Great Battles Future

[Jackfraser24]

1 hour ago, Enceladus828 said:

This is how I’d put it for Sicily and Tunisia in GBs and the Dover series. One game would have to have something that would differentiate itself from the other so players aren’t essentially buying the same product. For instance, the Normandy map can be used for scenarios going all the way back to 1941 but most notably with the Dieppe and TF 6.5 Night bombing  installments, we’ll get things you cannot do in GBs such as the Channel Dash, night fighters and aircraft not in GBs like the B-17, Lancaster, Beaufighter Mk. VI and early Typhoon.

 

With Tunisia and Sicily, one game could do the Tunisian Campaign in late 1942/early 1943 and end in September 1943 with the capture of Sicily while the other could start in mid-May 1943 at the end of the Tunisian Campaign and conclude in late 1943 at the Gustav Line.

For Battle of Italy and Operation Dragoon, we’ll likely see them as Collector maps — places where we have the plane set just not the map. The only planes I could see added in a Battle of Italy are the Re. 2005 and G.55 as pretty much all the BoN and BoBP planes can be used here. Lastly, it all comes down to profitability. When deciding on whether to do the Italian Campaign from early 1944 to Summer 1944 or D-Day they chose D-Day because more people know about that than the Italian Campaign and the increased profits allow for more things to be added such as more collector planes (though I’m not entirely thrilled on the ones we’ve gotten recently but I hope that will change).

Do you know if development Great Battles has reached its twilight era? I mean once they have finished including the rest of the original Rise of Flight planes into Flying Circus, will development be finished? This new module, which appears to be set in the Korean War seems to be the beginning of the Fourth Generation of IL-2. This makes me feel a little disappointed because the new game and each subsequent module may take twice as long and they might have less aircraft for us to fly other than just the usual 10 we are familiar with. 
 

You know Eagle Dynamics, a completely separate company to 1CGS, and how they had released Digital Combat Simulator way back in 2007? Well, out of curiosity, why are they able to continue development on DCS World? Is it because they are faced with a different set of challenges and demands to 1CGS with their IL-2 Great Battles? I just want to have some understanding on that topic. 

[Jackfraser24]

On 12/11/2023 at 9:52 AM, Jackfraser24 said:

Something's big in the works. I can sense it somehow.

I knew it! There was! Korea, updated damage and flight model, ect!

On 12/25/2023 at 4:49 AM, Juri_JS said:

The advance wasn't lighting fast in Bessarabia and around Odessa, that's why I suggested this scenario. The fighting in Bessarabia lasted over three weeks and Odesssa was only captured in mid-October. Of all 1941 eastern front scenarios it's probably the best suited, because the front moved relatively slow and the fighting in the air was much less onesided than in other areas.

I’m surprised that an Odessa/Bessarabia map is coming to IL-2. What’s even more exciting is that there will be one for Operation Barbarossa AND one for the Jassy-Kishinev Offensive in 1944. Looks like we’ll both be satisfied with what is coming! 

Edited January 1, 2024 by Jackfraser24

[Jackfraser24]

Questions for the new generation of IL-2

 

How likely will the new generation have less than 10 aircraft in each module?
 

How much longer could it take 1CGS to build the new simulator and any subsequent module that follows the first? 2 times as long? 3 times?

 

How likely will they return from Korea back to WWII scenarios? Will the maps be able to encompass more area and allow for more highly detailed buildings and larger urban areas like London, Berlin or Paris to be built in? 
 

Will they also eventually go back to WWI and revamp Flying Circus? 
 

Will tank crew modules be a thing?

 

Could Vietnam come into the question with this new IL-2 generation?

 

 

[Guest deleted@83466]

By the way Jack, I didn’t mean to hijack your thread, but what Z and I were talking about is actually really important to a game, dear Chap.

