Battlestations: Midway - Playable US Navy/Royal

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Battlestations: Midway - Playable US Navy/Royal Navy aircraft
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United States Naval Air Force.
Playable Aircraft:
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F2A Buffalo
P-40 Warhawk
F4F Wildcat
SBD Dautless
TBD Devastator
TBF Avenger
Fairey Swordfish
B-17 Flying Fortress
B-25 Mitchell
PBY Catalina
P-38 Lighting
Unfortunately the F4U Corsair does not make an appearance in this game. This
is due to the fact that it entered service after the Battle of Midway, although there
are several other historical discrepancies that argue that other aircraft were
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Armaments
.50 cal machine gun x4, 200kg bomb x1 (optional)
Strong against
Aircraft, PT Boats
Weak against
Ships
F2A Buffalo
The Buffalo is probably the weakest fighter in the game, useful primarily
for bringing down enemy bombers. They won't do much against a Zero - the
Wildcat is a better and the P-40 is the best (although the P-40 doesn't appear in
multiplayer). With its wing-mounted cannons and short, stubby wings, it doesn't
really excel in any area, although it works just fine in situations where it appears.
It's a better interdiction air unit than a fighter.
Official Description: The Brewster F2A Buffalo has been in service
aboard US Navy carriers since 1939. However, it has been largely unsatisfactory,
being too unstable and underarmed, and too heavy for carrier operations. It has
been largely phased out of operation and been replaced by the Wildcat on all
carriers. Nevertheless, it is still in service with the British and Dutch air forces, as
well as the U.S. Marine Corps squadrons.
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Armaments
.50 cal machine gun x6, 200kg bomb x1 (optional)
Strong against
Aircraft, PT Boats
Weak against
Ships
P-40 Warhawk
This fighter is one of the best the USAF has to offer. The Wildcat is a
solid substitute, but some find the P-40's guns to have more convergance, and
thus easier hits. You'll find the P-40 a good land-based fighter when you need it,
but performance-wise doesn't differ much from the Wildcat.
Official Description: Coming into full production in 1940, the P-40
represents the latest installment in Curtiss' "Hawk" line of aircraft. Commissioned
by the US Army Air Corps, it is a land-based fighter that has already served with
distinction against the Japanese in China as part of general Claire Chenault's
volunteer group "The Flying Tigers". Although it has shown that it can hold its own
against modern Japanese aircraft, new aircraft designs are emerging that will
soon render it obsolete.
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Armaments
50 cal machine gun x4, 200kg bomb x1 (optional)
Strong against
Aircraft, PT Boats
Weak against
Ships
F4F Wildcat
Oddly, the Wildcat is in fact superior to the Zero in this game; it climbs
faster and turns harder than the Zero. Its guns, however, are mounted on the
wings, making aiming and hitting a target more difficult. This is especially given
the order which the guns fire - they fire three on the left, then three on the right.
This means if a target is on the side you'll fire and land three direct hits - but the
next wing will fire after that and miss three times before you'll get your three hits
again. The Wildcat is a very good fighter indeed; the Warhawk is comparable, but
it has a better firing pattern.
Official Description: The F4F is the Navy's main carrier-based fighter
and has been in full service since August 1940. Initially designed as a biplane, it
was redesigned as a monoplane and given a larger engine to make it competitive
with other designs such as the F2A Buffalo. The Wildcat is slower than the
Japanese Zero but can absorb far more damage thanks to its armour plating and
self-sealing fuel tanks.
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Armaments
.50 cal machine gun x2, 1000 lb bomb x1, Depth charge x2
Strong against
Destroyers, Light Cruisers, Land installations, Submarines
Weak against
Flak Cannons, Fighters
SBD Dauntless
The SBD Dauntless was the main dive bomber for the US Navy. It is a
very good bomber, on par with its Japanese counterparts, although not as
manoeuvrable. The ability to equip depth charges makes it more alike the Judy
than the Val. It also sports nose-mounted guns, allowing you to lead your target
less and have fewer issues aiming. If you drop the plane's load, it becomes a
surprisingly good fighter, almost as good as a Wildcat. Rather than landing or
crashing your Dauntlesses, have them act as fighters and have them tear up as
many Zeros as possible before going down. The SBD AI wasn't programmed for
dogfighting much, though, and you'll have to command them yourself if you intend
for them to dogfight the way they can.
Official Description: Commissioned as a combination scout/bomber
aircraft, the Dauntless entered service with the Marines in late 1940 and with the
US Navy in early 1941. It is now the Navy's foremost carrier-based bomber.
