April 20, 201412 yr To add a loadout with 2xAS.20 (1961) for at least the German Marineflieger F-104G Starfighters (employed before the introduction of AS.34 Kormoran 1 on 1977 in Italian and German F-104G).
April 21, 201412 yr Some Tu-95 Bear early variants: Tu-95 Bear-A (Nuclear strike variant is Tu-95A, 1956-1966?), in service from 4/1956, later with conventional bombs, up to 45x250 Kg bombs, and from 1500 to 9000 Kg types, max bomb load 12000 Kg. Free-fall nuclear bombs: "RDS-37/Ivan 3sd"? of 3 Mt (fission, employed from1956), from early 1960s "I-427?" of 20 Mt (fussion). Nuke mission ended in mid-1960s. Converted in Tu-95U trainers in mid-1980s. 6xAM-23 guns in three turrets. NK-12 engines. Cruise speed 388-405, Max speed 480. Stated ranges: 6533 nm. 73230 Kg fuel. RBP-4 Rubidiy-MM or Rubin-1D search/navigation/bombing radar, PRS-1 tail radar, SPS-2 DECM, SPO-2 RWR. 31 built. Tu-95M Bear-A (Nuclear strike variant is Tu-95MA, 1957?-1967?), in service from 1957?, later with conventional bombs, up to 45x250 Kg bombs, and from 1500 to 9000 Kg types, max bomb load 12000 Kg. Free-fall nuclear bombs: "RDS-37/Ivan 3sd"? of 3 Mt (fission, employed from1956), from early 1960s "I-427?" of 20 Mt (fussion). Nuke mission ended in mid-1960s. Converted in Tu-95U trainers in mid-1980s. 6xAM-23 guns in three turrets. NK-12M engines. Cruise speed 388-405, Max speed 488. Stated ranges: 7484 nm with a 5955 Kg bomb, 9044 nm max. 85054 Kg fuel. RBP-4 Rubidiy-MM or Rubin-1D search/navigation/bombing radar, PRS-1 tail radar, SPS-2 DECM, SPO-2 RWR. 19 built. Tu-95MR Bear-E (maritime recce variant, 1965-1987?), in service from January 1965. Converted in Tu-95U trainers in late-1980s and employed to early-1990s. 6xAM-23 guns in three turrets. NK-12M engines. Cruise speed 405, Max speed 491. Stated ranges: 7084 nm. 85054 Kg fuel. Rubin-1D search/navigation radar, PRS-1 tail radar, SPS-2 DECM, SPO-2 RWR. Adds Rhomb-4 ESM. Adds in-flight refuelling IFR. Adds 3xinterchangable camera packs. 4 built (one without IFR). Tu-95K Bear-B (missile strike variant,1960-1968?), in service from September 1960. 28 converted in Tu-95KD from near 1962. Those not equipped with IFR converted in Tu-95KU (some 5 planes?) in the mid-1960s. 1xKh-20M/AS-3 Kangaroo land or ship target air-to-surface missile (Kh-20M is the series variant designation), or 10708 Kg weight. 6xAM-23 guns in three turrets. NK-12M engines. Cruise speed 378, Max speed 464. Stated ranges: 6749/6209 nm 3423 radius. 72995 Kg fuel. Crown Drum/YaD long range search/attack radar replaces Rubin-1D. PRS-1 tail radar, SPS-2 DECM, SPO-2 RWR. 47 built. Tu-95KD Bear-B (missile strike variant with IFR, 1962-1968?), in service from 1962. All converted in Tu-95KM from end-1960s. 1xKh-20M/AS-3 Kangaroo land or ship target air-to-surface missile (Kh-20M is the series variant designation), or 10708 Kg weight. 6xAM-23 guns in three turrets. NK-12M engines. Cruise speed 378, Max speed 464. Stated ranges: 6749/6209 nm 3423 radius. 