Replace the Vickers Wellington Mk. Ic in the upcoming High Caliber update

The Battle of Stalingrad Campaign opened the doors for aircraft that would otherwise appear out of place individually over a battlefield like the SB 2M-105, A-20G-25 and Ju 188 A-2 in the Battle of Moscow and Normandy Campaigns.

Several months ago, the user @geek0505 posted an image from the Mission Editor hinting at the addition of the Wellington Mk. Ic as the Allied call-in bomber in the Battle of Normandy campaign.

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Released on 11/25, this image all but confirms that the Wellington Mk. Ic is currently set to be the call in bomber in the Normandy campaign.

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I heavily disagree with its addition as the aircraft was removed from daytime raids due to its vulnerability to enemy fighters as early as 1940 following the Battle of Heligoland Bight in the European theater. Unless it was being flown by the Coastal Command against naval forces, the Wellington was mostly regulated to the Middle and Far East as a long-range medium bomber.

I can see this being for balance as its base ordinance setup consists of 10 250 lb G.P. Mk. IV bombs [30.7 kg TNT] (approximately equivalent to 50 kg SC50JA bombs found on most German aircraft [25 kg TNT]) which would reduce the danger posed by airstrikes, a complaint often heard in the community.

If possible, I propose that the B-26B is swapped in its place, with changes done to its loadout for balance using similar methods done on the Heinkel He-111 H-16 in the Battle of Stalingrad campaign.

Martin B-26B


Image captured in War Thunder

Used by the British, Free French and U.S. air forces during the Normandy campaign, the B-26B would be a much better representative of a bomber aircraft used that would warrant its inclusion as a squad call-in.

Despite its much larger ordinance load in War Thunder, where the loadouts of the vehicles in Enlisted appear to be intrinsically tied to, some flexibility exists in balancing different vehicles:

In the Battle of Stalingrad campaign, the He-111 H-16 drops an indeterminate number of 100 kg SC100 bombs
[~50 kg TNT I presume based on trends in War Thunder Ordnance Chart - Google Drive], a loadout containing bombs that do not exist in War Thunder, contrasting against the 100 kg FAB-100sv bombs on the IL-4.

The B-26B does not have an option for 250 lb AN-M57 [55.5 kg TNT] nor 500 lb AN-M64A1 [118.8 kg TNT] bombs in War Thunder, but it would be possible to add this option in Enlisted based off it being done with the He-111 H-16.

Giving the B-26B a lower bomb number that matches that of the bomber used in the German airstrike would not only solve the issue concerning balance, but would also allow for this iconic, invasion-striped aircraft to be present in the Enlisted Normandy campaign.


Image captured in War Thunder

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They should experiment a bit with asymmetrical type of the balance for Normandy and Berlin.
Better equivalent for the Axis should be rocket artillery, whether it would be Neberlwerfer 150mm/210mm Battery Salvo, Wurfrahmen 280mm/310mm Salvo or V1 Rocket Drop.

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If they truly want the Wellington, why don’t they put it in Tunisia, where they put the B-34 for some reason? It makes far more sense for it to be there. By 1944, most Wellingtons were either in places like Burma, or used for things like radar screening over the British Isles, not for bombing in Europe.

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Well. What can you do much with radio calls in Normandy? Naval guns are basically artillery strikes.

Normandy Air is already asymmentrical.

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I do think there is room for additional types of artillery, but there also needs to be a way to disable (even temporarily) the sites its being launched from. For balance reasons.