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  • Replacing the Mustang with the Bearcat

    12. 23. 2010 16:36

Baker654
Navyfield is a great ww2 naval warship that has made a few deviations from reality for
gameplay such as Ships that were never completed or made past drawing board or even
existed (bb 6s) but I think there is one deviation that was completely unnecessary and
that is the Mustang is the 4th tier fighter for US carriers. Here are a few facts
straight, first of all the Mustang was a land based fighter it never was meant to and it
never saw service on carriers. Secondly all attempts at creating a carrier version of the
mustang were unsatisfactory in comparison to already existing carrier fighters. Face it
the Mustang is not the all singing all dancing star we like to see it.

Personally I think the Mustang should be replaced by the Grumman F8F Bearcat, which had
the potential as the best piston driven carrier fighter of all time, unfortunately it had
the bad luck of arriving too late for combat service in WW2. The Bearcat especially the
post-war F8F-2 version had performance comparable if not better than that of the P51
mustang and some of the early jets. Although the initial version had a relatively light
armament of 4 .50 cal machine guns, these were upgraded to 20mm cannons.

The Mustang is a glory hog. Its time to give the Bearcat some recognition and let it have
its day in the sunlight
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  • Re : Replacing the Mustang with the Bearcat

    01. 31. 2011 01:52

Baker654
The Uk will use the Sea Fury, while the Bearcat is for the US

  • Re : Replacing the Mustang with the Bearcat

    01. 30. 2011 11:25

rvail136
Als: "as much as i agree with the topic some of you are way to biased . i would like
to draw
your attention to the Hawker Sea Fury . a genuine mig killer and best piston engined
carrier fighter of all time . also the sea fury had a faster top speed . better weapons
load . 4 * 20 mm cannon frm day one . and the ability to carry 2000lb of bombs or
rockets. "

As far as that goes...the Sea Fury was a BRITISH Aircraft, NOT AMERICAN!
Therefore, it couldn't be used by the USN...DOH!

  • Re : Replacing the Mustang with the Bearcat

    01. 29. 2011 23:39

Elliot2lazy
They won't change it now for some technicality that is in real life, since NF=/= Real
Life.

  • Re : Replacing the Mustang with the Bearcat

    01. 29. 2011 23:29

V2CxBongRipz
T4s suck anyway....

  • Re : Replacing the Mustang with the Bearcat

    01. 29. 2011 23:00

Baker654
does anyone else want to make a post

  • Re : Replacing the Mustang with the Bearcat

    12. 27. 2010 14:33

Baker654
The Zero is already a tier 2 fighter for the Japanese. And there is no such thing as tier
5 or six. Its only locals (short range interceptors), tier 1's, tier 2's, tier 3's and
tier 4's.
Haven't you read my Thread intro. The Mustang was a land-based fighter it never saw, never
meant to and never should see service on an aircraft carrier. Stop trying to defend that
spoilt brat the Mustang. The Bearcat should be new US tier fighter FULL STOP

  • Re : Replacing the Mustang with the Bearcat

    12. 27. 2010 11:14

spyboy007
Instead of replacing the Mustang for T5, make the Bearcat T6 for both the U.S and
U.K, while the Japenese A6M-5 could be T6 for IJN and KN. Just like the Midway and
De Grasse


  • Re : Replacing the Mustang with the Bearcat

    12. 26. 2010 15:40

Baker654
thank you for making a post

  • Re : Replacing the Mustang with the Bearcat

    12. 25. 2010 13:14

kimjongil
I'd like to remind people that the Sea Fury and the Bearcat should not be considered
Post-WWII. They were both ready for action in the war but weren't deployed fast
enough. Such as it is they are high performance immediate-post war fighters that fill
the obvious role of T4 fighter.

  • Re : Replacing the Mustang with the Bearcat

    12. 25. 2010 13:07

tipsypo
I agree with this and was dumbfounded that they chose the Tempest as the Royal
Navies newest fighter. I mean could have added a Firefly, Fulmar, Martlet, Hellcat,
Corsair over that crappy non-navy thing.

Same goes with the Tempest as a scout. Could have used a Swordfish, Barracuda,
Albacore, Sea Fox or Avenger as a better scout.
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