 

This is exactly what it was like to break through the sound barrier today in the MiG-15 in DCS! (Ok, not really, but please enjoy the video)

 

Edited January 4, 2024 by SeaSerpent
That Levon Helm from The Band. He plays Jack Ridley.

[Jackfraser24]

48 minutes ago, SeaSerpent said:

By the way Jack, I didn’t mean to hijack your thread, but what Z and I were talking about is actually really important to a game, dear Chap.

 

This is exactly what it was like to break through the sound barrier today in the MiG-15 in DCS! (Ok, not really, but please enjoy the video)

 

You’re fine. That’s what threads here are for.

[Jackfraser24]

On 1/4/2024 at 12:56 PM, Jackfraser24 said:

Questions for the new generation of IL-2

 

How likely will the new generation have less than 10 aircraft in each module?
 

How much longer could it take 1CGS to build the new simulator and any subsequent module that follows the first? 2 times as long? 3 times?

 

How likely will they return from Korea back to WWII scenarios? Will the maps be able to encompass more area and allow for more highly detailed buildings and larger urban areas like London, Berlin or Paris to be built in? 
 

Will they also eventually go back to WWI and revamp Flying Circus? 
 

Will tank crew modules be a thing?

 

Could Vietnam come into the question with this new IL-2 generation?

 

 

Ok, I just want to apologise for all this. I shouldn’t have expected anyone of you to know. 

[Guest deleted@83466]

Jack, do you have any idea how badly I’m going to kick your butt if I’m flying a Sabre, and you’re flying a MiG, in the next installment of this game in MP?

 

 

Edited January 5, 2024 by SeaSerpent

[ST_Catchov]

On 1/4/2024 at 9:56 AM, Jackfraser24 said:

Will they also eventually go back to WWI and revamp Flying Circus?

 

Yes, new content is expected to be Channel map, Italian map and seaplanes (torpedoes optional).

 

 

 

[Jackfraser24]

5 hours ago, SeaSerpent said:

Jack, do you have any idea how badly I’m going to kick your butt if I’m flying a Sabre, and you’re flying a MiG, in the next installment of this game in MP?

 

 

Very hard?

[Jackfraser24]

You know for (what I presume will be) Flying Circus Vol.IV when they add in 6 more planes, I think should add in four more planes that were not in the original Flying Circus. Otherwise if they don’t, and charge $79.99, people are going to think it’s way overpriced. But if they lower the price, they won’t make ends meet. 
 

For one I would be more than happy to buy it if the Zeppelin Staaken R.VI was in there.

Edited January 5, 2024 by Jackfraser24

[LuftManu]

Hey guys! I splitted the conversation about Techincal data for the Sabre and the MiG-15 abilities from our dear sirs  @SeaSerpent and @ZachariasX .

 

I think it deserves it's own thread so we can all talk about that interesting era of aviation. ?

 

Kind regards,

 

[Jackfraser24]

IL-2 Korea Plane List - What I think will be in there

 

Communists (NK/PRC/USSR)

• IL-10
• MiG-15
• Tu-2
• Yak-9
• Yak-11 (Collector)

United Nations

• B-29
• F-51D Mustang
• F4U-4 Corsair 
• F-80 (Collector)
• F-86

Edited January 6, 2024 by Jackfraser24

[DD_Arthur]

On 1/5/2024 at 9:32 AM, Jackfraser24 said:

Very hard?

Don’t worry about SeaSerpent Jack. He’s dissolveable in hot water.?

 

4 hours ago, Jackfraser24 said:

IL-2 Korea Plane List - What I think will be in there

 

Communists (NK/PRC/USSR)

• IL-10
• MiG-15
• Yak-3
• Yak-9
• Yak-11 (Collector)

United Nations

• B-29
• F-51D Mustang
• F4U-4 Corsair 
• F-80 (Collector)
• F-86

It seems a reasonable list…if they go for the previous release format. I wonder if the Soviets would get the Tu2 first time around instead of a fighter?

Who knows!

