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[Venator77]

So I wanted to do some missions with Fi-167s torpedoing warships and I discover that it can only carry bombs. Why is that? Shouldn't a dedicated torpedo bomber be able to carry torpedoes as it was always meant to be?

This annoys me very much and I hope this is fixed in future BAT updates.

[SAS~Bombsaway]

Our sincere apologies for annoying you. 

[Vampire_pilot]

This annoys me very much and I hope this is fixed in future BAT updates.

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[Epervier]

That's right! It's very boring!
I hope the Admins will reimburse you for the ... circus place !

[Venator77]

Muh historical accuracy /s

Seriously though, why doesn't the Fi-167 have torpedoes?

[Dimlee]

Muh historical accuracy /s

Seriously though, why doesn't the Fi-167 have torpedoes?

Alternative historical... 

[SAS~Bombsaway]

Muh historical accuracy /s

Seriously though, why doesn't the Fi-167 have torpedoes?

Well, instead of complaining you could learn how to mod. Don't say it's too hard because others have learned.
Loadouts are one of the first steps in some modders work.

This isn't Burger King." You don't get it your way. " You should be more grateful for what all the modders have done for free and for taking huge amounts of their time and personal lives to give their work to the community.

Your biggest mistake is how you worded your first post. You come off sounding like a spoiled child. Maybe in the future you should try making a polite request for a modder to add the weapons you would like to have.

[SAS~GJE52]

This is historical accuracy .......

Since the Graf Zeppelin was not expected to be completed before the end of 1940, construction of the Fi 167 had a low priority. When construction of the Graf Zeppelin was stopped in 1940, the completion of further aircraft was stopped and the completed examples were taken into Luftwaffe service in the Erprobungsgruppe 167 evaluation/test unit.

When construction of the Graf Zeppelin was resumed in 1942 the Ju 87C took over the role as a reconnaissance bomber, and torpedo bombers were no longer seen to be needed. Nine of the existing Fi 167 were sent to an undocumented coastal naval squadron in the Netherlands and then returned to Germany in the summer of 1943. After that they were sold to Croatia.

The remaining planes were used in the Deutsche Versuchsanstalt für Luftfahrt (German Aircraft Experimental Institute) in Budweis, Czechoslovakia, for testing different landing gear configurations. The large wing area and low landing speeds made it difficult for the Fi 167 to properly carry out the tests so the two test aircraft had their lower wings removed just outboard of the landing gear. 

Seriously though, this is modern reality .......

This isn't Burger King....... in the future you should try making a polite request.

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[Venator77]

Sorry about that. Didn't mean to sound that way. So the Fi-167 never carried torpedoes?

[SAS~GJE52]

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[SAS~Storebror]

So the Fi-167 never carried torpedoes?

Difficult question.
Has it been planned to carry torps?
Absolutely. Almost all sources agree that plans were for the 167 to carry a maximum load of one SC-1000 bomb or one LT-5b torpedo on the centerline rack.
Has it ever really carried a torpedo in real life?
Maybe yes, maybe no.
There's plenty of photographs available of the Fi-167, including some showing bombs on the wing racks.
From a quick walk through photos available to me, I fail to find proof that anything was ever mounted on the centerline.
If you could come up with a photo of an Fi-167 with torp, or alternatively with an SC-1000 at least, that would surely add moment to your request.


Mike

[SAS~GJE52]

If you could come up with a photo of an Fi-167 with torp,

.... I guess this doesn't count then .... 




 

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