Dive Bombers

[AZTiger98]

I may have already seen some rules relating to dive bombers as posted here, but I had another idea to possibly make the use of dive bombers a little more historically accurate.

1. Not sure how the current bomb path looks for a dive bomber, but one of two things could be done. Typically, the bombs dropped by dive bombers were going to basically head straight down (depending on the trajectory of the bomber's dive). So - either 1) have the bombs travel no more than half the length of a card each maneuver phase, or 2) have the bombs go straight down from wherever dropped, then just keep track of altitude each time it is adjusted.

2. Dive bombers MUST release their load at nothing lower than altitude 2. This allows for the realization that a dive bomber (unless a kamikaze) would be pulling out of the dive and back into the air. And that didn't happen "instantaneously". How this would look in the game is that bombs could be dropped at an altitude of no lower than '2' in a dive bomber. The altitude below the altitude at which the bombs were dropped is reserved for the "pullout".

[Marechallannes]

Don't know if you have the New Rules & Accessoires Pack for WGS.

The included rules cover your suggestions.

1. (page 40) for normal dive bombing the bomb card is placed direct in front of the airplane's base. For vertical dive bombing (Stuka) the plane's base is the bomb's hit zone.

2. (page 40) Dive bombing and altitude. ...the decisison to drop bombs can be made only if the airplane is at altitude 2 or 3.


(It's really time for the SBD Dauntless Bombers...)

[Tonx]

Also maybe worth mentioning is that the dive bombing cards come with the dive bomber airplane packs - Wings of Glory is about to gain it's first dive bomber in the shape of the Douglas SBD Dauntless. But prior to this Wings of War had the Junkers Ju-87 Stuka and Aichi D3A Val available. Of the two the Aichi is the more readily available of the two - either in the For Sale section of the Aerodrome or E-Bay. Stukas are harder but not impossible to come by.

[flash]

...Not sure how the current bomb path looks for a dive bomber....

If you don't have the WoG WW2 book Sven has suggested have a look at the old WoW Fire from the sky rules in the files here that's the same mechanic but bump the altitude up 1. (alt was tinkered with since this edition came out)