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 IL2 1946 & Mandchuria.
First annouced as 2 separates Add Ons IL10 over Mandchuria and IL2 1946, the last event of the saga IL2/FB is a stand alone IL2 1946 regrouping, all parts of IL2 : Forgotten Battles, Pacific Fighter,PE2,I10 on Mandchuria and 1946. The very last one wille be a 4.08 free add on , with maybe lot of forgotten things :)
Even if some guys think that buying again the whole game is a bit too.. Many of us, will buy it mainly to have a one DVD install to manage.. (end of multi patching. mistakes.. ) . Don"t forget each add on will be available in download as PE2
General
This last version must bee the top end of a very successfull story. And we must accept, the end.. The whole série is a kind of 3D encyclopedia for WWII fighters. Never in any flight sim you see much planes to fly.. Sure we miss some planes .. ( French and many others nation.. await for some.. ) there's many reason for missing planes.. royalties problems with actual company and mainly some planes have nerver been realised by third pary, or not reach the quality standard to be included in the game.
Il2 1946 bring US various planes family, some are pre war as Ki27 and others never been more than a drawing in german studdy office as the Lerche VTOL
Between the two extrems, we find planes like K1K2, J2M3, A20C BostonIII glassed nose, Ki21 Sally , B6N Torpedo bomber. We also find the IL10 sucessor of IL2 theses planes come with IL10 over Mandchuria.
From IL2 1946 we have many prototype, little production serie, or never existing planes. We can debate many hours of plane choice acuracy.. They are here.. now we use them.. Il you enjoy stange or fantasy thing many are surprising.. ( even good surprise for those don't want to ear anything about Luft46 : just try planes!!)
The 450 pages planes guide is only on PDF but it's very useful, if you need it on paper just print.. it (buy paper before :) Le luxury printed manuals.. are from old ages.. it's collector things now!!
Planes
Germany
Heinkel Lerche The strangest one.. and the less historical one. The Lerche will never reach the prototype status, it's just a drawing. So never discuss acuracy of flight model..as it was born in the mind of Maddox dev team.. This plane is a VTOL, ( french Coléoptére will be veri similar shape). 2 engines, 2 counter rotating propeller, inside an annular wing.Pilote lean on his belly insife a glassed nose. The armament, 2x 30mm MK108 and 3 X4 wire or radio guided missiles give a real punch to the Lerche. Very agile, powerfull, it's the ultimate warrior for dogfight.. You never know in which direction it's flying.. that can turn very quickly and escape easily to most of planes.The weight/power ratio is enormous you can reach easily 5 or 6000 m in vertical attitude. Using the automatic stabilizer ( dive brake command) it's also easy to land.. and on any flat surface. Ascending speed is better than ME 163 Komet
It's évident, the Lerche is a sort of "dev team joke" But some others planes ( like PoGo , Vertijet etc) explore the VTOL nose up in the 50's . I think we will not see many dogfight server with the Lerche avalable, but we certaincly see Lerche dedicated servers! Maybe a courageoux creator will make a campaign.…
FW TA 183 Hypothétical efficient fighter ( russian seem to have one tested )It's a small jet from Kurt Tank design bureau, father of FW190 and TA152.. real efficient fighters . This TA183 looks like a short Mig 15 of F86.. better comparison is with the Gobblin parasite fighter. The design is very modern. The power is insufficent to lift four X-4 missiles up to bomber attack alttitude.. We must try to previously fire 2 of them and see if it's better wait for interception.
Me 262 HG II A development of the ME262, with butterfly tail, low cockpit, and more swept angle wings.. A sort of racer.. Try it around pylons.. in race.. Very similar to serie 262 .
DO 335 V13 Monstruous in line twin engine.. Never be operationnal, the only V13 was tested. A better armament with 2 MK103 in wing.. A real block buster!
HE162 C &D : These are the projected evolution from the HE162.. the D use inverted swept wing the C swept wing with negative diedra on external portion of wing.
Stange Camo
Inverted swept wing .
