USA A-20 Havoc for BR3

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The issue:

The Allies are lacking an attack plane (bomber) with good payload on BR3.
While other nations get BF 110 F-2 with 2 x 250 kg bombs, Pe-2 with 6 x 100 kg bombs and Soviet Boston with 4 x 100 kg bombs, even Japan gets their B5N2 with 2 x 250kg bombs, the kings of bombing stuff (USA) don’t get a single true bomber option on BR3.

Proposed solution No.1:

Copy the Soviet A-20 Boston MK.3 and turn it into an American A-20B Havoc.

With about 1000 made, the A-20B was the backbone of American light bombing during the Tunisian Campaign (1942–1943).

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While changing the armament accordingly as follows:

  • 4 x 100 kg => 4 × 250 lb bombs
  • 12.7 mm Berezin MG => 12.7 mm M2 Browning

Poll - add A-20B Havoc, a copy of the Soviet Boston?

  • Yes, add A-20B Havoc on BR3
  • No
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Proposed solution No.2:

Adjust the payload of A-20G-25 and drop it down to BR3 from BR4.

There are currently two A-20s on BR4 – do we really need them both?

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Given that this crazy experimental thing is on BR3, it might not be too far fetched to just drop A-20G-25 to BR3 without changes?

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Poll - adjust A-20G-25 if needed and drop down to BR3?

  • Drop A-20G-25 to BR3 without any changes
  • Drop A-20G-25 to BR3 but with less armament
  • Keep A-20G-25 as is on BR4 but add the copied A-20B to BR3
  • No BR changes and no new BR3 planes
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Cheers.

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Guess the answer depends on how american 500 lbs bombs compare to 250 kg bombs on the counterparts and if the devs want a symetrical game or not.

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Don’t use the xa 38 to set an example… it’s an under tiered vehicle and i honestly think it was a fuck you to the germany players upset about the 110 g2 change i cannot remember if that was added after other though but regardless.

If anything you should be using the a20 as a reason why xa 38 should be uptiered… that suggestion is a topic dead on arrival though i can almost assure that along with it not being the point

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Okay Mr German main who wanted a swastika armband if japan got rising sun headbands…
Yes, I saw your comment on that other post,
I know you want Germany to be the strongest on every tier and so on but don’t make it so obvious…

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“German main”

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He’s right, though. Everyone is saying the XA is OP

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“All other BR3 attackers get really good bomblloads”, proceeds to list underpowered and overtiered attack aircraft.

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Are you trying to say the Xa-38 is balanced at BR3

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This might initiate an arms race, players will request tech tree br3 1000kg bomb attacker for every faction.

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This is your quote, not mine.

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Indeed. That’s why my no.1 suggestion is simply giving USA a bomber with more or less same payload as other nations.

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“A good bombload = 400kg of bombs”

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This is again your quote, not mine.

My quote can be summed up as “other factions have planes with 400kg of bombs, while USA don’t have one”.

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Bro doesn’t have the Xa-38

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I don’t really see the point of copy paste when there are still other options available in War Thunder.
Also you can’t simply copy paste A-20 Boston MK.3 and turn it into an American A-20B Havoc by only changing the armaments. The turret on the back is a soviet-made UTK-1 turret.

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What will you bet I don’t have it?

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Good point, didn’t notice that.

Maybe the model from WT could work better?

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I’m just trying to suggest the least costly and the easiest ideas for the one-and-a-half devs still left working on Enlisted and not Active Matter/WT Infantry.

Copying the Soviet Boston must be easier than porting a WT vehicle and animating it from scratch?

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If you have it then your statement about America not having a BR3 attacker is wrong.

That be in my said, you should’ve had an option to move the M8 A-20 down to BR3.

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  1. XA is not in the tech tree, while other nations have bombers with bombs in their tech trees.
  2. XA is a prototype which had 0 WW2 combat so I don’t want to use it.
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  1. There you go
  2. You have no right to complain about bombloads if you don’t wanna use the plane with the best bombload till BR5