Fw-189's
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MajorMagee
SOH-CM-2022
That's for CFS2...
Daiwilletti
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maybe the skins are transferrable?
mongoose
SOH-CM-2023
Interesting!
"Night Reconnaissance Group 15, attached to the 4th Panzerarmee in southern Poland during late 1944, carried out nocturnal recon and light bombing sorties with a handful of 189A-1s. These planes typically lacked the main model's rear dorsal machine gun. Small numbers of A-1s were used in the night fighter role in the closing weeks of the war - the aircraft were modified for this new duty by having their reconnaissance equipment removed, and then fitted with FuG 212 AI radar in the nose and a single obliquely-firing 20mm MG FF autocannon in the common Schräge Musik upwards/forward-firing offensive fitment also used for heavier-airframed German night fighters, like the Bf 110G, but for the Fw 189; in the crew nacelle in the space where the rear dorsal gun was normally housed. The majority of the nachtjager 189s were operated by NJG 100, flying out of an airbase at Greifswald. Chronic fuel shortages and enemy air superiority over the 189s' defence area (chiefly Berlin) meant that only a very few kills were scored by these craft."
"Night Reconnaissance Group 15, attached to the 4th Panzerarmee in southern Poland during late 1944, carried out nocturnal recon and light bombing sorties with a handful of 189A-1s. These planes typically lacked the main model's rear dorsal machine gun. Small numbers of A-1s were used in the night fighter role in the closing weeks of the war - the aircraft were modified for this new duty by having their reconnaissance equipment removed, and then fitted with FuG 212 AI radar in the nose and a single obliquely-firing 20mm MG FF autocannon in the common Schräge Musik upwards/forward-firing offensive fitment also used for heavier-airframed German night fighters, like the Bf 110G, but for the Fw 189; in the crew nacelle in the space where the rear dorsal gun was normally housed. The majority of the nachtjager 189s were operated by NJG 100, flying out of an airbase at Greifswald. Chronic fuel shortages and enemy air superiority over the 189s' defence area (chiefly Berlin) meant that only a very few kills were scored by these craft."
It must be in the 1.40 or 1.50 updates. Right now I have up to 1.20 as it looks like that's the furthest update available (or at least that I could find).
I knew about the 189's being used as NJ's. I always wondered how effective they could be though, I can't imagine that they would be fast enough to catch up with a Lancaster or a Halifax when loaded up with cannon, ammo, and radar.
I knew about the 189's being used as NJ's. I always wondered how effective they could be though, I can't imagine that they would be fast enough to catch up with a Lancaster or a Halifax when loaded up with cannon, ammo, and radar.
Hi W,
No, they were only used as NF's on the Eastern front against the Russians. Especially the troop harrassment ac that the Russians would send over the front at night and dawn (Po-2's etc), and the slow light bombers. I don't know if they were successful at all, proabably more a morale booster?
Cheers
Shessi
Daiwilletti
Charter Member
Hi Westview,
can you confirm that the links to the updates for ETO in the stickies are not working? You should start with rev 1.4 IIRC this is cumulative and 1.2 is not needed. then apply the later updates.
Ah, you know what, I misunderstood the sticky. I dl'ed the 1.2 update thinking the first 4 links were just for 1.0 and were all included in the 1.20 update link, so I only downloaded the first one and 1.20. I guess 2020 is starting to fry my brain!
MajorMagee
SOH-CM-2022
Daiwilletti
Charter Member
Great idea MajorMagee.
I wonder if purist would quibble about it appearing in BoB era?
Daiwilletti
Charter Member
Just to clarify - I had a seditious temptation to pop it in a certain BoB campaign package . . .