I see , so you are going to forego attacking any ships, with the only aircraft that really damaged any ships in the first two historical waves, and fly them in nice straight level 10,000 foot bomb runs, for 200-300 operable/alert and ammo ready 5in AA guns firing at a very optimal range and speed for such guns to shoot at -(almost drone training target data). Good luck at that, of course in this ATL, the American were so dang chitty they might shoot down maybe one plane, since they only knocked down 10 or so the day before with far less of them 5 inchers being manned and ammo ready , and shooting primarily very slant closer range low altitude targets. Wait I forgot about all the magic smoke which blocks these guns from being able to see any aircraft, yet doesn't hinder these Kates at all, I seem to recall that gem from some prior discussion.glenn239 wrote:When considering the hypothetical target of oil tanks, I go with the B5N2 bombing from over 10,000 feet, carrying either 60kg x 6 or 250kg x 2 bomb load.ChristopherPerrien wrote: I know. What I meant was Glen's original post and Tinkerbell plan had no mention of wing bombs on Vals, I think. But in the years since then, in debating about IF the VALs could have destroyed the tank farms , the VALs suddenly morphed into automatically having wing bombs in these later debates, here and on other forums.
Oh yea, and 125 planes(none shot down of course) get 42 point target hits. What is that 35%+ bombing accuracy ? Why aren't air-forces and navies of today not flying Kates since they seem to be more accurate than today's jets with PGW's and LGW's ? Oh wait , we must need those mythic Japanese carrier bomber pilots that all mysteriously disappeared in 1942-43.
If you wish to say something about multiple bombs from one aircraft somehow equating to an extra target destruction chance per bomb, well I guess I can say my old M1 tank was equivalent to 63 tanks since it carried 63 main gun rounds LOL. In truth my tank was only equivalent to 14 tanks , However that is another GREAT story but it won't work for IJN Kates of WWII or most bomber air-craft of any era.
Excuse the sarcasm, kinda unavoidable when it comes to 3rd wave/cake-walk invasion for Hi. in Dec1941.