[2.13.0.123] Missing rüstsätze/weapons on the Henschel Hs 129 B-2

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# Game version 2.13.0.123

 

Affected Vehicle

 

Henschel Hs 129 B-2

 

Description of the issue

 

The Henschel Hs 129 B-2 has various missing weapons rüstsätze such as the missing MK 101 cannon, missing quad MG 17 machine gun pod for strafing soft targets/open topped vehicles, missing wing bomb racks for 50 kg bombs, & missing centerline bomb rack for bombs with the weight of 250 kg in this game

 

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Suggested Fix

 

Add in the MK 101 cannon. Add in the 4 x MG 17 machine guns. Add in the ETC 50 racks under each wing. Add in the ETC 500 fuselage rack. Implement the bombload/weapon configurations listed in the actual Hs 129 B-2 manuals and other documentation such as the following:

 

A.) Rüstsätz #1: 1 x MK 101/MK 103 under the fuselage + 2 x 50 kg bombs under each wing

B.) Rüstsätz #2: 4 x MG 17 under the fuselage + 2 x 50 kg bombs under each wing

C.) Rüstsätz #3: 4 x 50 kg bombs under the fuselage + 2 x 50 kg bombs under each wing

D.) Rüstsätz #4: 1 x 250 kg bomb under the fuselage + 2 x 50 kg bombs under each wing

E.) Rüstsätz #5: 1 x Rb 20/30 in the fuselage + 2 x 50 kg bombs under each wing (not relevant for game)

F.) Hollow charge bombs: 1 x AB 250 bomb under the fuselage with 40 x SD 4 HL bombs

 

Sources

 

Source One: "Hs 129 B-1 u. B-2 Bedienungsvorschrift-Fl Juni 1943" by Henschel Flugzeugwerke page 95

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Source Two: "Hs 129 B-0 Flugzeug-Handbuch Teil 0 Allgemeine Angaben November 1941" by Henschel Flugzeugwerke page 11

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Source Three: "Warplanes of the Third Reich" by William Green page 395

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Source Four: "Hitler's Luftwaffe A pictorial history and technical encyclopedia of Hitler's air power in World War II" by Tony Wood page 200

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Source Five: "Hs 129 Panzerjager!" by Martin Pegg pages 45, 47, 50, 89, & 231

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Source Six: "MBI Henschel Hs 129" by Petr Stachura page 20

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Source Seven: "Henschel Hs 129 in action Aircraft Number 176" by Denes Bernad pages 10 & 11

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Source Eight: "8 Hs 129 in combat Sch.G 1 & Sch.G 2" by Marek J. Murawski pages 19 & 20

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Source Nine: "http://pro-samolet.ru/tekhnicheskaya-dokumentaciya/nemeckie-samolety/1239-henshel-hsh-129" by ?????

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Source Ten: "Die Deutsche Luftrüstung 1933 - 1945 Band 3" by Heinz Nowarra pages 28 & 30

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Source Eleven: "Waffen-Arsenal Waffen und Fahrzeuge der Heere und Luftstreitkrafte Flugzeuge gegen Panzer Deutsche Panzerjager und Schlachtflugzeuge" by Manfred Griehl pages 33, 34, & 38

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Source Twelve: "The Aviation Factfile Aircraft of World War II" by Jim Winchester pages 134 & 135

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Source Thirteen: "Henschel Hs 129 Panzerjager" by Martin Pegg page 52

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Source Fourteen: "Flugzeug Classic Extra Henschel Hs 129 Hs 129 A, B-1 bis B-3 Der Panzerknacker Entwicklung, Technik und Einsatz" by ????? pages 19 & 23

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Source Fifteen: "????? Hs 129" by ????? pages 47 & 48

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Source Sixteen: "214 Samolot szturmowy Henschel Hs 129" by Benedykt Kempski page 27

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Provisions for 40 x SD 4 HL bomb on the Hs 129 B using an AB 250 bomb on an ETC 500 rack

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Source Seventeen: "Warplanes of the Third Reich" by William Green page 395

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Source Eighteen: "69 Profile Publications The Henschel Hs 129" by J. R. Smith page 10

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Source Nineteen: "Hitler’s War on Russia" by Charles D. Winchester page 125

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Source Twenty: "?????" by ????? page ?????

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Source Twenty One: "Wings of the Luftwaffe: Flying the Captured German Aircraft of World War II" by Eric Brown page 164

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Tertiary sources

Source Twenty two: Miscellaneous pictures from an aircraft forum

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[Stuhlfleisch 3,762]

Hello, thank you for your interest in improving the game! These issues are already known to the developers, I have added your informations to the existing reports.