16.01.2009, 16:59
Of course you're entitled to have an opinion and my opinion is not more valid than yours in itself, without backing it up with some facts.
I always said Il-2 shall include planes up to and including Korea, so by these standards B-36 is a go. and of course i'm very thankful for every new plane we get, be it a 1920's biplane (not that we're getting much of those) or a 1950's jet.
But it's still not a WW2 plane. It became operational at the end of 1948, three years and change after WW2 ended. I can accept types such as the Bearcat and similar that missed the war by a few months as a "WW2 era" if not "WW2 production" but B-36 is Korea NOT WW2.
There's really no need trying to turn the B-36 into a WW2 plane (which it is not
), this bird has enough merit as-is to be included. Much more than Lerche and the like in any case.
So lets stick to the facts - a 1948 plane is NOT a WW2 plane, it's not even a 1946 plane.
I always said Il-2 shall include planes up to and including Korea, so by these standards B-36 is a go. and of course i'm very thankful for every new plane we get, be it a 1920's biplane (not that we're getting much of those) or a 1950's jet.
But it's still not a WW2 plane. It became operational at the end of 1948, three years and change after WW2 ended. I can accept types such as the Bearcat and similar that missed the war by a few months as a "WW2 era" if not "WW2 production" but B-36 is Korea NOT WW2.
There's really no need trying to turn the B-36 into a WW2 plane (which it is not
), this bird has enough merit as-is to be included. Much more than Lerche and the like in any case. So lets stick to the facts - a 1948 plane is NOT a WW2 plane, it's not even a 1946 plane.