936/1050 mi.,1937/1800 mi. 1939 Germany Dornier Do17Z-2/Heinkel He111H-6/Junkers Ju88A-4 930 mi.,1937-38/1200 mi.,1936-41/1700 mi.,1938-40 Italy CANT Z.1007bis/Fiat BR.20M/Savoia-Marchetti SM79-1 1110 mi.,1938/1700 mi.,1938-39/1180 mi.,1937 UK Blenheim IV/Hampden Mk1/Wellington 1C 1460 mi.,1937-39/1990 mi.,1938/2550 mi.,1938 light bombers de Haviland Mosquito B.Mk XVI/Fairey Battle MkIII 1480 mi.,1941-42/1000 mi.,1937 USA Martin Marauder B-26B/N.American Mitchell B-25J 1150 mi., 1941-42/2700 mi.,1941-43 light bombers Havoc A-20G/Invader A-26B/Hudson A-29 IIIA 1100 mi.,1941-42/1800mi.,1944/2800 mi.,1939-40 USSR Ilyushin II-4 DB-3F/Tupolev Tu-2S 2350 mi.,1938-40/1240 mi., 1944 Do we need to examine the heavy strategic bombers of the period? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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