Historical background by LarsFollowing the success of the Hawker Typhoon fighter, which later became the RAF’s most used mid to late war fighter-bomber, research was started to find ways to improve the performance of the basic design. As the Typhoon was limited to 400mph before unstable characteristics prevailed, a new thinner wing along with the latest engine designs were tried out. These allowed for a better performance at speed and the eventual Napier Sabre II engine fitted to the Tempest V resulted in the best mid to low altitude fighter in the latter part of the war. The Sabre II has arguably been quoted as the best piston engine of World War Two, bar none.
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The Tempest I to IV were all equipped with different engines but none were ready before the end of the war, thus the V was the main equipment in the last year of the war. Eight squadrons went on to use it and it was so successful that post-war sixteen more squadrons were equipped as well.
Like all new types it had early teething problems such as a faulty undercarriage and poor roll rate, but these were quickly overcome. With a superb all-round cockpit view, smooth control response in all attitudes, and excellent acceleration in a dive, it soon proved an even match for the latest Luftwaffe opponents. It was the most effective counter to the V-1 Flying Bomb, shooting down 800, more than any other type. It was mainly used to attack ground targets with wing cannon, but still managed to down 240 confirmed air kills, including ten jets. That was a ratio of seven to one.
You will be flying with 3 Squadron, initially against V-1s then transfer to Belgium and Holland in Europe and finally Germany, tackling both air and ground targets. Note that Tempests never used rockets or bombs until after the war, so your main weapon will be the four wing cannon. Drop tanks will help you through the longer missions but if you receive a fuel leak from flak or enemy fighters it is sometimes best to break off and head for home but that is your choice. Is that extra potential kill worth gliding home for?
InstallationThis campaign was written and tested using the SAS BAT Mod Pack, available here at the SAS website:
https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php?board=264.0It may work on other modded systems but the campaign uses Command and Control objects and Triggers, so many mission features would be lost or unworkable.
Extract the TempestV.zip file to a temporary directory.
• Copy the decompressed Missions folder to your IL-2 1946 root folder.
• In the New Pilot Career page, choose RAF in the Air Force selection drop-down. Choose Tempest V in the Career drop-down.
• We recommend turning off No Instant Success for this campaign.
• The campaign is designed to be compatible with any rank selection.
CreditsMany thanks to the BAT team for developing, maintaining, and improving the BAT Modpack. This campaign uses Command and Control and Trigger functions that were recently added to BAT.
As in all of our campaigns, we make liberal use of Kurfurst’s mission templates, available at the Mission 4 Today site.
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Topic: Tempest MkV campaign from Von and Lars (Read 1758 times)
