So no you didnt look at the whole post then.
Indeed, I did not include it in the history section. I will make an update eventually.
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My bad for skimming over the sources part, where it still only says “British” once
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Sorry for reading the whole post ¬_ (ツ)_¬
+1
Every single one of the extra Avengers is good for me. XD
with some extra joke, I think every nation which used their own TBF/M Avenger needs to get their own.
France - France/Dutch
Japan - JMSDF
can be an example for it.
Of course, we need an extra avenger in US TT too!
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You know what, I need to comment here.
Definitely +1 to the US and a pre-emptive +1 to all other nations that could get it.
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I’d rather see some of the post-war versions instead that were quite different armament and canopy wise (plus adds uniqueness to British and French tree airframes):
What specific post-war variants are we talking about for the US aircraft tech tree and those in post-war US Navy service with different armament?
As far as I know, the armament didn’t vary significantly among the variants, except for some having wing machine guns, turrets, or bomb racks removed. Some variants were equipped with new types of homing torpedoes (e.g., the Mk 34 acoustic homing torpedo) and radar systems.
I’d argue that the TBM-3E and TBM-3S (ASW) as more suitable candidates could be suggested for the US tech tree. I’m aware there are multiple other subvariants of the TBM-3, but those are very niche in their roles (e.g., cargo variants, early warning variants, electronic countermeasures variants, and general cargo/transport variants).
I certainly don’t object to having the General Motors TBM-3 Avenger in the game although it should be identical to the Grumman TBF-3. Likewise, the TBF-1 and TBM-1 should be identical and the TBF-1C and TBM-1C should be identical. Grumman designed the Avenger and did in fact build several but their production priority as per the Secretary of the Navy was the Grumman F6F Hellcat. So Grumman was permitted to retain design and research and development but production was shunted off to General Motors to actually produce the bulk of the production run. The same was true for Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighters (FM-1 Wildcat fighters which reduced the guns from 6 to 4 and increased ammo capacity because combat reports revealed angry pilots were often running out of ammo). Same thing was done with the Chance Vought F4U Corsairs (Goodyear FG-1 and Brewster F3A-1 Corsairs [little known fact, the Brewster assembly line was discovered infiltrated by German spy sabateurs who were sabotaging the Brewster Corsairs. Rather than apprehend and confine them, the FBI let them continue where they could be watched and the Navy prohibited ANY of the Brewster Corsair from being delivered to the war zone although some allegedly made it to British hands]). Not saying they were a perfect match. Grumman only made one XF4F-8 which is more commonly known by the production name FM-2, also called the Wilder Wildcat.