Arado 234 A real life jet.. he make recon mission during the allied landing in Normandie, Arado's fly over the beach and never be caught. Fast, with a good bomb capacity, very modern the Arado is a masterpiece of german knowledge. For attack and defense you can use 2 bombergunsight ofr level or dive bombing.. the last use CCIP tech. Alos periscop rear gunsight for the 2 x 20mm gun rear firing for défense.. aiming.. with it is very difficult.. maybe if you dont recognize left and right hand. you have a chance! We will say i hope good mission and campaign using this plane as bombing of Remagen Bridge..
FW TA152C A real plane, evolution of the 190 D with lenghtened fuselage and cockpit installed 40cm back. You can use the X-4 missile 2 of them can be fitted under wing.. Its heavy you will feel it in flight
Ruhrstahl/Kramer X-4 This missile is really a modern one ( using near same sytem thant Bullpup..) the missile is wire guided or radio guided. 20kg explosive charge using an impact or proximity fuse. Powered by BMW 109-548 using R-Stoff & T-Stoff giving a 1600 Kg thrust and a max speed of1152 km/h. The pilot use a joystick to adjust missile course ( in game the command for bomb gunsight) A light marker help the pilot to see the missile. Test by german show the this missile was usable.. Firing test have been made from, FW190, JU88 flight test only with ME262. The bad aspect is for the plane firing.. to be able to control the missile the plane must be at constant level.. a good prey for allied fighers.. But X-4 can be fired between 3,5 and 5,5 km.. far from the gunner range of B29..
Soviet Side BI-6 : Bi6 is equivalent of ME163, rocket powered plane the Bi7 use 2 stato Merkulov DM-4 on wing tips..The real proto will be abandonned due to intense vibration in wing.. Also as Bi1 once you're around 740 km/h inversion of controls will drop you in the ground or sea.. quickly
I-250 /Mig13 : Mixed propulsion plane, 15 unit will be used by the Navy North Fleet . Jet will hep to give more power and security for planes used by navy Powered by a Klimov VK-107R 1650cv and rocket engine Khalshchevnikov VRDK giving 300kg of thrust Armed with . 3 x B-20 20mm (100 rounds per gun). Max Speed (2nd I-250) 825km/h Take off 400m with VRDK . Retired from active servicing in 1948. They suffer from lack of realiability from engine. And alos real jets.. are coming..
MiG 9 : Mig9 it's a real jet, planned as a jet .. The grand father of the Mig15. Twin engine powered by 800 kg thrust RD 20 russian built BMW 03. The plane is good but underpowered as many earlier jets. Armament of 1 37mm and two 23 mm is powerfull.. but ath altitude higher than 6000m burned gaz from guns was absorbed by jet intake an cause many flame out.. ( try it in game that works):
Yak 15 Feather : Using the wing, fuselage and undercarriage of the YAK3 . It's and interim fighter.. powered by a RD10 russian build Jumo 004B. Its a lightweight fighter.. The Feather mak a great impession at the May 1 parade in 1947
LA 5 R : A classic plane with a rocket power assistance.
Yak 3R : Another Classix Yak 3 with a rocket assistance.
Yak3 VK107A : 500 of them were built and used around 100 was used during WWII. One of the porwerfull engine fitted on the Yak3.But the most powerfull was the Yak 3 VK108 with 745km/h at 6000m first flight in december 44
Lagg 3 PVRD : Similar concept than the Yak 15 is a Lagg 3 with a Jumo 003B
IL10 Sturmovik : Better than the IL2.. more powerfull, more protection.. But less range, and less bomb capacity. The ultimate assault plane, they are still in service in Korea.. At end of war he fight against japan.
Japaneese Side Ki27 Nate : Lightweight fighter, a good example of japan fighter conception.. very agile, small armament, no protection.. Good for attack but lack of defense.. Facing I16 or I15 it wad not disavantaged.. but facing moderns planes its really difficult.. Like in Philipina.
Ki 43 II : Better version of KI43 I this plane, was most powerfull, wings are shortened and use auto obturating fuel tank
J2M5 « Raiden » : This plane is sliglty near the occidental conception of combat planes. Pouwerfull, well armed and protected..Less agile but fast. A good interceptor. But many problems with the engine and Japan situation dont help to built the plane in great number
N1K2 : Stange plane a naval plane becoming land based.. it's quite special. N1K2 is the second version of terrestrian plane. The main change is the wing positionning becoming low wing after the median position of N1K1. Fast, agile, powerfull well armed it can be a real challenge for US F6F or F4U. Maybe better .. The plane use automatic flaps
B6N : IA Only Successor of B5N it's a bigger and most powerfull plane. many are used from land due to lack of carrier..
