B-29 Superfortress
Country of Origin: United StatesImages courtesy of the United States Air Force; click on image to display larger version
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B-29 SuperfortressCountry of Origin: United StatesImages courtesy of the United States Air Force; click on image to display larger version |
| Specifications | |
| Type: Long-range strategic bomber | Manufacturer: Boeing |
| Armor Material: Aluminum alloy | Armor Thickness: n/a |
| Length: 30.18 m | Wingspan: 43.04 m |
| Weight: 61,225 kg (loaded) | Maximum Speed: 600 kph |
| Powerplant: 4 x Wright R-3350-23 Cyclone 18-cylinder radials | Horsepower: 2280 bhp each |
| Description | |
| Size: 13 | Total Actions: 4 |
| Offense | |||||||||||||
| Weapon | Code | Arc | S | M | L | EX | Acc | FC | Dam | Qty | ROF | Special | Ammo |
| M2 machineguns in top forward turret | HMG | DT | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | -1 | x4 | 2 | +3 | Anti-Inf | 2000 ea |
| M2 machineguns in top rear turret | HMG | DT | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | -1 | x4 | 2 | +3 | Anti-Inf | 2000 ea |
| M2 machineguns in bottom forward turret | HMG | VT | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | -1 | x4 | 2 | +3 | Anti-Inf | 2000 ea |
| M2 machineguns in bottom rear turret | HMG | VT | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | -1 | x4 | 2 | +3 | Anti-Inf | 2000 ea |
| M2 machineguns in tail turret | HMG | Fixed Rr | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | -1 | x4 | 2 | +3 | Anti-Inf | 2000 ea |
| Oerlikon 20mm autocannon | LAC | Fixed Rr | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 0 | -1 | x8 | 1 | +2 | - | 100 |
| Internal bomb bays | MB | FF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -1 | x15 | 2 | +2 | AE 0 | 12 ea |
| Defense | |
| Primary Movement: Flight 5/12/20 (600 kph) | Secondary Movement: Ground 15/30 (180 kph) |
| Maneuver: -3 | Armor: 15 / 30 / 45 |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Crew: 11 (Pilot, copilot, bombardier, navigator, flight engineer, radio operator, radar operator, central fire control gunner, left side gunner, right side gunner, tail gunner) | Deployment Range: 6000 km |
| Sensors: -2 / 2 km ground, 20 km air | Communications: -2 / 20 km ground, 200 km air |
| Perks: Autopilot (AUX), Backup Communications, Backup Fire Control, Chaff/Flare Dispensers ("Window" chaff packets to confuse enemy radar during target runs; AUX, Rating 1, 20 shots), ECM (radar jammers, Rating 1, AUX), Reinforced Chassis, Weapon Links (2 HMGs linked in each turret) | Flaws: Maximum Ceiling (10,000 m), Overheating (takes light damage if moves at top speed for more than three turns), Requires Airstrip |
| Defects: None | Lemon Dice: 2 |
| Variants |
| Increase the number of HMGs in the top forward turret to four with 2000 rounds each (all weapons linked), remove LAC |
| Notes |
| In a bid to match nuclear capabilities with the West after the Second World War, the Soviet Union built rivet-for-rivet copies of the B-29 as the Tupolev Tu-4 in the late 1940's. More information is available on Wikipedia, as well as the television program Stealing the Superfortress, which airs from time to time on the History Channel. |