User manual GAMES PC COMBAT FLIGHT SIMULATOR 3-MACHINES OF WAR

[. . . ] Microsoft® Combat Flight Simulator 3. 0 MACHINES OF WAR 1 handbook Subject: CONTENTS CONTENTS Aircraft U. S. 23 Vehicles and Weapons Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Aircraft Armaments Rifle-caliber machine guns . . . . . 48 49 50 52 53 54 ft of CFS3 The Aircra You've got THE PILOT: Authorized licensees of this game may print (or have printed at their expense) a single copy of this manual for their personal home use in conjunction with the play and use of the game on this CD. A NOTE TO but you d of you, h job ahea e for each a toug right plan stable select the can impressive a ion from an oose from miss You can ch g aircraft. [. . . ] The prototype had flown two months earlier, and although it was destroyed and its pilot killed on its third flight when an engine failed, the project pressed ahead. Based on the ninth tailless aircraft design of Reimar and Walter Horten and assigned to Gotha for production, this twinjet fighter-bomber would have given Allied pilots a nasty shock. Its ultramodern appearance, very heavy armament, and extraordinary speed make it the subject of some of the most exciting "what-if" scenarios of WWII aviation. Now you can climb into this Buck Rogers machine and discover for yourself how it performs in combat. - Very heavy armament and big bomb load. WEAKNESSES - Some lateral instability due to tailless design. - Jumo turbojets are very fragile, provide short operational life (25 hours or less), and can't withstand even minor combat damage. - Engines require cautious throttle control. - Big, heavy aircraft can't maneuver with more nimble fighters. GO 229A-0 SPECIFICATIONS WEIGHT: 11, 170/19, 840 lbs (5, 077/9, 018 kg) SPAN: 55' 0. 625" (16. 78 m) LENGTH: 24' 60. 125" (7. 47 m) ENGINE: Two Junkers 109-004B turbojets with 1, 984 lb. (900 kg) thrust each ARMAMENT: Four 30-mm MK 103 cannon with 120 r. p. g. (1, 000-kg) bombs MAX SPEED @ ALTITUDE: 607 mph (977 km/h) @ 39, 370 ft (12, 000 m) CEILING: 52, 500 ft (16, 000 m) INITIAL CLIMB RATE: 4, 330 ft/min (1, 320 m/min) RANGE: 1, 180 mi (1, 900 km) *** - 27 - 27 Subject: GERMAN AIRCRAFT Junkers Ju 88A-4, C-6, and P-4 Ju 88 The best of the German medium bombers, the Ju 88, was modified throughout the war into some 60 versions to fill many roles, including heavy day fighter, low-level intruder, heavily armed ground attacker, and night fighter. The A model, with its distinctive angular "beetle eye" glazed nose, was the most numerous bomber version. The C model, a heavy fighter-bomber version, had a solid nose, increased nose armament, and various options including a jettisonable twin-cannon belly pack and wing racks that increased its total bomb load to 3, 300 pounds. Crews sometimes painted the solid nose of the C model to simulate the appearance of the more vulnerable A model. Another ground attack version, the P model, carried a forward-firing 50-mm cannon in a belly-mounted gondola. In its various forms, the Ju 88 became an aircraft that could deliver a lot of devastation against ground targets and shipping--and some unpleasant surprises for enemy aircraft. - 28 - 28 Subject: GERMAN AIRCRAFT JU 88A-4 SPECIFICATIONS WEIGHT: 21, 737/30, 865 lb. (9, 860/14, 000 kg) SPAN: 65' 7. 5" (20 m) LENGTH: 47' 2. 75" (14. 4 m) ENGINE: Two Junkers Jumo 211J-1 liquid-cooled V-12s with 1, 350 hp each ARMAMENT: One 7. 92-mm MG 81 and one 13-mm MG 131 (or two MG 81s) in nose, two aft-firing MG 81s, plus one aft-firing MG 131 in ventral gondola MAX SPEED @ ALTITUDE: 292 mph (470 km/h) @ 15, 000 ft (4, 572 m) CEILING: 26, 900 ft (8, 200 m) INITIAL CLIMB RATE: 1, 770 ft/min (539 m/min) RANGE: 1, 112 mi (1, 790 km); 1, 696 mi (2, 730 km) with drop tanks *** STRENGTHS (ALL VARIANTS) - Very heavy armament and ordnance load. WEAKNESSES (ALL VARIANTS) - Big and slow compared to enemy fighters; requires fighter protection, especially on low-level missions. - Unimpressive defensive armament. JU 88C-6 & P-4 SPECIFICATIONS WEIGHT: 21, 737/30, 865 lb. (9, 860/14, 000 kg) SPAN: 65' 7. 5" (20 m) LENGTH: 47' 2. 75" (14. 4 m) ENGINE: Two Junkers Jumo 211J liquid-cooled V-12s with 1, 410 hp each ARMAMENT: (C-6) Three 20-mm MG FF cannon and three 7. 9-mm MG 17 machine guns in nose, one rear-firing 13-mm MG 131 machine gun, plus 3, 300 lb. on wing racks) Optional: belly gun pack with two 20-mm MG FF cannon ARMAMENT: (P-4) Same as for C-6 except the optional gunpack is replaced with a 50-mm BK 5 cannon MAX SPEED @ ALTITUDE: 292 mph (470 km/h) @ 15, 000 ft (4, 572 m) CEILING: 26, 900 ft (8, 200 m) INITIAL CLIMB RATE: 1, 770 ft/min (539 m/min) RANGE: 1, 112 mi (1, 790 km); 1, 696 mi (2, 730 km) with drop tanks *** - 29 - 29 Subject: GERMAN AIRCRAFT Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 & G-10 BF 109G-6 Like its British Spitfire counterpart, the Bf 109 evolved to meet new challenges and served throughout the war. The 109G, or Gustav, introduced early in 1943 was not the best 109 (that may have been the aerodynamically cleaner F model), but it was the most numerous. [. . . ] WEAKNESSES - Bulky launch rails degrade aircraft performance. *** - 54 - 54 Subject: ROCKETS Panzerschreck 3. 46-in. (88-mm) antitank rocket with launch tube (German) M8 4. 5-in. (11. 4 cm) antitank rocket with M10 triple-tube launcher (U. S. ) 5-in. [. . . ]