[ex_RAAF_Elecfitter]

For those in the know about weapons in IL2 is it possible to develop mines? How about some both being placeable in FMB and some dropped by aircraft. I think it would be a bonus to the game, ships in danger, laying mines missions (and that opens up new aircraft to be developed like the Heinkel He 59) hunting down mine laying aircraft missions etc And shipping would not be guaranteed to get through, which is important in DCG campaigns


And Id love to see the He 59 in new aircraft

[Jabo]

Great idea! Moored contact mines for starters :twisted:

[Zorin]

Those are no problem. At least as FMB objects.

[KG64_Cnopicilin]

+1 for mines and the he59

[RealDarko]

Those are no problem. At least as FMB objects.

Zorin what about being droppable from aircraft? Maybe like the current CARGO but floating in the water??

[akdavis]

Aerial mines did not typically float. They were used as offensive weapons, and an offensive minefield that is clearly visible to your enemy would be pointless other than as a temporary inconvenience. Most rested on the bottom to be detonated by acoustic, pressure or magnetic influence of a ship passing overhead. Such bottom mines needed to be deployed in shallow water, which is where delivery by aircraft was particularly advantageous.

Drifting mines were not commonly used in WWII, but contact mines that came unmoored could become de facto drifting mines, as is probably seen in the picture above. These types of mines were laid by ships, not aircraft.

Perhaps more relevant to Il-2: air-dropped mines were at times used in air-to-ground warfare as demolition weapons. For example, Germany dropped a number of their LM-A and LM-B airborne parachute mines on urban areas in England.