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[J311yfish]

Fighter, Torpedo Bomber, Dive Bomber progression for United States carrier-borne aircraft in World of Warships:

 

Tier	Carrier	Fighters	Torpedo Bombers	Dive Bombers
IV	Langley	Curtiss TS-1 Curtiss F6C-1	Douglas DT Martin T3M	(none) (none)
V	Bogue	Curtiss F6C-1 Boeing F4B (P-12)	Martin T3M Martin T4M	Martin BM2 Vought SBU
VI	Independence	Boeing F4B (P-12) Grumman F3F	Martin T4M Douglas TBD	Vought SBU Curtiss SBC4
VII	Ranger	Grumman F3F Grumman F4F3	Douglas TBD Consolidated TBY-2	Curtiss SBC4 Vought SB2U
VIII	Lexington	Grumman F4F3 Vought F4U (-1/-4)	Consolidated TBY-2 Grumman TBF	Vought SB2U Douglas SBD2
IX	Essex	Vought F4U (-1/-4) Grumman F8F	Grumman TBF Douglas AD1	Douglas SBD2 Curtiss SB2C
X	Midway	Grumman F8F McDonnell F2H	Douglas AD1 Douglas A2D	Curtiss SB2C Douglas XSB2D

 

Edited by J311yfish, 03 November 2015 - 05:51 AM.

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[J311yfish]

Seversky/Republic line and North American P-82B

 

[J311yfish]

Minor update

-- added Republic line of aircraft

-- speculative pre-P-38 heavy fighters and Bell aircraft here

[J311yfish]

from Developer Blog Q&A 12/2017 - Part 1:

 

Q: When will bomber branches be added and to what nations?

At the moment, we are working on three bomber branches. Every one of them has unique features and gameplay styles. Very soon you will see three lower to mid-tier medium bombers from Germany, in particular, the Do 17Z and Ju 88. Higher tier machines will appear in later updates. Another branch that we are working on is for Soviet medium bombers codenamed “Pe-2 branch”. And finally (and, probably, most exciting for our NA players) — there are plans to add the largest and heaviest bombers that ever existed - the Flying Fortresses.

 

Martin B-10 (02/1932)

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (07/1935)

Consolidated B-24 Liberator (12/1939)

Boeing B-29 Superfortress (09/1942)

Consolidated B-32 Dominator (09/1942)

Convair B-36 Peacemaker (08/1946)

Boeing B-47 Stratojet (12/1947)

Boeing B-50 Superfortress (06/1947)

Boeing B-52 Stratofortress (04/1952)

 

from Developer Blog Q&A 12/2017 - Part 2:

 

Q: Will we ever get an experimental fighter line for the U.S.? With planes like the XP-67, XP-56, and XP-54?

We already have some experimental aircraft in the game, the XP-58 for instance. If the XP-67, XP-56 or XP-54 make their appearance at some point, they will be Premium machines though, not researchable ones.

 

Vultee XP-54 "Swoose Goose" (01/1943)

Northrop XP-56 "Black Bullet" (09/1943)

McDonnell XP-67 "Moonbat" (01/1944)

 

Edited by J311yfish, 05 February 2018 - 12:12 PM.

[FIight]

J311yfish, on 04 February 2018 - 12:50 PM, said:

 

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (07/1935)

Boeing B-29 Superfortress (09/1942)

Boeing B-50 Superfortress (06/1947)

Boeing B-52 Stratofortress (04/1952)

B-52 maybe too advanced, since it was armed with 1 20mm vulcan, and continues to serve till 21st century.

What about: B-17

                    B-29

                    B-36

                    B-47

[SlickChickII]

Would love to see a B-24 in game.

[pyantoryng]

Einssniper, on 05 February 2018 - 05:27 AM, said:

B-52 maybe too advanced, since it was armed with 1 20mm vulcan, and continues to serve till 21st century.

What about: B-17

                    B-29

                    B-36

                    B-47

 

Isn't the Vulcan on B-52 only appear on the H model introduced in the 1960s, and only as rear gun (in-game term would probably be no more powerful than the AM-23 or dual MG213 revolver)...The Vulcan itself is already being used forward-firing by the F-94 Starfire, and is actually nerfed to the 50% firing rate (3000RPM vs 6000RPM).

 

Can't the earlier A model (quad M3 rear turret) be used and that be the end of it? The Vulcan refit could be considered if the quad M3 can't be buffed enough to compete with the tail cannons of other lines, though.

[FIight]

pyantoryng, on 05 February 2018 - 07:46 AM, said:

 

Isn't the Vulcan on B-52 only appear on the H model introduced in the 1960s, and only as rear gun (in-game term would probably be no more powerful than the AM-23 or dual MG213 revolver)...The Vulcan itself is already being used forward-firing by the F-94 Starfire, and is actually nerfed to the 50% firing rate (3000RPM vs 6000RPM).

 

Can't the earlier A model (quad M3 rear turret) be used and that be the end of it? The Vulcan refit could be considered if the quad M3 can't be buffed enough to compete with the tail cannons of other lines, though.

 

B-52 could fly at 1000km/h, and I believe vulcan rear gun will cause much more tear, considering RB has only NS-23 and is already causing much tear.

Not to say its incredible payload that insta-caps all sectors in several minutes, B-52 is balanced if I could use Mirage-3 or Mig-21 to intercept it.

Edited by Einssniper, 07 February 2018 - 04:31 PM.