Although it is slower and less manoeuvrable than its Japanese equivalent, the
Aichi "Val", it is an excellent dive-bomber thanks to its very good flight
characteristics. It is also able to absorb heavy amounts of damage.
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Armaments
.30 cal machine gun x1, Aerial torpedo x1
Strong against
Warships
Weak against
Aircraft
TBD Devastator
Not at all similar to the Kate, the TBD Devastator is an old, colourful
plane that makes it instantly recognizable. Why people would paint a warplane
such bright colours is unknown, but the Devastator is still a fine torpedo bomber, if
a bit of an easy target. Manoeuvrability and stability aren't main issues when
comparing it to the TBF/D Avenger, so use it as a torpedo bomber whenever
possible. Unlike the Avenger, it isn't useful for anything else since it can't equip
bombs or depth charges. It is equipped with a single machine gun, making it the
most lightly armed aircraft in the game. However, because it is mounted directly
on the nose, its accuracy is quite high.
Official Description: The Devastator has been in service with the US
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Navy as a carrier-based torpedo bomber since 1937. When it entered service, it
was the most advanced plane of its type in the world; however, the rapid
advancement in aviation technology meant that the Devastator is now considered
obsolete and was replaced in early 1942 by the TBF/D Avenger.
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Armaments
.30 cal machine gun x2, Aerial torpedo x1, 1000 lb bomb x1, dep
Strong against
Warships
Weak against
Aircraft, machine guns
TBF Avenger
Some call it the TBF Avenger, some call it the TBM - it doesn't matter.
The TBF is manufactured by Grumman, the TBM made by General Motors.
Therefore, for this guide's purposes, it uses the TBF/TBM to refer to either version
(although technically the game uses the Grumman version). The Avenger is
equipped with two wing-mounted guns - they are extremely inaccurate and are
best used for peppering ships to disable their machine guns. Dogfighting with a
TBF/TBM is not recommended at all.
That said, the TBF/TBM is the most versatile aircraft of its kind - it can be
equipped with most commonly an aerial torpedo for attacking enemy ships, but
also with a 1,000 bomb, making it an able dive bomber too (although when
ordered to dive bomb it in fact performs a level bombing manoeuvre, only with a
single bomb). It can even be equipped with a single depth charge for attacking
enemy submarines. The SBD Dauntless, however, is able to equip two depth
charges, as well as its 1,000 lb bomb - thus making the SBD a far more effective
dive bomber and sub hunter than the Avenger. Still, the SBD can't equip
torpedoes.
Official Description: The TBF Avenger is a three-seater aircraft that is
due to enter service in early 1942, replacing the TBD Devastator as the Navy's
main carrier-based torpedo bomber. Simple in construction, it will be the largest
single-engine aircraft in service anywhere in the world. Stable in flight and capable
of carrying a variety of payloads, including torpedoes, bombs, and depth charges,
the Avenger's main weakness is its slow speed, which makes it vulnerable to both
fighter attack and AA fire.
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Armaments
7.7mm machine gun x1, Aerial torpedo x1, 200 lb bomb x1
Strong against
Warships
Weak against
Aircraft
Fairey Swordfish
Despite being a biplane, this plane is actually pretty good. As a biplane
it is slow and easily shot down, but it did manage to pull off several victories in
history, and so with a little bit of skilled piloting and luck it can do the same here.
Ordinary torpedo attacks work with this biplane, so one can use it to great effect
against enemy shipping.
Official Description: The Fairey Swordfish is the Royal Navy's foremost
carrier-based torpedo bomber, and has been in service since 1936. It is horribly
obsolescent compared to other nations torpedo bombers, being a biplane of metal
and fabric construction with a low speed compared to other aircraft. Nevertheless,
it has already achieved legendary status, thanks to its attack on the German
battleship Bismarck , as well as the groundbreaking strike on the Italian Navy's
port at Taranto, where numerous warships were sunk at anchor in a surprise
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torpedo attack. Many nations paid great interest to this achievement, in particular
the Japanese.
Armaments
.50 cal machine guns x13
450 lb bombs x24
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Strong against
Destroyers, Cruisers, Carriers, Land installations
Weak against
Battleships, flak cannons, fighters
B-17 Flying Fortress
They don't call it the Flying Fortress for nothing. This massive
four-engined bomber sports a lot of air defences. It sports so many in fact that it
can be used as a fighter if necessary. Additionally, when launched in sufficient
numbers, its tail guns protect each other and pursuing enemy fighters will get shot
down in considerable numbers. Additionally it also flies so high that enemy
anti-aircraft have difficulty hitting it. The weakness of the Flying Fortress is its
speed and its engines, which are its weakest point. With a payload of 24 bombs, it
is more than capable of laying waste to just about anything that isn't a battleship. It
will have obvious issues, however, attacking small fast targets, particularly
destroyers and PT boats.
