Intercepting Luftwaffe bombers

[hames123]

I have not gotten a single one of these as the VVS, so far. I know that the PVO squadrons will probably get most of these missions, but I have not seen a single He 111 or Ju 88. It is a little odd. And also, one more thing. Instead of reacting to an enemy sighting, your flight should patrol the front, with ground forces reporting enemy planes(Which are always BF 109E-7s, and rarely Stukas) so you can intercept. Right now, it seems like the ground controllers somehow telepathically know that enemy aircraft are incoming. 

[Feathered_IV]

I've had some flying for the 27th in the Moscow campaign.  Usually He-111s, but also Ju-88s on one occasion.  They tend to be my favourite sort of mission.  I wish there was more of them.

[Yogiflight]

In my german fighter career my escort missions are mainly Ju87 for bombers and 109 E7 in Stalingrad and FW190 A5 in Kuban for ground attack aircrafts. So this fits to your experience. I don't know how historically correct this is, but I suppose Black Six knows, what he is doing.

[Finkeren]

Took me almost 20 missions of my first MiG career before I got my first intercept mission, but after that they came with some frequency. Turned out to just be bad luck.

[Yogiflight]

51 minutes ago, Finkeren said:

Took me almost 20 missions of my first MiG career before I got my first intercept mission, but after that they came with some frequency. Turned out to just be bad luck.

Did you intercept bombers?

[Finkeren]

11 minutes ago, Yogiflight said:

Did you intercept bombers?

 

He 111s and Ju 87s (as ground attacker interception) never seen a Ju 88 on intercept missions so far.

[FlyingH]

Just last night I was ordered to intercept incoming bombers and found 6 He111s escorted by 4 F2s. My comrades went for the Mes and I ended up downing all 6 111s and an F2! Was awarded a lot of rubels then!

 

[ShamrockOneFive]

Seen a lot of Ju87s and some Ju88s in a few different careers. The bomber intercepts I've flown so far have been cool because ground observers were updating their positions as the mission went on. Fabulous.

 

Wouldn't mind seeing a few more of these. They do seem to come up rarely but that may be the campaign I'm flying right now.

[Yogiflight]

28 minutes ago, ShamrockOneFive said:

They do seem to come up rarely but that may be the campaign I'm flying right now.

Yep, in my 110 career in Stalingrad they come pretty regularely, 8 out of 22 missions.

[Pharoah]

8 hours ago, FlyingH said:

I ended up downing all 6 111s and an F2! Was awarded a lot of rubels then!

 

 

how much friggin ammo did you carry?

[Finkeren]

3 hours ago, [ASOR]Pharoah said:

 

how much friggin ammo did you carry?

 

If he was flying with the squad that uses LaGG-3s with the 37mm gun, it’s just a question of hitting with single shots and you can down a dozen He 111s in one mission.

[InProgress]

I find it weird in BoX, it's really easy to kill bombers. Even with spitfire with no hispano. While in CloD even with 109 and their 20mm guns, it's not that easy. I feel like they are more durable and can fly with really heavy damage. While in BoX you hit it few times and boom wing is gone. I don't know which is more reallistic. But i find it kind of weird that it's so easy to kill such a big planes.

[-TBC-AeroAce]

Lol I could not bring a flying greenhouse down with spit 303 even if I landed every shot (yes a little exaggerated)

[JaffaCake]

6 hours ago, InProgress said:

I find it weird in BoX, it's really easy to kill bombers. Even with spitfire with no hispano. While in CloD even with 109 and their 20mm guns, it's not that easy. I feel like they are more durable and can fly with really heavy damage. While in BoX you hit it few times and boom wing is gone. I don't know which is more reallistic. But i find it kind of weird that it's so easy to kill such a big planes.

 

Try Vya-23 on a lag... its an incredible killer.

[FlyingH]

P 40 with extra ammo, guess I had some lucky shots killing pilots or hitting control wires or fueltanks!

[migmadmarine]

Yea, the P-40 is great on bomber intercepts, just hold down the trigger and you shred them, have some screen shots I took of the results, it can be pretty horrifying honestly.

 

@Finkeren, what squadron uses the 30mm on the LaGG?

[Wolfram-Harms]

9 hours ago, Finkeren said:

 

If he was flying with the squad that uses LaGG-3s with the 37mm gun, it’s just a question of hitting with single shots and you can down a dozen He 111s in one mission.

 

It shouldn't be allowed...

[THERION]

9 hours ago, InProgress said:

I find it weird in BoX, it's really easy to kill bombers. Even with spitfire with no hispano. While in CloD even with 109 and their 20mm guns, it's not that easy. I feel like they are more durable and can fly with really heavy damage. While in BoX you hit it few times and boom wing is gone. I don't know which is more reallistic. But i find it kind of weird that it's so easy to kill such a big planes.

 

Well, it's not as easy as it seems - some British bombers had a very light construction and like the Wellington for example the light fuselage construction

was covered with sort of canvas. This could take quite some punishment as HE ammo is not so effective on soft targets like these old heavies. This is also

observed on fighters like the Hurricane.

[Finkeren]

9 hours ago, Wolfram-Harms said:

 

It shouldn't be allowed...

 

Why? There was an actual historical regiment at Stalingrad that flew 37mm-armed LaGGs. If the player is able to stretch the ammo to shoot down loads of aircraft, why is that a problem? (Btw, in this case he was actually flying a P-40 - the LaGG part was just me speculating)

[Wolfram-Harms]

5 hours ago, Finkeren said:

If the player is able to stretch the ammo to shoot down loads of aircraft, why is that a problem?

 

Hey, Finkeren, you took that serious?

I thought it was a funny saying, when you see something which is "over the top", to say: It shouldn't be allowed...

Was meant as a joke!

 

 

Edited April 25, 2018 by Wolfram-Harms