[mnbv_fockewulfe]

Einssniper, on 07 February 2018 - 02:08 PM, said:

 

B-52 could fly at 1000km/h, and I believe vulcan rear gun will cause much more tear, considering RB has only NS-23 and is already causing much tear.

Not to say it's incredible payload that insta-caps all sectors in several minutes, B-52 is balanced if I could use Mirage-3 or Mig-21 to intercept it.

 

Most fighters at T10 can achieve more than 1000km/h under boost.

And besides, according to WG you should be attacking bomber in your XF-90, not your La-160.

[pyantoryng]

Einssniper, on 07 February 2018 - 02:08 PM, said:

 

B-52 could fly at 1000km/h, and I believe vulcan rear gun will cause much more tear, considering RB has only NS-23 and is already causing much tear.

Not to say it's incredible payload that insta-caps all sectors in several minutes, B-52 is balanced if I could use Mirage-3 or Mig-21 to intercept it.

 

What about the AM-23 tail and dual MG213 tail in tier 10? The RB-17's NS-23 isn't in the same league as the other ones at the same tier due to its 1km stock range and around 1.4km fully extended, which is only achieveable by tier 10 GAA rear gun at the moment. Add to the fact you can use an elite Ilyushin rear gunner on it without retraining, you have a recipe for nightmare, although you do have to sacrifice one slot for RGS (which could've gone for more armor, bombsight, or engine tuning) and 5 skill points on the range skill (likely sacrificing defensive fire for critical up for maximum destruction) to achieve that kind of range. Even if Vulcan ended up a rear gun, I doubt it would stray far out of the tier 10 rear gun parameters already established.

 

The B-47's 28x500lbers (which fits the ingame paradigm the best) in four clusters of seven or seven clusters of four...is interesting to think about. That seems to be a great fit, but how is it going to be balanced... I concur though, 70k pounds of ordnance will need to be either capped or the B-52 won't fit.

[FIight]

mnbv_fockewulfe, on 07 February 2018 - 09:18 AM, said:

 

Most fighters at T10 can achieve more than 1000km/h under boost.

And besides, according to WG you should be attacking bomber in your XF-90, not your La-160.

 

well, considering most t10 planes struggle to reach 1000km/h. That vulcan rear gun is equivalent

to 4 revolver 20mm.

[pyantoryng]

Einssniper, on 07 February 2018 - 04:35 PM, said:

 

well, considering most t10 planes struggle to reach 1000km/h. That vulcan rear gun is equivalent

to 4 revolver 20mm.

 

I think 1000kph can only be achieved in a steep dive...which certainly isn't going forward.

[FIight]

pyantoryng, on 07 February 2018 - 12:32 PM, said:

 

I think 1000kph can only be achieved in a steep dive...which certainly isn't going forward.

Still heavy bombers are hard to balance. Given that they tend to add planes with only

blueprints and test-flighted before 1950, I guess B-45 and XB-46 may fit the role.

https://en.wikipedia...an_B-45_Tornado

https://en.wikipedia...i/Convair_XB-46

Edited by Einssniper, 07 February 2018 - 10:13 PM.

[J311yfish]

Einssniper, on 07 February 2018 - 05:12 PM, said:

Given that they tend to add planes with only blueprints and test-flighted before 1950

 

That is a popular misconception.  See Gloster Javelin and Ilyushin IL-40P, for example, to prove it is not correct.

 

See here.

[J311yfish]

from Developer Blog -- 02/2018 -- part 2:

 

Q. Have you considered adding the Lockheed Hudson bomber to the game?

A. Not in 2018. Possibly in the future.

Q. Will you bring in the Grumman F9F Panther?

A. Same as with the Hudson. Not in 2018. Possibly in the future.

Q. Are there any plans to add the US naval bombers or a GA line for the US and/or UK?

A. Not for 2018. There are plans for the USA B-series bombers.

Q. What are the rough plans for 2018? Could we see more lines than just the new British MRF or German medium bombers, or even new nations?

A. There will be lots of new airplanes in 2018 for almost all classes and for the UK, Germany, the USA, the USSR and Japan. In addition, we even have plans for one for France and one for another European nation, but those are still under discussion.

Q. The A-20 Havoc, B-26, and B-25: will they be tossed into the mix?

A. Not in 2018.

 

 

[J311yfish]

Update 2.04 patch notes:

Curtiss XF15C -- Fighter -- Tier VIII

 

 

[J311yfish]

Update 2.0.4.8 patch notes:

New special reward aircraft:
McDonnell XF-85 Goblin: an American Tier IX fighter.

 

Goblin news

 

Edited by J311yfish, 30 December 2018 - 08:21 AM.

[J311yfish]

Update 2.09 patch notes 12/19/2018:

 Promotional planes

• Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender — USA, Tier VI fighter;
• Hawker P.V.3 — UK, Tier III fighter.

Aircraft available only to developers and participants of the Supertest for testing:

• Tupolev Tu-1 — USSR, Tier VII heavy fighter.

 

 

[J311yfish]

some related threads:

-- International tech tree project -- some aircraft produced in the U.S. but used abroad may show up here (Martin Maryland, Martin Baltimore, Vultee Vengeance, more)

-- Grumman F6F Hellcat -- vs. Mitsubishi J2M Raiden, Kawanishi N1K1-J Shiden, Kawanishi N1K2-J Shiden-Kai

-- USN/USMC attack aircraft

Edited by J311yfish, 02 June 2019 - 04:41 PM.