07.11.2007, 17:45
ROSOBORONEXPORTCORP Wrote:The exception is, of course, the X-4. The loadout for the Ta-183 is almost certainly unrealistic. The Ar-234 would be a more likely platform. Of course the X-4 was never deployed in combat so perhaps the Arado, which was deployed in combat, should be left alone.
Considering the Arado's mission envelope in real life, a more realistic missile would have been the Fritz-X radio controlled missile (carried by the HE-111 and FW200 IRL) - if the Ar-234 had provisions for two crew members. The X-4 was tested with the FW-190, but due to control issues of the pilot needing to control both the airplane and the missile, it was subsequently tested on multi-crew A/C ( JU-88 ) before wars end.
In other words, OM's use of the missile on the TA-152 and the TA-183 were unrealistic, as it would be too on the Ar-234 as a hack
Quick background information pulled from Wikipedia - i'm not responsible for factual inaccuracies