If they replace the explosives in the 500 and 1000lb M.C’s for Torpex we’d get a significant buff for them.
The 2000lb H.C has a Torpex filler of 1360lb (616.89kg) which would mean a net TNTe of 616.89*1.63[according to this bug report] = 1005.53kg
The 4000lb H.C also has a Torpex filler netting a TNTe of 1494.13*1.63 = 2435.43kg which is a net buff
Furthermore since it can carry large nuclear bombs and the American Grand Slam (T14) and Tallboy (T10) it should be capable of the 12,000lb H.C which is the Torpex version so I’m not going to say anything about that.
TL;DR give us our Torpex bombs please and thank you
Hmm, lets see, that’s one copy paste (PUMA U14), two copy paste (M60 Predator), three copy paste (Spitfire w/ pontoons), and now a B-29, come on snail, you’re better than this.
Different trees have different BR crossover thresholds for vehicles that can be in ranks. As such, one vehicle in one tree can be one rank, but different in another tree.
For the UK tree 6.7 / 7.0 is the threshold of where a vehicle can be Rank IV or V. In the case of the Washington, it fits neatly before the Canberra at Rank V, as opposed to creating a sole 3rd row in Rank IV
Unfortunately there were no British bombers in this gap. This was literally the aircraft the RAF chose in real life (Washington) to fill this gap (Between the Canberra and the Lincoln) precisely because there was nothing else between them.
I think the core issue at the end of the day is that this bomber is largely relegated to CAS in GRB. Until such time we get the bomber overhaul (if it ever comes) and a meaningful overhaul of the PvE side of ARB/ASB. Then bombers like this, whether new or old just… dont really have a point. Even one like the Bone with really good turret coverage, is still largely a free kill that is probably not going to make it to targets.
Like sure, in the future its a gap worth filling, but at the moment… it just feels like an addition for the sake of an addition
Nothing is for the sake of it here. The Washington was a requested vehicle by the British community, helps to fill a gap in the tree and also comes alongside the Welkin.
Might be the case, but then im hoping we see the V-bombers soon then, given all the community requests to get them in-game, especially during the Nuclear thunder event.
Though regardless, bomber overhaul is needed ASAP, its crazy it wasnt here years ago and the bone is just gunna be target practice until then, like the B-29 is in the US tree or really any heavy bomber has been for years