72995 Kg fuel. Crown Drum/YaD long range search/attack radar replaces Rubin-1D. PRS-1 tail radar, SPS-2 DECM, SPO-2 RWR. Adds in-flight refuelling IFR. 28 converted from Tu-95K and 23 more new build. Tu-95KM Bear-C (missile strike variant with IFR and ESM, 1967?-1982?), in service from late 1960s (first converted 1966). 65 converted later in Tu-95K-22 Bear-G from near 1981 (that must include some 14 straight conversions from Tu-95K adding IFR). 1xKh-20M/AS-3 Kangaroo land or ship target air-to-surface missile (Kh-20M is the series variant designation), or 10708 Kg weight. 6xAM-23 guns in three turrets. Improved NK-12MV engines. Cruise speed 378, Max speed 464. Stated ranges: 6749/6209 nm 4454-3423 nm radius. 72995 Kg fuel. Crown Drum/YaD long range search/attack radar replaces Rubin-1D. PRS-4 tail radar replaces PRS-1 in most. SPS-3 DECM, SPO-3 RWR. Adds Rhomb-4 ESM. Has in-flight refuelling IFR. Some 71 converted from Tu-25K and Tu-25KD. The last variant, added only for clarification: Tu-95K-22 Bear-G (missile strike variant with IFR and ESM, 1983?-1999?), in official service from 1987 (first converted 1975, rest in early 1980s). Only 23 Tu-95K-22 extant in 1992, in 1999 only employed for maritime patrol from Magadan and Anadyr. 1/3xKh-22/AS-4 land or ship target air-to-surface missile, including active radar (Kh-22M, 1974), passive radar (Kh-22MP, 1981) and intertial (Kh-22MPSI, 1974) guidance variants. 2xAM-23 guns in two turrets. Improved NK-12MV engines. Cruise speed 378, Max speed 464. Stated ranges:. 81670 Kg fuel. Down Beat/PNA-B long range search/attack radar replaces Crown Drum/YaD. SPS-153 Reseda replaces tail turret. SPS-3? DECM, 3PS-M1 RWR. Has Rhomb-4 ESM? and Kurs ESM capable of manage the anti-radar Kh-22MP (1982) missile. Has in-flight refuelling IFR. 65 converted from Tu-25K and Tu-25KM (that must include some 14 straight conversions from Tu-95K adding IFR). The data are mostly from two books: Tupolev Tu-95, by Sergey Moroz, 1999 Archiv-Press, Kiev, Ukraine (in Russian). and Tupolev Tu-95/-142 Bear - Russia's Intercontinental-Range Heavy Bomber, By Yefim Gordon and Vladimir Rigmant, edited by Jay Miller, Aerofax-Midland 1997.
September 24, 201411 yr On the ship entry 2136 SAM SA-5b (V-880N) Bty the launchers depicted is a entry 59614 SA-5b (S-200V) Bty, it should beOn the ship entry 2136 SAM SA-5b (V-880N) Bty the launcher mount depicted is a entry 59614 SA-5b (S-200V) Bty with entry 18526 SA-5b Gammon (V-860PV) missiles. The launcher should be the mount 59616 SA-5b (V-880N) Bty (Nuke) with entry 18528 missiles, SA-5b Gammon (V-880N) (Nuke SAM). The missile type is correctly reflected on the own entry 2136 magazine, equipped with SA-5b Gammon (V-880N). Edited September 24, 201411 yr by broncepulido
September 24, 201411 yr On the ship entry 2136 SAM SA-5b (V-880N) Bty the launcher mount depicted is a entry 59614 SA-5b (S-200V) Bty with entry 18526 SA-5b Gammon (V-860PV) missiles. The launcher should be the mount 59616 SA-5b (V-880N) Bty (Nuke) with entry 18528 missiles, SA-5b Gammon (V-880N) (Nuke SAM). The missile type is correctly reflected on the own entry 2136 magazine, equipped with SA-5b Gammon (V-880N).
