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[genXgamer]

Hi Guys

Would someone be willing to add 4 X 20 lb smoke bombs to the Boomerang.
To the best of my knowledge they were mounted under the wing centre section.

I also have information that the 20 mm cannons should have 120 rounds and 4000 rounds for the  .303 machine guns.

Some sources have it carrying a single 500 lb bomb, but the only pictures available show 2 X 250 lb bombs which B.A.T. currently has and I'm happy to go with that.

[Dreamk]

I'll see what I can do
The bomb itself is not an issue, In the UK ww2 bomb pack, the adequate mesh is already present (it's the the mesh of the 20lb Frag MkI ) as is the suitable smoke effect effect it's just a question of modifying the code of the 4lbSmoke_MkII to  make the 20lbSmokeAus  class.
The only problem is to know which 3d model of the Boomerang is used by BAT as  there is need to add hooks there too and rewriting the cod file demands first to modify the java of this plane so as to add the new hooks.

[Vampire_pilot]

I also have information that the 20 mm cannons should have 120 rounds and 4000 rounds for the  .303 machine guns.

The bullet count is very easy to adjust.

But how reliable is this and how do I read this? Since, the 4000 rds only can mean a total over all 4 guns, while 120 seems awfully few total for 2 guns. It makes more sense as per gun, but why would your source state a different way of counting for this?

[genXgamer]

I'm going off the Kookaburra Publications by Geoffrey Pentland I have.

I have also seen it written as below which of course means the same thing.

Cannons 60 r.p.g
Machine Guns 1000 r.p.g

This information is repeated on a number of sites.

https://aeropedia.com.au/content/cac-ca-12-boomerang/

[Vampire_pilot]

That is a small load per gun indeed. But I'll adjust that for the hotfix right away then. Quite a difference in numbers to what the original mods came with....

[Orge Schwab]

60 r.p.g was standard for early drum-fed Hispano cannon. The same drums were carried by Spitfire VBs, The German MG-FF also used 60 round drums.

[genXgamer]

Can confirm the above information is correct.

Just went through my 5 Squadron combat records when they were based at Piva North airfield, Bougainville 1945.

Rounds fired is recorded in each sorties description, 120 x 20 mm rounds is the most fired.

[Piotrek1]

 I support this request , if it could be applied, it would be a great addition to Boomerang's armament.