Germany needs the Flak 341 back. A wooden mock-up existed, the Panther chassis was available, and a specialized Flak 341 cannon was developed specifically for it. At the same time, Germany is in urgent need of effective anti-aircraft vehicles in the 6.3–6.7 BR range to counter the increasingly dominant American close air support (CAS) aircraft and threats like the NS-45.
Alternatively, the Kugelblitz should be downtiered to 6.7 and be equipped with a full HVAP belt featuring improved ballistic performance. The HE rounds fired by its MK 103 cannons are arguably inferior to the MGr. 18 rounds used by the Flak 44, reducing its overall anti-air effectiveness.
Furthermore, both the luchs and Wiesel require rebalancing. Their current BR and armament make them nearly ineffective against same-tier medium tanks at 7.3—they struggle to even penetrate side armor.
With the addition of the CB-25J in the new BP, perhaps in the next update, I hope, we will see the update models of the vehicles: B-25J-1, B-25J-20, PBJ-1J, PBJ-1H USA and B-25J-30 Chinase.
Well, what about kugel go back to 6.7, and give the full hvap belt. This belt can’t pen us tank at 0m/0° on side, and couldn’t pen soviet medium tank on side.
I must admit I’m not super well versed in foreign air forces but I cant seem to see anything that suggests they had a J model either. Theres the No. 342 French Squadron within the RAF and it looks like they had B-25C/Hs.
Edit: Maybe a B-25J-NC? A bunch were given to the British that could have made their way into French hands.
I was just looking into some sources on the 25J, but I couldn’t find any information on whether the straffer versions could carry bombs in their Dutch configuration. On the off chance that it turns out that it can’t, would that be too drastic of a change for the devs to consider, or would it fall into the category of the aircraft could carry bombs at one point?
Managed to find a few photos of them in service, and managed to correlate the serial numbers. Seems like they were run-of-the-mill B-25Js. A couple survive in Indoesia
There would have to be considerable evidence for that to be considered. As everything currently suggests that they retained the B-25Js bomb may and options there, simply just traded the nose cone for the offensive option and removed a dorsal turret.
I mean he isnt wrong… its a B-25 that trades the dorsal turret for more guns. Its not going to play any differently at all. Stop pretending its going to be anything else.
Indeed, upon further investigation, it appears they were indeed capable of carrying the bombs. It seems that the only other errors I can spot on a cursory glance are the incorrect name and a couple of additional modifications.
It also appears that they removed the two .50-caliber waist guns and retained only the tail turret as the primary defensive weapon. This is visible on both the surviving airframes and in photos of them in service. Additionally, the surviving airframes have underwing rocket racks, but I’m not 100% sure whether those were a Dutch modification or an Indonesian one.