 

[CountZero]

5 hours ago, Jackfraser24 said:

IL-2 Korea Plane List - What I think will be in there

 

Communists (NK/PRC/USSR)

• IL-10
• MiG-15
• Yak-3
• Yak-9
• Yak-11 (Collector)

United Nations

• B-29
• F-51D Mustang
• F4U-4 Corsair 
• F-80 (Collector)
• F-86

There was no yak-3 so you can replace it with La-9 or 11, and insted trainer yak-11 have Tu-2 that did something in war.

On UN side F-84 played some impact in escort at first and then when it got clear how bad it is it got pushed in GA role, hard to see how to squise more on UN side if 10 slots and 5v5 is still a thing. But B-29 as player airplane is hard to belive so insted of him i bet on F-84.

And then you would see complains about other nations airplanes not in game as it was not only US thing...

[Jackfraser24]

4 hours ago, CountZero said:

There was no yak-3 so you can replace it with La-9 or 11, and insted trainer yak-11 have Tu-2 that did something in war.

On UN side F-84 played some impact in escort at first and then when it got clear how bad it is it got pushed in GA role, hard to see how to squise more on UN side if 10 slots and 5v5 is still a thing. But B-29 as player airplane is hard to belive so insted of him i bet on F-84.

And then you would see complains about other nations airplanes not in game as it was not only US thing...

I edited my post and replaced the Yak-3 with the Soviet reverse engineered B-29, the Tupolev Tu-4. If one side has a strategic bomber, the other side should have one too.

Edited January 6, 2024 by Jackfraser24

[CountZero]

9 minutes ago, Jackfraser24 said:

I edited my post and replaced the Yak-3 with the Soviet reverse engineered B-29, the Tupolev Tu-4. If one side has a strategic bomber, the other side should have one too.

ah ok i didnt understood this is fantasy korea war, yes thats ok then, Tu-4 can be there to balance the setting, they also then save time and money on airplane, 2 for 1 thing like with C-47/Li-2 we have in this game

Edited January 6, 2024 by CountZero

[Jackfraser24]

2 hours ago, CountZero said:

ah ok i didnt understood this is fantasy korea war, yes thats ok then, Tu-4 can be there to balance the setting, they also then save time and money on airplane, 2 for 1 thing like with C-47/Li-2 we have in this game

I'm only kidding about the sad face, you're fine. I've gotta do my research about what planes fought in the Korean War. I'll drop the Tu-4 from my list and replace it with the Tu-2. I enjoy reading what others think of my propositions and plane lists. Otherwise it wouldn't be so fun.

[Guest deleted@83466]

You were going to replace my favorite metric Superfortress-copy, with a Tu-2?  What’s wrong with you, Jack?

Edited January 7, 2024 by SeaSerpent

[Jackfraser24]

1 hour ago, SeaSerpent said:

You were going to replace my favorite metric Superfortress-copy, with a Tu-2?  What’s wrong with you, Jack?

What other copies are there?

[Guest deleted@83466]

Well, it was kind of an easy choice, choosing my favorite copy, now that you mention it.

Edited January 7, 2024 by SeaSerpent

[Jackfraser24]

4th Gen IL-2 - North Africa. Could they do it then?

 

I was just wondering if 1CGS would ever consider doing the entirety of coastal North Africa once they are done with Korea? I wonder this because

a) It might not be until 2030 when they get around to finishing this, so there would be plenty of sale time for Desert Wings time until then.

b) CoD Blitz and Tobruk Desert Wings would likely be obsolete by 2030 and I think it would be safe to assume that 1CGS's deal with Team Fusion not to go to would have expired.

c) the game engine that this next generation would run will likely be made to handle larger areas with more detailed terrain. If the entirety of North Africa is encompassed  from the Sinai in the farthest east to Morocco in the farthest west, the most northerly point of North Africa in the farthest north and the latitude of the Qattara Depression marks the southern border of the map, I'm sure with the technology now your computer would be able to process it well.

d) this 3 or 4 part module would cover the entirety of the North African campaign from the Italian Invasion of Egypt in September 1940 to the Axis surrender in Tunisia in 1943, with many battles to be recreated like the Battles of El Alamein, Gazala, the Siege of Tobruk, and Operation Torch among many. Tank modules could be included too if they could. But what if saying here is that it would be very profitable.

