VVS AVRO Landcaster ?

[HarleyDavidson 13]

An amazing aircraft for IL2 would be the Avro Landcaster bomber. No other game in my knowledge have ever attempted to use this aircraft. Russian lend/lease had many Landcasters delivered and use by the VVS.

 

  https://vvsairwar.com/2016/08/12/the-soviet-unions-british-built-avro-lancasters/

 

 

 

Hopefully the Devs will see it as a real asset to the game.

[AndyJWest 2512]

7 minutes ago, HarleyDavidson said:

Russian lend/lease had many Landcasters delivered and use by the VVS.

 

Not according to the source you have just linked they didn't. An not according to any other source I've seen, either.

[Melonfish 187]

Baby steps.

We need to see if the B25 is flyable first, apparently the difficulty is the turrets.

however if they pull it off there may be a chance we'll see heavier bombers in future but i'm not 100% on us getting 4 engined jobs due to the distanced they'd normally fly.

 

besides i'd rather see the halifax over the lancaster 😄

 

[sevenless 2256]

5 minutes ago, Melonfish said:

We need to see if the B25 is flyable first, apparently the difficulty is the turrets.

however if they pull it off there may be a chance we'll see heavier bombers in future but i'm not 100% on us getting 4 engined jobs due to the distanced they'd normally fly.

 

I agree. The B-25 is a testbed. Hopefully they can find a way to integrate larger bomberstreams and/or 4-engine bomber formations in this game-engine and we don´t have to wait 5 years for the next game-engine which hopefully will be capable to render plane formations that already Il-1946 can do.

Edited September 26, 2019 by sevenless

[Semor76 621]

LooL. It´s getting bizzare here. This game engine already struggels to handle even more than 12 twin engine planes and a bunch of fighters at one time and the guys came around the corner with russian Lancasters...

 

Made my day.

Edited September 26, 2019 by Semor76

[Elem 447]

HP Hampden is a more logical and usable British built Lend-Lease bomber option.

[AndyJWest 2512]

4 minutes ago, Elem said:

HP Hampden is a more logical and usable British built Lend-Lease bomber option.

 

Well, they were at least used as torpedo bombers, unlike the two Lancasters the Soviets salvaged, which were only ever used as transports. 

[LukeFF 6136]

1 hour ago, HarleyDavidson said:

Russian lend/lease had many Landcasters delivered and use by the VVS.

 

This is one of those cases where it really, really, really helps to read the source material first before making a statement like that.

[Hoots 336]

37 minutes ago, Elem said:

HP Hampden is a more logical and usable British built Lend-Lease bomber option.

 

Always liked the Hampden. 

[HarleyDavidson 13]

17 minutes ago, LukeFF said:

 

This is one of those cases where it really, really, really helps to read the source material first before making a statement like that.

Forgive me father for I have sinned.....

[Melonfish 187]

14 hours ago, Hoots said:

 

Always liked the Hampden. 

"The Flying suitcase"

appears one squadron 24 MTAP used them only and in the torpedo bomber role, which I reckon would be immense fun.

but then anything with a torpedo and a large amount of bigger ships/convoys would be fun

[Haza 783]

17 hours ago, HarleyDavidson said:

Forgive me father for I have sinned.....

 

Just be thankful you didn't get the usual 4 engine spin and that even the end of the world will never happen!

On second thoughts let’s just have a Manchester!