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07-13-05, 12:52 AM | #1 |
Sonar Guy
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Where is this a/c type?
I was just wondering where this beast is at....
Perhaps the air modders would like to take a crack at it... |
07-13-05, 02:30 AM | #2 |
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Hello,
are Beaufighters already in the game ? Never saw one .... Greetings, Catfish |
07-13-05, 02:33 AM | #3 |
Sonar Guy
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I don't think they are - I haven't seen one, and they aren't in the library.
If you see one, it won't be for long |
07-13-05, 06:04 AM | #4 |
Dipped Squirrel Operative
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Hello,
if you're close enough to identify this plane as a Bristol ... I remember versions with a big cannon mounted under the fuselage (?), and with rockets under the wings. Greetings, Catfish |
07-13-05, 06:50 AM | #5 |
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Catfish,
As far as I know, the Bristol Beaufighter didn't have an under-fuselage cannon mount. The anti-shipping "torpedo fighter" version carried a torpedo (an anti-submarine version would carry 2 x 250-lb. bombs), with four 20mm cannon and six 0.303-caliber machine guns for strafing your FlaK gunners. Source: Weale, et al. Combat Aircraft of World War II, Bracken Books, 1977. Some versions were equipped to carry rockets, but I don't think rockets are modelled in the game- maybe a rapid-fire barrage of two 5-inch guns each with four rounds of ammunition? Perhaps you are thinking of the Henschel Hs-129, with similar appearance, that carried a 37mm cannon under its fuselage? Pablo |
07-13-05, 10:00 PM | #6 |
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he might be thinking of the "Tetse" Mosquito -- equipped w/ a rapid fire 6 pounder gun, specifically designed to take out surfaced U-boats.
Points for obscurity? |
07-14-05, 05:12 AM | #7 | |||
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http://www.compass.dircon.co.uk/Beaufighter.htm
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07-14-05, 10:49 PM | #8 |
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A career killer...
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