So I've been doing my PTO campaign and trying to make the missions historically accurate and to mix things up. So I have been doing proxy's and making some cards using cut and paste.
In playing it led me to the following questions:
1) Should the Oscar use a regular C deck, or the modified one for the Zero's? I thought I saw somewhere that they were nimble as well.
2) Was the A6M5 Zero as maneuverable as the A6M2? Do their decks need some 90 degree turns or sideslips? Or are they in the B, F, and E decks. I don't recall the E decks having things like that in them.
3) The Ann and the Val are identical for all intents and purposes. Rear arcs for fighter bases are set.
4) For planes like the Lily & the Kate. How do we determine rear arcs for a Heavy Fighter Base? Do we use a standard rear fighter arc? A Beuafighter arc? An ME-110 rear arc? A Heinkel arc? I wasn't sure how wide it becomes in this case. The guns appear to be essentially over each other. Tail gunners seem to have an arc established (from the B17, while for other bombers dorsal or ventral, it usually says clock positions.
Gunnery Notes:
Kawasaki Ki-48-I and Ki-48-II Lily:
Dorsal gun: rear arc, level to high, A/A
Ventral gun: rear arc, low, A/A.
http://japaneseaircraftofwwii.blogsp...-48-redux.html
Although, from the images here - the dorsal gunner might have more range of fire.
I think I'll lose the house notes for armor & fuel plating for the Ki48-II (ie #2 & #3) if I get to any of them. 557 Kawasaki Ki.48-I bombers were built before the first of three prototypes of the Ki.48-II made its appearance in February, 1942.
The principal differences between the Ki.48-I and -II were to be found in the engines, defensive armament and armour protection. The new model had Nakajima Ha.115 fourteen-cylinder air-cooled radials rated at 1,130 h.p. for take-off and 1,100 h;p. at 9,350 ft., the fuel tanks were protected, and 12.5-mm. and 6.5-mm. fore and aft armour protection was provided for the crew members. Initially the defensive armament remained a trio of 7.7-mm. guns, but the additional power permitted an increase in bomb load to 1,760 lb. in maximum loaded condition. Whereas the Type 99 Model 2a (Ki.48-IIa) was built as a level bomber, the Model 2b (Ki.48-IIb) was fitted with dive brakes under each wing, and was capable of dive-bombing attacks up to an angle of sixty degrees. Late production machines of this type featured a dorsal fin extension. The Model 2c (Ki.48-IIc) was essentially similar to the Model 2b apart from the addition of a single 12.7-mm. gun to the defensive armament.
Aircraft Deck Guns S Guns L Rear gun Damage Ceiling Climb Base Rules Notes Ammo
Aichi D3A2 Val I A A A/A 17 F 1,2,3
Mitsubishi Ki-30 Ann I A A A/A 17 10 6 F 1,2,3
Kawasaki Ki-48-I Lily D A A see notes 20 11 5 HF 1,2,3
Kawasaki Ki-48-II Lily D A A see notes 21 12 5 HF 1,2,3
Mitsubishi A6M2 Reisen C A-C-C C 18 13 3 F `
Mitsubishi A6M2-11 Reisen C A-C-C C 14 13 3 F 1,2,3
Mitsubishi A6M2-21 Reisen C A-C-C C 14 13 3 F 1,2,3
Mitsubishi A6M3-32 Reisen C A-C-C C 15 13 3 F 1,2,3
Mitsubishi A6M5-52 Reisen B A-C-C C 16 13 3 F 3
Mitsubishi A6M5-52b Reisen F B-C-C A-C 17 13 3 F 3
Mitsubishi A6M5-52c Reisen E A-B-C-C B-C 18 13 3 F 3
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