Ki21 : Twin engine classic bomber the Ki21 have a great range ( as many japan plane) lack of protection and defensive armament make us vulnerable to allied fighters without escort.
A5M Claude : Yet AI..bouhhhhh !!( i love it!!)Funny plane, real acrobat as many japan planes, small armament not many protection bue many fun to pilot it.. i suppose.. May be in 4.08 hope.. hope..
US and GB planes
A20 C : Its a good new!! the A20 C "Boston III" is a great addition .. for many of us and for french greatest new. Used by Free French 342 Sqdr we will make many mission for this bird!. Fast, with a great bombload capacity it's a good raider and was used n this rôle. Its also for skinner an good model.. We will see some DB3 B the french model of this bomber use in early war.
In flight..
You will take many fun to fly planes as the Lerche.. in dogfight you will loose any visual focus .. Fighting Lerche against Lerche will certainly be fun.. The jets planes are all a bit underpowered it's quite normal for early jets, no ligthning acceleration, but no burning engine at each throttle change.. for the soviet.. A real good surprise is the mixed powered plane like the Mig 13 really a very good sensation.. and a very nice cockpit. The jet power is a real advantage against classic planes..
Many hours to spend in test to feel the little difference.. One thing is sure.. Lot of pleasure with this add on.. it's IL2 brand.. and it's good ( no no .. i'm not paid by UBI :) )
We will make review for each plane in action review by several pilots so you will have many advices.
New Skins
Around 1000 new skins you find them marker RRG, theres real good one and less good.. but all are greatly better than default!
New Maps
Kiev
Great Map theater of many WWII battles it's a must one.. Many fight will be recreated Town of Kiev is very well represented.
Khalgin Ghol
Mainly on line map it's desertic and flat area.. things are nice as cut tree .. around the bases.
Burma
Magnificent map created by Ian Boys.. numeric altitude design give great hill good valley. water in altitude at teh price of somes bridges..
Mandchourie
Real good map, nice design, wide area , we will recreate Mandchuria combat.. but certainly many other fighte.. Sea and land are represented in large zone.. harbor, towns are really well done..
New Objects This new version brun us many many new objects. Planes and maps are great, bu new object will be very usefull for mission creators. For airbases, various crates, bombs, stairs , new vehicule , tanks or trench barbed wire really we will have more detailed scenes. We miss only few pilotes, mechanics and some sentinels.
New tanks and gun are great and détailed.. I can say the IL2 1946 worth buy only for new objects if planes are not those you wait!
Great new quality for objects
Many new objetcts for your scenes
Campaign and Mission
Sorry i've had no time to test this .. we will make it soon.. But that seem to be really interessting
In short
Protection is changed.. exit rts.dll , now protection use securom, its not a problem, if you have any problem with one soft runing on you PC securom tell you wich is the name of the perturbator.. Shut down the soft and run the game .. ( Virtual DVD by exemple)
You can like or not the "Scifi planes".. The choice of planes is done, so we havec to accept it..We miss some planes .. we will have some in BoB ..) Maybe the 4.08 add on will bring us some of long awaiting planes!
IL2 1946 brings many hours of gaming, and the quality of the better WWII sim.. Thanks to Mr Maddox for all hours spends to fly on marvellous planes.. and we have many hours to explore all possibility!
This ultimate commercial add on.. is the end of a great saga.. remember the months.. we spend to play, the months spend awaiting the new patch.. the great forums thread around the cockpit of FW 190.. :) Since the birth of IL2.. we are enjoying the greatest sim ever built. Certainly the most patched game.. thanks mister Maddox for this support!! Remember the guy from Russia wich havec said i will make a great simulator.. who will bet one Kopec on it?? But IL2 is now THE WWII SIMULATION.. and soon .. BoB will replace it..
Remember how IL2 make us upgrade our hardware. Soon we will upgrade for BoB but we will fly again in IL2 for long time
And when BoB will replace IL2 .. we will say King is dead.. Long Live to the King!
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