Is there GCI in the sim?

[conure]

Hey guys,

 

I've come from DCS where I primarily play on the Cold War server and people go online to act as AWACS/GCI to vector fighters to bandits / move them into advantageous positions. Does this exist in IL-2? I know there's no single player implementation like in Falcon BMS for example, but can a person go online and act as a GCI?

[Alexmarine]

19 minutes ago, conure said:

Hey guys,

 

I've come from DCS where I primarily play on the Cold War server and people go online to act as AWACS/GCI to vector fighters to bandits / move them into advantageous positions. Does this exist in IL-2? I know there's no single player implementation like in Falcon BMS for example, but can a person go online and act as a GCI?

 

At the moment, unless there is some 3rd party software for a similar function, there is no GCI in the game. An "Air Marshall" feature is in the making but we don't know the extent for which it will provide GCI functions yet

[conure]

34 minutes ago, Alexmarine said:

 

At the moment, unless there is some 3rd party software for a similar function, there is no GCI in the game. An "Air Marshall" feature is in the making but we don't know the extent for which it will provide GCI functions yet

Oh cool thanks for letting me know. I know this was a big deal in the UK when during the BoB with their radar stations, but would the Russians / Germans fighting on the Eastern front actually have had GCI stations does anyone know?

[Sandmarken]

Mp server combat box has ai that can do all kind of helpfull assistance with the the radio app called srs. Sadly combat box is always empty when I have time to play ??

[PB0_Roll]

GCI did exist everywhere, radar however was in limited use, AFAIK. GCI was using ground and air reports.

 

Leningrad and Moscow had radar stations, but near the front I have no idea.

[PatrickAWlson]

2 hours ago, PB0_Roll said:

GCI did exist everywhere, radar however was in limited use, AFAIK. GCI was using ground and air reports.

 

Leningrad and Moscow had radar stations, but near the front I have no idea.

 

Almost definitely no radar at the front, but there still had to be some sort of control in the form of forward observers. 

 

Much more spotty for the Russians who did not have good communications capabilities early in the war, with many planes not even having a radio, and the ones they did have didn't work terribly well.   I do not have a good sense of how Russians did this.  Any info is appreciated. 

 

[Jaws2002]

The Germans had Luftwaffe observers embedder with the front troops, so they would guide aircraft to the targets. Just like JTAC today.

[PB0_Roll]

52 minutes ago, PatrickAWlson said:

 

Almost definitely no radar at the front, but there still had to be some sort of control in the form of forward observers. 

 

Much more spotty for the Russians who did not have good communications capabilities early in the war, with many planes not even having a radio, and the ones they did have didn't work terribly well.   I do not have a good sense of how Russians did this.  Any info is appreciated. 

 

Normandie Niemen were to contact the "radio truck" after take off. This radio truck was in contact with the local command and relayed its orders to the squadron, using any sort of ground reports, relayed by local command.