IL2 Great Battles: Odessa and Leningrad

[Jackfraser24]

1 hour ago, LukeFF said:

There is no timeline right now for the next update. When we have something to share we will. 🙂

I understand. I'm sure what ever it will be we will be all ears!

Edited August 9 by Jackfraser24

[chris455]

On 7/4/2025 at 10:55 AM, LukeFF said:

The first PTO installment in the new series will have plenty of land, don't worry. 🙂

New Guinea.................................hands clasped in prayer 🙏

[BlitzPig_EL]

I sure hope so! I have my sig pic from old IL2 ready to go.

 

 

Edited August 9 by BlitzPig_EL

[Jackfraser24]

8 hours ago, BlitzPig_EL said:

I sure hope so! I have my sig pic from old IL2 ready to go.

 

 

Me too.

[Avimimus]

This discussion should be moved to the suggestion's forum - or maybe moved to after Korea is released... this thread is for Leningrad/Odessa

[Jackfraser24]

On 8/11/2025 at 11:39 AM, Avimimus said:

This discussion should be moved to the suggestion's forum - or maybe moved to after Korea is released... this thread is for Leningrad/Odessa

Sorry about that. 

[FeuerFliegen]

Not sure if this is exactly where I should post this, but I was flying on the Odessa map, just off the map south of 3106, and I didn't get the notification to turn around until the instant the AI took over and forced me to do a slow turn towards the north.  I'm used to always getting the notification a few KM before the AI taking over.

[Trooper117]

15 hours ago, FeuerFliegen said:

I'm used to always getting the notification a few KM before the AI taking over.

 

Well Pilot Officer, you should be put on a charge, and the CO will probably want to have a word in your shell like!

A pilot should jolly well know where he is at all times, and if you need more navigation training it's back to training wing for you...

[CzechTexan]

I was thinking about the type of fighting in Finland/Leningrad region which has lots of forests.  There would have been defensive positions such as pillboxes/bunkers made of logs, correct?

 

  I wonder if we could get a new pillbox/bunker object made of logs.  It would have to be made so that machineguns and anti-tank guns could fire from inside of it (some objects that we have now will not allow some guns to fire, particularly smaller guns).

 

The Japanese also had well-made log bunkers.  I've read, in some cases, that some shells and bombs would bounce off of them.

I did a little search online for photos of log pillboxes but there's not much.  I did find a U.S. Army video on YouTube which has a diagram and mock-up pillboxes...

 

Edited September 18 by CzechTexan

[Aapje]

Here is a re-enactor group documenting their bunker build:

 

 

And here are a bunch of historic pictures of log bunkers:

 

https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/history-research-third-reich-ww2/forests-wood-bunkers-764455-11/