Planes

[Capt.Cool]

no! no! not call of duty please!!

i suppose it will be more realistic.

yes, it will spot only enemies in the open, not hiding in buildings.

 

[Alvin Fuchs]

Concentrated rifle fire could definitely bring down a low flying reconnaissance plane. I recall an account where small arms brought down over-confident IL2s, though admittedly it was an entire battalion of infantry.

 

[Oldih]

I recall an account where small arms brought down over-confident IL2s, though admittedly it was an entire battalion of infantry.

I've heard about the same incident and my guess is that someone got lucky to damage the radiator to bring it down.

 

[LugNut]

yes, it will spot only enemies in the open, not hiding in buildings.

I'm hoping it will only spot people out in the open and you will have to identify friend or foe yourself. I hate little glowing icons for enemy, make it somewhat hard to use the intel.

 

[Forssen]

I wonder if the planes will have a health-bar or if you will be able to fire a lucky shot and hit the pilot.

I know modern fighter jets can get shot down by small arms fire. But maybe hitting the engine of a ww2 plane isn't as damaging as hitting a jet engine.

 

[Holzman]

Planes aren't as robust against small arms fire as tanks, but a few bullets in the wings won't take it down. The only really damaging thing is shooting the engine or the pilot. Both of which are somewhat protected by thin metal. Also if you haven't seen a warbird's engine block... whoo boy are they thick. But I suppose a well placed burst into the front of the plane as he's flying overhead might work. Do note though that planes are normally flying at about 80mph or so minimum. Due to the fact they have to fly fast enough so their wings generate lift.

 

[RedGuardist]

I know modern fighter jets can get shot down by small arms fire. But maybe hitting the engine of a ww2 plane isn't as damaging as hitting a jet engine.

As Fi 156 and U-2 (if it

 

[Jaesperson]

Actually, now i get to wondering what the Russian recon plane would be. The Storch is the obvious one for the Gerries, but it's not as uniformed for the Ivan's, who used several planes for this task.

PO-2 maybe? R-5? R-10? SU-2? Other?

isn't it obvious? IS-2, greatest recon plane of WW2 :IS2:
no worries about small arms fire (or anything) taking it down, either!

saves TWI a lot of coding as well.

 

[Satch]

I think at the least there could be scripted plans flying over and having battles high in the air just to add to the immersion?

 

[Jaesperson]

i guess dogfights in world war 2 (if there were any above stalingrad) took place at much higher altitudes than in world war 1, when they seemed to be an entertainment for ground troops, judging from "all quiet on the western front". i doubt that it would be worth the trouble to add these. i'dd rather add some random artillery strikes to keep the player's attention.