 

I'm open to objections and disputes though about this, and what you all think. If you think this is just tripe, then that's okay. Like I said before my knowledge isn't great on computers and how well they run games, but computer technology is always getting better. I also don't really know if this would be literaly impossible for the game builders to make. Please don't go too hard on me guys!

[Enceladus828]

3 hours ago, Jackfraser24 said:

I'm open to objections and disputes though about this, and what you all think. If you think this is just tripe, then that's okay. Like I said before my knowledge isn't great on computers and how well they run games, but computer technology is always getting better. I also don't really know if this would be literaly impossible for the game builders to make. Please don't go too hard on me guys!

I won't be hard on you, Jack but let me tell you that all decisions of what places the developers cover are based on profitability. As the Siege of Tobruk from 1940-42 is already covered very well in great detail with over 20 new planes (excluding modifications and Tropical versions) and many ships ranging from torpedo boats to battleships including cruisers and submarines then it would be a fools errand to even attempt an IL-2 GBs or 4th Gen IL-2 version of this. Very few people would be interested in buying that.

 

At this point I'd rather see Korea, late war Pacific such as Iwo Jima and Okinawa, Phillippines (it will be a while before Combat Pilot gets there), Burma, an El Alamein TC installment if Digital Forms decides to go ahead with TC2, late war Eastern front such as Bagration, Vistula-Oder and Berlin than a place someone has already covered very well. These places would generate the most profits, let alone be profitable.

[Jackfraser24]

5 hours ago, Enceladus828 said:

I won't be hard on you, Jack but let me tell you that all decisions of what places the developers cover are based on profitability. As the Siege of Tobruk from 1940-42 is already covered very well in great detail with over 20 new planes (excluding modifications and Tropical versions) and many ships ranging from torpedo boats to battleships including cruisers and submarines then it would be a fools errand to even attempt an IL-2 GBs or 4th Gen IL-2 version of this. Very few people would be interested in buying that.

 

At this point I'd rather see Korea, late war Pacific such as Iwo Jima and Okinawa, Phillippines (it will be a while before Combat Pilot gets there), Burma, an El Alamein TC installment if Digital Forms decides to go ahead with TC2, late war Eastern front such as Bagration, Vistula-Oder and Berlin than a place someone has already covered very well. These places would generate the most profits, let alone be profitable.

Question. From the video giving the scant yet adequate details on where they were going next,  does it sound like an entirely new game separate to Great Battles or is there just a massive hype and are we all presuming that the 4th generation if IL-2 is in the works when in fact it’s it’s just another Great Battles Series? Again, I don’t know enough about computers and with all these people insinuating that an entirely new game is being made, I don’t know what to think. Do you?

Edited January 9, 2024 by Jackfraser24

[Jackfraser24]

If a 4th generation of IL-2 is indeed in the works, I have a heap of suggestions I could sell to you, the reader. 

[Jackfraser24]

Battle For The Caucasus 

 

At first glance this looks like something Disney would do with revamping their old products. But just bear with me.