September 29, 201411 yr About the first marks of the English Electric Lightning and his unguided air-to-air rockets. The loadouts 56000 and 56001 are employed on the Lightning F.1/F.1A/F.2,and are equipped with: 56000 2xFirestreak, 2x51mm rocket packs, Decoys Gen 1. 56001 6x30mm gun, Decoys Gen 1. But the Lightning design of the early marks is actually equipped with 2x30mm guns (ever intalled) on the upper nose, and with the option of install on the belly or another 2x30mm guns, or 2xFirestreak, or 2x22x51mm rocket pads. As consequence the loadouts, should be something as: 56000 2xFirestreak, 3x30mm. 56001 2x51mm rocket packs, 3x30mm gun. Other notes: - I don't see any references in any site or book about decoys employed in Lightning. - On the Thunder & Lightnings site is stated the F.2 and later Lightning were not equipped with air-to-air rockets, but it's not clear is true or not. Some references: http://www.airvectors.net/aveeltg.html Were is clearly explained: Armament consisted of twin Aden Mark 4 30 millimeter revolver-type cannon, firing from the top of the nose and with 130 rounds per gun, and two de Havilland Firestreak heat-seeking AAMs mounted on stub pylons on the lower fuselage below the cockpit. The Firestreaks could be swapped out for the pack of 44 unguided rockets or another pair of Aden cannon. However, as noted the idea that guided missiles were the way of the future was in fashion at the time, and the Firestreaks were the usual weapon. The Aden cannon in the top of the nose were actually not often fired since they blinded the pilot. In fact, the gun ports were usually faired over in the field to reduce drag, except for Lightnings serving with RAF Germany, where the type was assigned a secondary ground-attack role. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Electric_Lightning (a lot of details) http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/aircraft/types/english-electric-lightning.htm http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/lightning/history.php
October 11, 201411 yr The 6349 submarine entry Balao (G II/67) lacks the boat's names. They should be all the Guppy II conversions with origin in the Balao class not sunk (Cochino, 1949), converted to Guppy III (nine conversions)or converted to Guppy IIA (Diodon, 1953-1954?). Very probably at the time of conversion of Diodon all were refitted with Guppy IIA sensors (BQR-2, BQS-2, BQR-3. Later at the 1950s end BQR-3 deleted and BQS-2 replaced with BQS-4. DUUG-1 added circa 1962). Most of the data came from the analysis of "US Submarines since 1945" by Norman Friedman, US Naval Institute 1994,pages 40-94, and as mainframe support the Guppy entry on Wikipedia. The names of the 6349 entry should be: Catfish, Cubera, Dogfish, Halfbeak and Tusk.
October 11, 201411 yr The CWDB lacks a submarine entry type Balao (G II/50), with the names: Catfish, Clamagore, Cobbler, Cochino (sunk 1949), Corporal, Cubera, Diodon, Dogfish, Greenfish, Halfbeak, Trumpetfish, Tiru and Tusk. (Tiru is listed on two separate entries on the CWDB, but only on her Guppy III conversion, not in the previous Guppy II configuration). Or as provisional measure add those names to entry 6346 Tench (G II/50), with very similar systems. No, it's not an easy matter that of the US submarines post-war conversions (SSK (SSK-I Gato, SSK-II Gato and three Balao more in 1954), Guppies, Fleet Snorkel, "Fleet Streamlined" (that's my personal designation, Fleet boats without deck guns and with a very light streamlining on sail and periscope fairings, as example USS Balao) , and that without thinking on the SSR and SSG and SSL and SSO conversions!!!).
October 11, 201411 yr Weapon entry 26636 Mk ASTOR anti-submarine nuclear torpedo is rated as 40 damage points against submarine, it should be nuke, 38915 as in damage points against surface ship.
October 19, 201411 yr ASW loadout 55434 for Shackleton MR.2 and MR.3 has the very slow Mk34 torpedo, employed by US forces 1948-1958 (and retired after introduction in service of Mk43). I didn't see references about his employ by RAF. http://navweaps.com/Weapons/WTUS_PostWWII.htm http://www.hnsa.org/doc/jolie/part2.htm I think it should be replaced by Mk44 torpedo, employed by RAF operationally from 1962 (Mk43 torpedo is another option, employed by some British ASW aircraft, as Sikorsky 55/Whirlwind from 1955).
