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[Acme70]

I noticed 2 new rockets on the IL-2 loadout screen, ROFS-132 rockets, What kind of rockets are these, Does anyone know, I haven't been able to find any info about them on the net

An attack against a unit of Flying Fortress' was something like controlled suicide, Sometimes 50, Sometimes 80 machine guns were firing at you, You attempted to close your eyes & continue to fire, Frightened to death, Frightened to death.

Oberst Johannes Steinhoff (176 Kills)

[Acme70]

I noticed 2 new rockets on the IL-2 loadout screen, ROFS-132 rockets, What kind of rockets are these, Does anyone know, I haven't been able to find any info about them on the net

An attack against a unit of Flying Fortress' was something like controlled suicide, Sometimes 50, Sometimes 80 machine guns were firing at you, You attempted to close your eyes & continue to fire, Frightened to death, Frightened to death.

Oberst Johannes Steinhoff (176 Kills)

[LEXX_Luthor]

mmm, check this out...ROFS 82/132 armed torpedo boats

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&gt;&gt; Matthew Prager wrote about the Soviet G-5 torpedo-boats that carried a Katyushka M-8 or M-13 rocket launchers &lt;&lt;

In "Warship" bound volume 2, Przemyslaw Budzbon published an article on the G-5 MTB that mentions several rocket launcher configurations. According to the article, TKA 86 was the first G-5 armed with missiles. A twelve-missile rail for ROFS-82 missiles was mounted in 1942. In 1943, about 20 G-5s were configured with one launcher consisting of six double rails for the ROFS 132 missile. He notes "...Twelve missiles could be carried and there is no evidence of the carriage of reloads nor of the possibility of reloading at sea. The launchers were fixed in traverse and therefore aimed by handling the whole boat, while the angle was adjusted by a hand operated device..." (p. 240).

There is a profile drawing of the latter configuration that suggests the torpedo troughs were not covered. Howeveer, an angular "turret" with a scarf ring was mounted over the forward end of the troughs, covering the warheads.

There is a short article on the G-5 with a profile of a rocket-armed version in (what I think is) the August 1986 issue of "Modelist Constructor", a Russian-language model magazine. The Polish-language "Modelarz" magazine ran several articles on Soviet MTBs during the mid to late 1980s and may have covered the G-5. One issue I have (4/86) contains an article with very detailed drawings of the D-3 type MTB. Another article on the G-5 appears in the German-language "Modelbau Heute", 4/76. I only have one page, but it has a general arrangement plan of what appears to be a series 11 G-5, along with a couple photos of a nicely-done model.

Al Ross

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[PE_Mosor]

AFAIK it's 132 mm rocket with high fragmentation warhead.

[Capt._Tenneal]

Good job on finding this unmentioned additional loadout Acme70. New toys for the Sturmo to play with, goody .

[_VR_ScorpionWorm]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by PE_Mosor:
AFAIK it's 132 mm rocket with high fragmentation warhead.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Very High, I just checked it out...took out a tank with it and blew up an 88mm that was about 100+yards away with the blast.



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[Capt._Tenneal]

D@mn ! Even better. A Sturmovik WMD ! I can't wait to try it.

[Mitlov47]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by _VR_ScorpionWorm:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by PE_Mosor:
AFAIK it's 132 mm rocket with high fragmentation warhead.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Very High, I just checked it out...took out a tank with it and blew up an 88mm that was about 100+yards away with the blast.
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I just got a stiffie.

[Acme70]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Capt._Tenneal:
Good job on finding this unmentioned additional loadout Acme70. New toys for the Sturmo to play with, goody .<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


I came across it by accident, I really wish they would let us know when they add new weapons in the patches, How hard is it to type a few words

An attack against a unit of Flying Fortress' was something like controlled suicide, Sometimes 50, Sometimes 80 machine guns were firing at you, You attempted to close your eyes & continue to fire, Frightened to death, Frightened to death.

Oberst Johannes Steinhoff (176 Kills)

[delta_9_tetra]

Excellent! Well spotted, this new rocket rocks!