 

Reasons Why the Battle for The Caucasus should be in the next Generation of IL-2:

• Computer gaming technology will have advanced massively since 2013 to process flight simulation games that are more complex and take up more space. 
• Making a massive map of the Caucasus region, Southwestern Russia, Eastern Ukraine and Crimea will be feasible. would also include parts of Southwestern Russia, Eastern Ukraine, and the eastern part of Crimea. 
• Boundaries of the map will be determined by the latitudinal and longitudinal lines. 53N - 43N by 35E - 50E. 
• The time period it covers is from go on from July 1942 until May 1944, when the Axis were forced out of the Caucasus region. 
• Military events like Case Blue, Operation Uranus, the four Battles  of Kharkov Battle of Stalingrad and the Kuban Bridgeheads  will be included. Also, you’d be able to immerse yourself taking part in the blitzkrieg air sorties, right before it was stopped being used. 
• The map will cover a diverse range of  environments such as steppe, mountains, montane forests, and the Volga Delta. 
• Numerous cities like Stalingrad, Rostov on Don, Kharkov, Voronezh, Kursk and Krasnodar, will be included. 
• Would appeal to the domestic Russian market and German market too. 
• Great Battles is a little bit outdated, and maps can only be so big. And it would be great to see a one huge map of all of the Caucasus one day with ten planes from each side. Also, because when they rehash old products they owe us with additional and more exciting features.
• Multiplayer will be fun if 1000 players could take part in each server, instead of just the familiar 64.

 

Axis Plane List

• Bf-109 G-2
• Bf-109 G-6
• Fw-190 A-4
• Fw-190 A-5
• He-111 H-6
• He-111 H-16
• Hs-129 B-2
• Ju-87 D-3
• Ju-88 A-4
• Ju-88 C-6

Soviet Plane List 

• IL-2 Model 1942
• IL-2 Model 1943
• IL-4
• LaGG-3 Series 29
• La-5 Series 8
• La-5F
• La-5FN
• Pe-2 Series 359
• Yak-9
• Yak-9T

 

Im open to what any of you would like to think. I’m open to all praise and criticism. If I’m overestimating the evolution of computer technology over 11, it’s just because I don’t know much about computers.

Edited January 18, 2024 by Jackfraser24

[Jackfraser24]

Battle For The Mother Land 

 

Again, I know this would be just like another rehash but again, just bear with me again. 

• As long as they add in some new and exciting features like bigger maps with more detailed buildings and environments, and being able to take off from any airfield that’s there just by clicking on it on the quick mission builder set up, this module goes from being just a rehash to a major improvement from Great Battles.
• The Moscow maps north east south west borders will correspond to the latitude and longitude of the following parallels - 61N - 52N North-South; 40E - 28E East-West. 
• The gigantic map will include cities like Moscow, Leningrad and Smolensk. 
• Would include military events like Operation Barbarossa, the Battles of Smolensk, Moscow, Rzhev and the Siege of Leningrad, Operation Typhoon, and the Soviet December/January counter attacks by Moscow. 
• Would appeal to the Russian and German players. 
• Twenty planes. If they are going to rehash Battle of Moscow, I think they’d have to put 200% more effort into everything to make it sell well. 

Axis Plane List

• Bf-109 E-4
• Bf-109 E-7
• Bf-109 F-2
• Bf-109 F-4
• Bf-110 C-4
• Bf-110 E-2
• Do-17 Z-2
• He-111 H-2
• Ju-87 B-2
• Ju-88 A-4

Soviet Plane List

• I-16 series 24
• IL-2 1940 model 
• IL-2 1941 model
• MiG-3 1940 model 
• Pe-2 series 1 
• Pe-3 
• SB-2M
• TB-3-4M
• LaGG-3 series 4
• Yak-1

[Jackfraser24]

On 1/17/2024 at 2:05 PM, Jackfraser24 said:

• Multiplayer will be fun if 1000 players could take part in each server, instead of just the familiar 64.

I’ve realised that the multiplayer player limit is actually 84 and it’s going to stay 84 for the foreseeable future. 

[CountZero]

2 hours ago, Jackfraser24 said:

I’ve realised that the multiplayer player limit is actually 84 and it’s going to stay 84 for the foreseeable future. 

ye from Q&A its clear 84 is limit they gona stick to , and just try to make it work better with that number. Also it seams in new game they gona stick with 10 airplanes.

