Gepard

The manned version of the V-1 was called "Reichenberggerät"

I have spoken with ex east german MiG-21 pilots and they have certain doubts about the truth of this document.

File Name: Gepard's MiG-21S Fishbed-H File Submitter: Gepard File Submitted: 17 July 2010 File Category: Mig-21 Fishbed MiG-21S Fishbed-G for SFP1, WOI, WOE, WOV A WORD BEFORE ************************************ I know, that there is a MiG-21S available already at the download section. It was made by Starfighter. I used it a lot of times, but i had always the feeling, that this bird was to capable, to agile. Additionally it does not 100% looks like the S. Thatswhy i decided to make my own version of the MiG-21S. First of all i used the october2008 patch data.ini, while Starfighters bird based on an older patch. I deleted the periscope at the canopy, the protection blades under the side air intakes and the gun. Then i increased the weight to the correct value and fixed the gunpod position etc. ************************************* HISTORY ************************************* In the mid 60th it became obviesly, that the MiG-21 of the second generation had some weakpoints. First of all was the radar system not capable enough. The range of the plane was to short and the air to ground capability was to weak. To overcome the first weakpoint the MiG designers decided to introduce the new radar system RP-22 Saphir. This radar was originally developed as S-23 for the high agile dogfighter project E-8, which was canceled to favor the swing wing design, which we know today as MiG-23. Because the S-23 was to big for the MiG-21 nose cone it was downsized. Especially the size of the radar antanna was reduced. So the maximum detection range of the system was decreased from 54km to 30km. But this was 50% more the old RP-21 could offer. So the RP-22 Saphir was selected, and the S in MiG-21S was the indicator for the improved radar. To give the MiG-21 longer legs, the designers decided to implement the long backfueltank which was already used at the MiG-21R recon bird. Further the miG-21S got two additionally wet hardpoints under the wings. So the S could carry 3 fuel drop tanks instead 1 as the older versions. With the 2 new weaponstations the air to ground capability of the plane was doubled. The bird now was able to carry 2.000kg of weapons instead 1.000kg as before. On paper the MiG-21S was an excellent and capable bird. But it was not loved by their pilots. It was nearly 1.000kg heavier than a MiG-21F-13 and 500kg heavier than a MiG-21PF, but still had the same engine. So the MiG-21S had lost a lot of the agility of their forrunners and was not more the born dogfighter. ********************************************** MiG-21S for WOE, WOV, WOI, SFP1 credits ********************************************** While making the MiG-21S i used a lot of files made by other modders. Thanks for this files! The plane itself: ~~~~~~~~~~ Model and skin by TK The gunpod ~~~~~~~~ I used the upk-23-250 of the weapon pack to simulate the GP-9 gunpod. It is not 100% correct, but the best available. The Cockpit ~~~~~~~~~ Cockpit by Mago/Paladrian And finally my little share ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I edited the Data file to fit the S. I deleted the periscope, the gun and the protection blades to give this bird the shape of the MiG-21S. I hope that i havent forgotten someone to give the proper credit. ********************************************** INSTALLATION ********************************************** 1. unzip into your aircraft folder The subfolder MiG-21S will be created 2. install Gunpod GP-9 2.1. Put file upk-23-250.lod and upk-23-250.bmp into your Weapons folder 2.2. include following lines into your weapondata.ini make sure to replace XXXX with your correct sequence number [WeaponDataXXXX] TypeName=GP-9 FullName=GP-9 23 mm Gunpod ModelName=upk-23-250 Mass=250.000000 Diameter=0.320000 Length=4.000000 SubsonicDragCoeff=0.220000 SupersonicDragCoeff=0.500000 AttachmentType=WP,SOVIET SpecificStationCode= NationName=SOVIET StartYear=1965 EndYear=2020 Availability=2 BaseQuantity=1 Exported=TRUE ExportStartYear=1967 ExportEndYear=2020 ExportAvailability=2 WeaponDataType=3 GunTypeName=23MM_GSH23 MaxRounds=200 MuzzlePosition=0.000000,1.675000,0.056000 LightPosition=0.000000,1.685000,0.056000 AimDirection=0.000000,1.000000,0.000000 EjectShells=0 2.3. ) open Weaponeditor and click on save Now the GP-9 Gunpod is available. Thats it! Enjoy flying. ************************************************ For remarks, comments, bugs, etc please use CombatAce forum or send me a PM. Hope you enjoy it. Michael (Gepard) Made in Germany Juli 2010 Click here to download this file

Thanks. I will try it.

Hey, it is now possible to import the SF2 planes into WOI!