October 22, 201411 yr Researching about old ASW systems: About the Be-6 Madge, most of the data get here, after a painful, long and sometimes funny work with automatic translator (the acronyms in Russian are most of times "translated" in absurd in other terms, in other not-related acronyms or in impossible full texts phrases, "noncircular" should be omnidirectional, "machine" on this context is clearly "aircraft", and not "car", and a lot more): http://www.airwar.ru/enc/sea/be6.html Maximum height 6100 meters/médium. Máximum speed sea level = 203 knots. Máximum speed médium height = 224. Cruise speed sea level = 135. Cruise speed médium height = 140. Máximum range, unloaded = 2700 nm. But the website is a very good site, full of details and with interesting historical and technical descriptions. Worth of visit for all with Russian planes interests. Only 123 Be-6 build. In service 1953. First only employed for sea search and reconnaissance, later adapted and modified for ASW and employed 1954-1969 ASW variant named in full Be-6PLO. ASW variant converted and in service in Black and Baltic Seas in 1954, in Northern Fleet in 1955, in Pacific Fleet in 1956-1957 (in Pacific Fleet many planes converted first only with MAD, Baku systems and sonobuoys added later). Radar is PSBN-M (sometimes called Look Two, also employed by Il-28, Yak-26, Tu-14. Surface search, some 27 nm range, PD=30?), in a retractable dustbin underfuselage. MAD first located in the wing leading edge, later relocated on tail, deleting two of the five 23mm defensive guns. The usual weapons descriptions about bombs are correct, but the torpedos employed were apparently only high altitude dropping unguided antiship torpedoes, 2xBT-45-54 (or sometimes traslated as 45-54VT), not ASW torpedoes, and less the AT-1 (1962) (too weak to be launched from planes, only launched from helicopters) or the SET-40/MGT-2 (1962), employed only from ships. More data about the torpedoes here or elsewhere, no contradictions detected about this issue: http://navweaps.com/Weapons/WTRussian_post-WWII.htm But the more trascendent detail is Be-6PLO was not only equipped with MAD, also has from 1954 the Baku system for sonobuoys (same Bakú system also employed at least by Ka-25 and Mi-4M/ME ASW variants), with only 18 channels, and with original capacity only for carry underwing 16 RGBN or RGBN-M passive omnidirectional sonobuoys with some 0,4-0,5 nm range on Harpoon HCE/HUCE (2 meters long, 45 Kg weight, 4 in each of the 4 hardpoints). The Be-6PLO has not bomb bay, but later another 27 sonobuoys of the same type were carried into the fuselage and discharged though hatches. About the ASW weapons employed, from the 16xMPLAB-100 load underwing (apparently designed 1940 and introduced 1944, weight 100 Kg) was developed the PLAB-MK (1955?) of 7,54 kg overall weight, and 0,74 kg high explosive. A Be-6 can load underwing 2, 4 or 6 PLAB-MK pods with 57XPLAB-MK each container pod, weighing each pod 490 Kg. 2/4/6x57 PLAB-MK containers, 490 Kg each. Usual loadouts are 16 x MPLAB-100 underwing+27xsonobuoys in the fuselage, or 4x57x PLAB-MK+27 sonobuoys in the fuselage (6x57x PLAB-MK is at practical effects an overload), or more usually 2x57x PLAB-MK underwing+6/12xSonobuoys underwing+27xSonobuoys into the fuselage. About Russian airborne depth charges: http://uvao.ru/uvao/ru/pages/print/o_101716 http://bazalt.ru/ru/o_predpriyatii/istoriya/ MPLAB-100 in service date 1944. http://www.airwar.ru/other/kr/kr2002_05/art_04/art_04.html More details about his sucessor Be-12 here: http://www.be-12.info/eng/history/ Curiously in Command CMANO the Be-6 is depicted with loadouts very similar to IL-38, with some 216+ sonobuouys of more modern types, as BM-1, BM-2, BM-3.
October 27, 201411 yr A minor errour, but with consequences at scenario design, some types of US A-1 Skyraider are not CVL or CV capables: - Entry 10334 A-1E Skyraider, propulsion states "2 engine", should be "2 engine, CVL capable". - Entry 10410 A-1F Electric Spad, propulsion states "2 engine", should be "2 engine, CVL capable".
November 11, 201411 yr The weapon entry 18571 AS-5a Kelt (KSR-2M) lacks the type target flag code. I think it should be "Ship attack".
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