[Jackfraser24]

3 hours ago, CountZero said:

ye from Q&A its clear 84 is limit they gona stick to , and just try to make it work better with that number. Also it seams in new game they gona stick with 10 airplanes.

Thank God for the Ten planes!

[BMA_FlyingShark]

3 hours ago, CountZero said:

Also it seams in new game they gona stick with 10 airplanes.

Maybe, they'll release some collector's planes afterwards too like they did with each of the GB modules.

 

Have a nice day.

 

[Jackfraser24]

What if the first module of the 4th generation is not a Korean module but a late war Eastern Front one, or a Manchurian one? 
 

Why? Because we have not actually seen any planes that just fought just in the Korean War, like the F-86 and the MiG-15. We saw snapshots and concept art of planes like the IL-10, La-7, and a Yak-3 or 9, P-51 and the Corsair. 
 

Also, after seeing the last two planes (the P-51 and the Corsair), one could assume that they could be part of the subsequent late war Pacific module, like Okinawa or Iwo Jima. 
 

But then again, we didn’t see any Japanese aircraft, so yes, for all we know this could be a Korean War module. It’s probably a good thing that someone is finally doing a Korean War flight module. I mean there is War Thunder, but that’s just a multiplayer game. 

[Jackfraser24]

IL-2 Battle of Korea (Great Battles II) Plane List 

 

North

• IL-10
• La-9
• La-11
• Yak-9P
• MiG-15bis (Collector) 

South

• F9F-2 Panther
• F-51D-25/30 Mustang 
• F4U-4 Corsair
• F-80C Shooting Star
• F-86F Sabre (Collector)

The reason why I put the MiG-15 and F-86 as collector planes is because you can’t have a Korean War combat flight sim without a Sabre or a Fagot. Therefore you’d have to buy the game and the lesser known planes, and have to then buy the iconic MiG-15 and the F-86. That’s what I’d call a good marketing strategy. 

 

[BMA_FlyingShark]

2 minutes ago, Jackfraser24 said:

The reason why I put the MiG-15 and F-86 as collector planes is because you can’t have a Korean War combat flight sim without a Sabre or a Fagot. Therefore you’d have to buy the game and the lesser known planes, and have to then buy the iconic MiG-15 and the F-86. That’s what I’d call a good marketing strategy. 

And I call this a brilliant idea.

 

Have a nice day.

 

[Jackfraser24]

I hope they do these in the near future. And that they stylise the titles of each module this way. 

Asia/Pacific Region

• IL-2 Korea 
• IL-2 Okinawa
• IL-2 Philippines
• IL-2 Iwo Jima
• IL-2 New Guinea
• IL-2 Solomons
• IL-2 Coral Sea
• IL-2 Midway
• IL-2 Manchuria 

Eastern Front 

• IL-2 Kursk 
• IL-2 The Caucasus 
• IL-2 Moscow 
• IL-2 Finland 
• IL-2 Berlin 
• IL-2 Hungary
• IL-2 Bessarabia 

Western Front

• IL-2 The Bulge
• IL-2 The Channel 
• IL-2 Southern France 
• IL-2 Britain
• IL-2 France (1940)

The Med 

• IL-2 Monte Cassino
• IL-2 Sicily
• IL-2 Malta
• IL-2 Tunisia
• IL-2 El Alamein 
• IL-2 Tobruk

[Jackfraser24]

IL-2 Korea

 

Why?

• Korean War based flight combat simulators have been lacking the attention from developers for too long. I mean, there’s War Thunder, but that’s solely a massive online multiplayer combat flight simulator. 
• There appears to be sufficient demand for a Korean War based combat flight sim where you have the option to fly single player and have a decent number of planes at hand. (Just so you know I’m not ripping on War Thunder, I think it’s good for what niche it’s supposed to fill.) 

What I think it would look like.