File Name: Midway terrain v1.1A File Submitter: Gepard File Submitted: 16 November 2008 File Category: Terrains MIDWAY TERRAIN version 1.1A ======================= THIS IS NO NEW VERSION with improvements over version 1.1. It was neccessary to make this version, because Capun requested to remove his files from this mod. So it is now neccessary that you download following files from Capuns homepage http://cplengineeringllc.com/SFP1/ yourself and unzip it into your Objects/Groundobject folder. 1. Akagi 2. Brooklyn 3. CV-5 4. Fla-MG (you need to download the Browning AAA gunner. From there you need the files BrowningAAA.LOD and BrowningAAA.bmp) 5. Liberty (You will find, that i have left the subfolders of terrain version 1.1, but i have removed the LOD and BMP/TGA files. So you must unzip the downloaded files in the correct folder) Michael (Gepard) Germany August 2009 Midway terrain version 1.1 readme ======================= 0. Midway version 1.1 version was made as a response on community reactions who wanted more populated Midway islands. Thanks to Wrench and the others for help and ideas to make Midway terrain better. WHATS NEW? The number of target areas was increased from 10 to 21. +Kure Atoll airfield is now operational from 1943 +Trenches and AAA Machinegun sites are added on Midway. +PTBoat base added +2 Marine Camps +1 Radiostation +1 Radarstation +US Flags added For the case that you want to know, what if the japanese Landing operation would have been successfull i added as easteregg the file Midway What if_targets.ini. There the Midways and Kure atoll are in japanese hands. The japanese Navy is operating close to the islands and is waiting on the US counterstrike. If you want to play this scenario, backup file midway_targets.ini and rename file Midway What if_targets.ini. into midway_targets.ini Hope you enjoy Midway v1.1 ******************************************** I. Midway terrain is made for "Strike Fighters Project 1" SFP1. You can use it in Wings over Vietnam and Wings over Europe too. Wings over Israel can handle this terrain too, but the flight modells of prop driven planes shows anomalies in WOI. ============================================== II. Midway terrain covers a part of the Central Pacific Ocean with the atolls of Kure and Midway. It is the place were in 1942 a big Air-Sea-Battle was fought between the Imperial Japanese Navy and the US Navy. The japanese Navy was superior in numbers of ships, but the US side had some major advantages. No.1, the japanese communication code was broken, so that the US Navy commanders were able to read the enemy commands. No.2, the US had radar coverage, so that enemy surprise attacks were nearly impossible. No.3, the US had the superior number of airplanes which were deciding during the battle. The battle was fought as a pure air to sea combat. No single gunfire exchange between naval vessels took place. The result was that the japanese Navy lost 4 carriers and the US Navy lost 1 carrier. It was a impressive victory for the USA in Pacifice war theater. You can compare it with the Battle of Moscow on the Eastern Front or the first british victories in North Africa. Midway Terrain following target areas this are Kure Atoll (Neutral airbase) Eastern Island (Midway AB USMC) Sand Island (Midway USMC) ship formations Japan +Midway Occupation Force +Midway Support Force +Second Fleet Main Force ( 1 small carrier) +First Fleet Main Force (1 small carrier) +First Fleet Carrier Strike Force ( 4 carriers) USN +TF-16 (2 carrier) +TF-17 (1 carrier) ********************************************* III Known problems Up today it is impossible to take off and land from carriers while using single missions which are generated by random single mission screen. Thatswhy i added invisible airfields for taking off and landing in the centre of carrier formations. You will also start from the sea. This is not satisfying. Thatswhy it is the best to start the mission in the air to overcome this problem. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ IV. INSTALLATION 1.)unzip all files into your Terrain folder 2.)unzip Groundobject.rar into your Objects folder. Thats it. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ V. Credits At this place i want to say thank you to the guys who made the groundobjects and who gave me the permission to use them in Midway terrain. A very big thank you to Hinch for the Zuiho carrier and the japanese Battleship which is a moded Repulse etc. Thanks to TK for the great SFP1 sim family. And finally thanks to all guys who helped me with hints, advices etc. ******************************************* VI. Midway Terrain IS FREEWARE. COMMERCIAL USE IS NOT ALLOWED. GROUNDOBJECTS ARE FORBITTEN TO SHARE. If you want to do this please contact the makers of this Groundobjects. If you find bugs please post them in StrikeFighters section of Combatace.com forum. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ VII. Hope you enjoy it. Michael (Gepard) ============================================ VIII. Made in Germany November 2008 ============================================ IX. PS Q: How i can get Midway Terrain running in WOV, WOI or WOE A: 1. Open file Midway.ini 2. Look for line CatFile=..\Desert\Desert.cat 3. Replace this line with: for WOV: CatFile=..\VietnamSEA\VietnamSEA.cat for WOI: CatFile=..\IsraelME\IsraelME.cat for WOE: CatFile=..\GermanyCE\GermanyCE.cat Click here to download this file

read the "readme", make all as it is descriped and it will run.

The MiG-21bis had a special afterburner regime for dogfights below 4.000 meters that gave a thrust of 95kN. (Usable for 4 or 5 minutes then the engine overheats) With this regime the MiG-21bis has a thrust to weight ratio >1 and can hold its own against the F-16 in the vertical fight. But if you has the chance to take a seat in a MiG-21 you will see how small this plane is and how had the view.

Have downloaded it. Thanks TK!

