In case you're interested in what using tanks was like in WW2:
(This is the English edition of a German book.)
also recommended:
particularly
Showing posts with label book. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book. Show all posts
Monday, 16 November 2015
Wednesday, 5 August 2015
Book: Spitfire vs Bf 109
There are plenty of Osprey's book series uploaded at Scribd. The topics of the various books series include fighter aces, aircraft and tanks among many other topics. It's a treasure trove.
Thursday, 30 July 2015
Book: Kawasaki Ki-45 "Toryu"
A book about this classic aircraft.
In WT the Ki-45ko is no doubt the best for air combat, but it has the horrible weakness of nothing in front of the pilot (no armour plate, no armour glass, no engine - nothing!) makes it a poor choice against everything able to return fire.
The Ki-45 tei version in WT is a strange, yet important plane. It has two 250 kg bombs and quick reload for those. This is very useful for the Japanese, since they lack proper light bombers. Ki-49 and G4M attract immediately lethal attention, whereas Ki-45 is a quite quick plane (I was once chased in my P-38 by a Ki-45 and it did not fall back!). Its 37 mm gun creates quite a marksmanship challenge and its 20 mm Schräge Musik weapon is almost never useful. The few successes with the 20 mm against unsuspecting bombers are hilarious, though.
The other Ki-45 versions are not worthwhile in WT unless you insist on upgrading all planes to the maximum due to some kind of collector's zeal.
Friday, 24 July 2015
Book: Fighter Combat Tactics and Maneuvering
A classic popular book about air combat tactics in general.
There are many copies uploaded on Scribd: link
Monday, 20 July 2015
Book: Fighter Combat Study, No.1 - The Curtiss P-40C Tomahawk vs. the Mitsubishi A6M2 Model 21 Zero-Sen
This is an old (1970's) study comparing the P-40 and A6M2.
Long story short: The differences were much, much smaller than in WT AB, RB or SB modes. Even the low speed turn ability difference was rather subtle. We should keep in mind that experienced, talented pilots who know the limits of their fighter well can usually outmanoeuvre a slightly more agile fighter flown by a rookie pilot. German Bf109E expert pilots actually believed that the Spitfire was slightly less manoeuvrable in turnfights than a Bf109E, since this was their experience against most Spitfire opponents!
alternative links to the study (just in case one goes dead):
Saturday, 18 July 2015
Book: F6F-5 vs J2M3
This is an old (1989) book doing a comparison and computer-supported analysis of the F6F-5 and the J2M3.
Long story short; the F6F-5 was burdened with carrier gear and fuel capacity for greater range and despite its advantage in fuel quality the J2M3 ended up having a margin of superiority in most situations. According to the analysis.
In WT the J2M3 has a much higher battle rating, and it's well-deserved. Even the J2M2 is a much better fighter - much more capable of boom 'n zoom tactics. The F6F is in WT nevertheless a very capable fighter at its battle rating. Avoid diving fighters, avoid numerical inferiority, avoid head-on attacks by well-armed fighters and avoid turnfights with Ki-43, A6M or Spitfires and you'll do fine in it. It's also one of the very best fighter-bombers with two 1,000 lbs bombs and six 127 mm rockets. That's enough to kill five destroyers in AB!
(I'm not sure how well Scribd and Scribd embedded works for the readers. They changed their business model and may now require a sub for viewing.)
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