Like most level bombers, it is possible to take control of these machine gun
turrets and use them yourself against enemy fighters.
Official Description: Since 1938, the B-17 has been the USAAF's main
heavy bomber. Capable of carrying an 8,000 lb payload of bombs nearly 2,000
miles, it is ideally suited to service in the Pacific. The B-17 is a very robust aircraft,
capable of sustaining vast damage and still remaining airborne. It has received the
nickname "flying fortress" thanks to the 13 turreted .50 caliber machine guns it
carries for defence. A formation of B-17s is a formidable prospect for an attacking
fighter pilot.
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Armaments
Aerial torpedo x1
.30 cal machine gun x1
Strong against
Destroyers, Cruisers, Carriers, Land installations
Weak against
Battleships, flak cannons, fighters
B-25 Mitchell
An inferior bomber compared to the B-17, the B-25 is still a fine bomber
that outclasses its Japanese counterpart, the G3M Nell. Although it has forward
firing machine guns and crosshairs to go with it, it should not be used as a
dogfighter under any circumstances. It can, however, use these guns to attack PT
boats and cargo ships. Fighters should always be an escort for the B-25s,
especially if enemy fighters are near its target.
Official Description: The B-25 is a medium bomber that has been in
service with the USAAF since early 1941. It has already gone through several
redesigns. The latest version, the B-25D, has been given three forward-firing .50
caliber machine guns, which alongside its 3,000 lb payload, make it an excellent
plane for attacking enemy shipping.
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Armaments
30 cal machine gun x3
.50 cal machine gun x2
Aerial Torpedo x2, Depth Charge x2
Strong against
Warships, Submarines
Weak against
Antiaircraft fire, aircraft
PBY Catalina
A submariner's most dangerous adversary, this aircraft, like its IJN
counterparts the Emily and Mavis, have sonar attached to them. Worse still they
can hit submerged submarines with two depth charges. The absolute worst part of
this is how they can do all this while airborne and immune to a submarine's
torpedoes. Surfacing won't have any effect either - depth charges dropped on a
surfaced submarine will sink it immediately, especially on a direct hit.
If you're flying a Catalina, you'll find it handles more like a bomber than any
other kind of fighter. You'll also find you can't order it to land and reload. Instead
you have to manually take the controls and reload it yourself by landing in the
water near a shipyard. Fortunately you don't need to get very close to the shipyard
and certainly not inside it.
Catalinas are extremely fragile and should generally not be used as torpedo
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bombers - although sometimes that's all they're useful for. Dedicated torpedo
bombers, like the Devastator and Avenger, are better given their smaller profile,
but if Catalinas are around you may as well put them to work.
Official Description: The Catalina is a venerable aircraft, having been in
service since 1936. It is an excellent design and has been produced in greater
numbers than any other flying boat. It is used in many roles, such as
reconnaissance, transport, search and rescue, and convoy escort. It is also
particularly valuable against submarines, especially since the introduction of
sonobuoys, which allow the Catalina to detect submerged submarines and attack
them with depth charges.
Armaments
.50 cal machine gun x5, 20mm machine gun x1
Strong against
Aircraft, PT Boats
Weak against
Ships
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P-38 Lightning
Without a doubt the best fighter in the game, the P-38 Lightning can tear
up Gekkos and Zeros alike. Nicknamed by the Japanese as the "fork-tailed devil",
it certainly lives up to its name. While the Gekko matches it performance-wise, the
Lightning's profile is much, much smaller; making it more difficult to hit, and
therefore is a hard target to say the least. Additionally, its forked tail means that
enemy fire can pass through it, while the average fighter would be hit in this area
because it only has one tail.
This aircraft only appears in the Iowa Mission Pack.
Official Description: The P-38 Lightning was designed as a high altitude
fighter, and after numerous problems with the prototypes the plane finally entered
service in late 1941. It's a land-based fighter with twin engines, heavy armour and
superior weaponry, ideally suited for the Pacific theatre, with long range and
excellent performance. Its speed and climb combined with the focused firepower
made it a fearsome opponent of the Japanese planes.
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Battlestations: Midway - Playable US Navy/Royal

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