Were missiles that could track enemy fighters in World War II? If not, why is the Tu-4 BR 8.0 with guided missiles? I don’t think the Tu-4 came across the AIM-9 or something? Should the Tu-4 and the B-29A be both at BR 7.0 and the MiG-15?
The Germans had the “X-4”, which was a wire guided rocket that was supposed to shoot down bombers from long ranges.
Since the Tu-4 was put into service in 1949, I think it’s a little late to call it a WWII bomber.
On the other hand, it’s true that heavy bombers are all slightly too high in Br and the Tu-4 and B-29 are, in my opinion, the planes most affected by their Br and should go down.
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The first 3 units of the Tu-4 bomber had 12.7 mm UBT machine guns, until other machines had cannons.
It was mainly a test platform for the Soviets (they learned to build bombers, they learned to fly them, they learned to use strategic bombers, they learned logistics for these bombers, repairs, etc.) …
They used them mainly for training long-range bomber pilots and also for long-range maritime reconnaissance.
It is worth noting that there was a version with turboprop engines, which served until 1988, and they also tested the first Soviet anti-ship missile Komet KS1 on the Tu-4K version.
They started to phase them out in 1958, when the first versions of the Tu-16 aircraft were already arriving at the bomber air force…
In 1958, the Soviets first got their hands on the first Sidewinder 9B missile, over China. Then there was the second crisis in the Taiwan Strait and during the fight between the Taiwanese Saber and the Chinese MiG 17, the MiG brought it in the fuselage, the Sidewinder failed.
So the Tu-4 never encountered cruise missiles and the B-29 was consigned to history already in 1951. At that time, MiG-15s, piloted by Russian pilots, cut them down over Korea, and the B-29 only carried out night raids.
After the Korean War, he was decommissioned…
So also without guided missiles…
In the game they did it the way they did it…
But on 8.0, these should already be in the game…
- Tu-16 + Xian H-6 vs. B-47 + British 3V - Vulcan, Valiant, Victor…
no not to an effective capacity (effective meaning working more than 50% of the time at a minimum)
Tu-4 is a copy of the b-29 so it is technically a post ww2 bomber using ww2 tech
If we were to take it according to the logic of what escort aircraft they flew with them, then the B-29 is at BR 5,3 - 7,0 ( P-51D - Shooting Star ) and the Tu-4 is at BR 7.3 - 8,0 (MiG 9 - MiG 15 )…
The transition from propellers to thrusters is difficult for the balance… Corsairs flew, for example, even after the Korean War on anti-ground missions…
But surely the two strategic bombers should not meet with guided missiles.