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Originally posted by TexanCowboy
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Originally posted by HoOmAn
Btw, "retcon" is not a word known to me or my dic. I guess it is some kind of slang?
Yes, "retcon" is a form of slang. It means to modify something that has already occured in the past of this sim, with all the changes that that would imply. For example, retconning Australia out of the Cleito Treaty at the beginning of this sim, retconning a sort of aircraft out of existance, etc.
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Originally posted by TexanCowboy
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Originally posted by HoOmAn
Btw, "retcon" is not a word known to me or my dic. I guess it is some kind of slang?
Yes, "retcon" is a form of slang. It means to modify something that has already occured in the past of this sim, with all the changes that that would imply. For example, retconning Australia out of the Cleito Treaty at the beginning of this sim, retconning a sort of aircraft out of existance, etc.
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Originally posted by Brockpaine
Gentlemen.
I refrained from commenting further on this thread until I'd had the chance to talk privately with Hoo, and I believe he and I have had a serious misunderstanding about each others' intentions. I was concerned that we would set a precedent for a mod to mandate changes in a nation's air (or army) forces based on what they felt was appropriate, regardless of any player input to the contrary. In retrospect, I should have privately contacted Hoo before electing to stage a public fight over it. Hoo has reassured me that he did not intend to make peremptory demands as I presumed he was making, nor was he attempting to establish the bad precedent I feared would result.
Once Hoo and I have discussed things more to sort out our differences, I will address his concerns in a future post.
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Aggregate VNVV Order of Battle, 1941:
- 1x Strike Aviation Brigade
- 4x Fighter Orlyaks
- 1x Maritime Fighter Orlyak
- 2x Tactical Bomber Orlyaks
- 1x Bomber Orlyak
- 4x Army Cooperation Orlyaks
- 1x Transport Orlyak
- 6x Military Flying Schools
Total Strength: 1,027 aircraft (procured strength) plus trainers (456 fighters, 198 bombers, 372 other types)
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I'd intended to keep the frontline strength at approximately 700-800 aircraft plus trainers; I feel that is justifiable based on the historical figures and the restrictions Bulgaria's historically operating under in the 1930s. For instance, in 1939, despite theoretically treaty-bound not to possess an air force at all, Bulgaria operated over six hundred planes. There are several caveats I need to offer, here. Historically, Bulgaria tried to buy Czech and Polish aircraft in the 1938-39 period, and a lot of the records I've found are contradictory regarding what was delivered, what was ordered, etc. Wikipedia's article on the Bulgarian Air Force changes every time I check it. The Bulgarians tried to design and build their own dive bombers, as well - a project which got sidelined when the Germans "suggested" they buy Stukas. The same thing happened when Bulgaria tried to design and build Czech-designed fighters - the Germans "suggested" that they order Bf-109s instead. And finally, when the Germans took over Czechoslovakia, Poland, and France, significant numbers of captured aircraft were delivered to the VNVV. The second caveat is that Bulgaria was still under the post-WWI weapons acquisition treaties until 1938 or 1939 (IIRC); and the fact that they had an air force at all was in violation of those treaties.
As Wesworld Bulgaria is not bound by the end-of-WWI treaties (per our timeline, she ended the war as an Entente power and managed to evade the neutering treaties) and has had almost twenty years to build their force, I feel I can reasonably justify 700-800 active aircraft plus trainers. I'll additionally note that before I tallied up the numbers, that's about the place I thought Bulgaria was at.
Next, I feel Bulgaria's major limiting factor on air force strength is not merely how many planes they can build, buy, or stockpile, but rather how many trained pilots they can reasonably field. It is primarily from that standpoint that I feel the numbers are excessive. I've got the calculations somewhere, but the rough idea is that to maintain enough active pilots, I need approximately 30-50% of my numbers as training aircraft. (I calculated this by determining how many pilots were needed for each combat plane, how long he was likely to remain in the air force, how many hours training he needed to become operational, how many instructors were necessary to provide those hours of training, and how many training aircraft were needed to provide enough student-instructor time.)
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Final VNVV Order of Battle, 1941:
- 1x Strike Aviation Brigade
- 3x Fighter Orlyaks
- 1x Fighter Orlyak (paper/reserve unit with stored equipment)
- 1x Maritime Fighter Orlyak
- 1x Tactical Bomber Orlyak (paper/reserve unit with stored equipment)
- 1x Tactical Bomber Orlyak
- 1x Bomber Orlyak
- 3x Army Cooperation Orlyaks
- 1x Army Cooperation Orlyak (paper/reserve unit with stored equipment)
- 1x Transport Orlyak
- 6x Military Flying Schools
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