Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-3502824-20170721030939/@comment-29735334-20170726150349

Dreddz wrote: Yeah, but don't expect the devs pulling out an Avro Lancaster from their hats anytime soon.

And regarding carrier-based aircraft carrying the Fritz X, the US did have the Douglas BTD and the (design blueprints only) Curtiss XSB3C, both with 1,800 kg maximum payload capacity. And their home-grown Bat guided bomb weighed less than a Fritz X at full load. First time I heard about those two planes. Good stuff. They were actually competing designs to replace the SB2C Helldiver. Of the two, the BTD (previously designated XSB2D) won out, after a redesign into a single seater.

Those two were capable of hauling Fritz X, although with the bomb's manually controlled guidance, BTD, being a single seater, would have an issue. But with Bat guided bomb, it would not be a problem as it was radar-guided.

Interestingly, BTD, perhaps due to its limited service, was never configured to carry Bat. However, there are mentions that late-model Corsair, Helldiver, and Avenger had been modified to carry Bats. Although, historically, in the war, the bomb had been only deployed by PB4Y Privateer.