Aircraft and ASW

[Krakenheim]

Hi what aircraft should I use for Anti Submarine patrol ?
Based on their statsb none seens capable of detecting or attacking subs.
Many thanks

 

[Cpack]

The game don't differentiate between subs and ships for airplanes.
So the planes with the best naval targetting and naval attack value suites best.

This is land and carrier based naval bombers and also carrier based CAS, afaik in vanilla

 

[kimidf]

I think you should insert more variants of most of the available planes such as jet fighters or long-haul planes such as the German Condors, as some mods like road 56 do and also the naval jetties could also be used as reconnaissance planes.

 

[Harin]

Hi what aircraft should I use for Anti Submarine patrol ?
Based on their statsb none seens capable of detecting or attacking subs.
Many thanks

Tactical bombers work well against subs. They have the range and their naval attack is sufficient. Depending on the number of bombers you assign the sinking of ships can start off slow and can then accelerate. I cannot be sure, but I think that is due to damaging the ships and over time, eventually sinking them.

Naval bombers do a better job, but require a specific production line and research to produce and may have less range than the tactical bombers. The major downside to naval bombers is that they cannot be used for anything but sea missions, while tactical bombers can be used for land or sea missions, though not the best at either.

 

[1 Star General]

Tactical bombers work well against subs. They have the range and their naval attack is sufficient. Depending on the number of bombers you assign the sinking of ships can start off slow and can then accelerate. I cannot be sure, but I think that is due to damaging the ships and over time, eventually sinking them.

Naval bombers do a better job, but require a specific production line and research to produce and may have less range than the tactical bombers. The major downside to naval bombers is that they cannot be used for anything but sea missions, while tactical bombers can be used for land or sea missions, though not the best at either.

Yeah, Tactical bombers seem to be doing the job just fine. Actually, in my experience, Subs are so fragile, that pretty much anything with naval strike capability will slaughter them. I do however like building specialized torpedo bombers, cause they're more efficient at striking the surface ships.

 

[sterrius]

The question actually depends on Where you want to operate.

Middle of atlantic? Tactical bombers as the range allows them to actually have a good Mission Efficiency there. Making them more cost effective.
With low mission efficiency you will be paying 2-5 naval bombers to get the same performance of 1 tactical bombers.


For coastal regions, like the Mediterran, CHannel, Baltics or Indonesia. Naval Bombers as they have a nice airfield close to the regions they want to operate.
PS: Some regions are too big for them, so make sure you have the range first.


For any region but expensive -> Carriers can work as mobile airfields. Its the perfect way to use "cheap" carriers.
With a good plane even on small numbers they do a good amount of damage.