• A map of the entirety of the Korean Peninsular, and the adjacent areas of Manchuria like Jilin and Liaoning. 
• The entirety of the Korean War would be included from 1950-53. 

Plane List

• IL-10
• La-11
• MiG-15bis (Collector)
• Tu-2S
• Yak-9P
• AD-1 Skyraider
• F-86F (Collector)
• F4U-4 
• F-8F-1B 
• P-51 D-30

[Jackfraser24]

IL-2 Okinawa

 

Why?

• Last major battle of WWII, and an important one too because it would provide the allies with a strategic advantage when it came to strategically bombing Japan. 
• This was a horrendous battle, and I think that this battle should be commemorated. What I mean is that when you’d play Pilot Career, you’d actually begin to understand the awful things that happened there like the kamikaze’s, the use of child soldiers and the amount of suicide attacks that went on, when you read the news articles. 
• Many would love to see a Battle of Okinawa module come true. I mean, there were carriers and other kinds of war ships there like the the Japanese battleship Yamato. And I’d say there would be a decent profit to be made. 

How I think it would look like.

• A four cornered map covering the entirety of the Ryukyu Islands.
• Hundreds of ships from both sides surrounding the island of Okinawa.
• Highly detailed land and building images of the entirety of the Ryukyu Archipelago.

Plane List

• A6M7
• B6N2
• Ki-67
• N1K2-J
• P1Y1
• F4U-1C
• F6F-5N
• P-38 L-5
• P-51 D-20
• SB2C-4E

[Jackfraser24]

IL-2 Marshall Islands (Gilbert and Marshall Islands Campaign)

 

Why?

• An epicenter for island hopping operations.
• The Americans opened up a second front against Japanese forces.
• Lots of planes and ships were used here like fighters, bombers, torpedo bombers and carriers and battleships.
• A long campaign lasting from August 1942 until February 1944, so there would be a very decent Pilot Career made available.

 

How I think it would look.

• Four cornered map of the Marshall and the Gilbert Islands, containing not only many islands and atolls, but also a large expanse of the Pacific Ocean.
• Populated with various types of war ships and small craft.
• Beautiful rain forest on Chuuk Island and other major islands in the group.

Plane List

• A6M5
• B6N-1 Model 11
• G4M2 base model
• Ki-61 Otsu
• N1K1-J
• F4U-1A
• F6F-3
• P-39 Q-1
• P-40 N-5
• SBD-3

If I have the wrong aircraft on this list, please tell me.

[parkerc341]

On 2/4/2024 at 11:13 PM, Jackfraser24 said:

IL-2 Marshall Islands (Gilbert and Marshall Islands Campaign)

 

Why?

• An epicenter for island hopping operations.
• The Americans opened up a second front against Japanese forces.
• Lots of planes and ships were used here like fighters, bombers, torpedo bombers and carriers and battleships.
• A long campaign lasting from August 1942 until February 1944, so there would be a very decent Pilot Career made available.

 

How I think it would look.

• Four cornered map of the Marshall and the Gilbert Islands, containing not only many islands and atolls, but also a large expanse of the Pacific Ocean.
• Populated with various types of war ships and small craft.
• Beautiful rain forest on Chuuk Island and other major islands in the group.

Plane List

• A6M5
• B6N-1 Model 11
• G4M2 base model
• Ki-61 Otsu
• N1K1-J
• F4U-1A
• F6F-3
• P-39 Q-1
• P-40 N-5
• SBD-3

If I have the wrong aircraft on this list, please tell me.

would be nice if the americans had a med bomber as well.

[Jackfraser24]

2 hours ago, parkerc341 said:

would be nice if the americans had a med bomber as well.

Like the B-25 or the A-20G?

Edited February 7, 2024 by Jackfraser24

[parkerc341]

46 minutes ago, Jackfraser24 said:

Like the B-25 or the A-20G?

I'd say B-25 Preferably, but either would be fine. In a perfect world, we'd have B-24s though..