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Post subject: [US/UK 1941] Curtiss P-40B and Kittyhawk IA
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Derived by the earlier P-36A Hawk, the Curtiss P-40 was one of the most controversial fighters of the era. Not particularly capable but sturdy, it served pretty much everywhere and in most Allied Air Forces. The P-40B (Tomahawk Mk.IIa in the RAF) had armoured windscreen and armour plating for the pilot. The P-40E version (Kittyhawk Mk.IA in the RAF) had a new engine, improved visibility and better armour than its predecessors.
 
The main disadvantage of the P-40 is the rate of climb. It just can't keep up with its contemporaries, so try to climb higher as early as possible, even above its best altitude.
Some of its natural opponents include German BF109Fs and Japanese A6M2 and Ki43 fighters.
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| Mon Mar 30, 2009 3:53 am |
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Wasn't the B version the one used by the flying tigers? That would put the date earlier than 1941, unless you are saving that for a Chinese card and this version is only the standard US army bird.
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| Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:38 am |
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I don't remember what the Flying Tigers started with, but the first P-40B flew on March 31, 1941.
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| Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:24 am |
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well that sort of rules that one out then, never mind.
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| Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:32 pm |
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I will revise the climbing rules a tiny bit today. Only the P-40 will be affected. Currently it pays 3 to climb. I will revise it so that climbing will cost 2, except if it climbed previous turn too, in which case climbing will cost 3.
In practice, excellent climbers will have a climbing cost of 1/2 (1 first climb, 2 if it climbed last turn too)
Normal and good climbers will get 2/2
Bad climbers will get 2/3
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| Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:59 pm |
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| swarbs wrote: | | well that sort of rules that one out then, never mind. |
According to Claire Chennault (and he would know) the American Volunteer Group was equipped with P40Bs. Contrary to Hollywood legend, the Flying Tigers didn't see action before the US entered WWII; their first action was on 20 December 1941.
From a data card point of view, the AVG version of the P40B was supplied without "government-specific" equipment, the most important lack being deflection gunsights.
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