Yak-3, Spitfire or MiG-29

Its a littel bit OT, but i think it is an interessting matter. US carrier task forces were equiped with attack carriers. The soviets built such type of carriers in the 80th with the Tblissi and Riga, later renamed in Kusnetzow and Varjag. In the 70th they had the Kiew class, which was officially an aircraft carrying anti submarine cruiser. The reason was, that the carriers could only be built at the Black Sea Wharfs. To come out of the black sea you must pass the Dardanelles and the Bosporus, which are turkish. There was a treaty in the 20th or 30th of last century beween Turkey and USSR which defines which type of soviet warships could pass the Dardanelles. And Carriers were not included in this treaty. All other soviet wharfs had not had the capability to built such big ships like carriers.

Its an unlicenced copy of the Su-33. Or with simple words product piracy.

File Name: MiG-21SMT Fishbed-K File Submitter: Gepard File Submitted: 11 July 2010 File Category: Mig-21 Fishbed MiG-21SMT Fishbed-K for SFP1, WOI, WOE, WOV ************************************* HISTORY ************************************* In the late 60th the soviet frontline aviation demanded a longer range MiG-21 for primary use as carrier for tactical nuclear weapons to the central european war theatre. The MiG-OKB choosed the MiG-21SM as basic for the development and simply enlarged the backfueltank, so that now the internal fuel amount climbed to 2.950 litres (2.400 lbs). The new bird was called MiG-21SMT. The T stands for "topliwo", what means "fuel". All SMT were prepared for the nuclear strike role. Only a relative small number of SMT's were built. They served mostly as dedicated nuc carriers at airfields in the GDR (east germany) ********************************************** MiG-21SMT for WOE, WOV, WOI, SFP1 credits ********************************************** While making the MiG-21SMT i used a lot of files made by other modders. Thanks for this files! The plane itself: ~~~~~~~~~~ Model and skin by TK The backfueltank ~~~~~~~~~~ Model is by TK The Cockpit ~~~~~~~~~ Cockpit by Mago/Paladrian And finally my little share ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I edited the Data file to fit the SMT. Further i made the skin for the backfueltank. I hope that i havent forgotten someone to give the proper credit. ********************************************** INSTALLATION ********************************************** 1. unzip into your aircraft folder The subfolder MiG-21SMT will be created 2. make sure that the files MiG-21SMTBack.lod and MiG-21SMTBack.bmp were placed into your Aircraft folder, not into the MiG-21SMT folder Thats it! Enjoy flying. ************************************************ For remarks, comments, bugs, etc please use CombatAce forum or send me a PM. Hope you enjoy it. Michael (Gepard) Made in Germany Juli 2010 Click here to download this file

Und ich dachte, daß ich der einzige bin, der das olle Rome TW immer noch mal hervorkramt! Ich habe mir nen eigenen kleinen Mod zusammengebastelt, bei dem es um Italien und Sizilien geht. Mich hat es nähmlich immer angestunken, daß man Sizilien in drei Spielzügen einnehmen konnte.

If the USAF would have had selected the F-17, i think Germany would have bought this bird and we would have no need for the Eurofighter. It would be nice if someone could create the Cobra for SFP1 or SF2.

An other way of laying rivers through a mountainious area i made in my Deutschland terrain (Germany for SFP1). For the famous Mittelrheintal (middle Rhine valley, the area around the Loreley with a lot of castles)i made new river tiles which more or less fitted to the terrain. But this was a lot of work.

My vote is for the Viper. It is exactly that kind of plane i love. Small, agile, high capable. But i would also like to see a Northrop F-17 Cobra, the forerunner of the F-18.

Vielleicht ist nur der Lüfter verdreckt. Ich habe an meinen letztens den Staubsauger drangehalten und seitdem geht es wieder.

File Name: MiG-21M Fishbed-G (1980) File Submitter: Gepard File Submitted: 03 July 2010 File Category: Mig-21 Fishbed MiG-21M Fishbed-G (1980) for SFP1, WOI, WOE, WOV ************************************* HISTORY ************************************* In the 60th the MiG OKB developed a recon version of the MiG-21. This bird (MiG-21R) got a bigger tank on the back. Basing on the MiG-21R the soviets developed the MiG-21S, a fighter plane with an improved radar RP-22 and a better weapon system. The S had 4 hardpoints under the wings and the big backtank of the R. But it had no internal gun. For export an simplified version was developed and called MiG-21M. The M looked very similar to the S, but got the old RP-21 radar. Because the costumers demanded an internal gun the MiG-21M got as first plane the GSha-23. On paper the MiG-21M had a good performance. It was twice as efficient in the ground attack role than the older MiG-21 versions and was also able to carry the double number of air to air missiles. But in reality the pilots did not love this bird. The MiG-21M was much heavier than the MiG-21F, PF, PFM (SPS-K) but had the same engine. So the agility of the older planes was lost. In contrary the MiG-21M was a very stable gun plattform. Later in service the MiG-21M was updated a couple of times. It got the protection plates below the side air intakes (Startklappen) which should avoid FOD incidents, but also protect against gun smoke which could harm the engine. In some cases the MiG-21M got the engine of the MiG-21MF. The MiG-21M got the ability to carry twin rail launchers and was updated to carry the missile R-60. The bird in this package is the updated MiG-21M with protection plates, and MiG-21MF engine, but without periscope on the canopy. ********************************************** MiG-21M (1980) for WOE, WOV, WOI, SFP1 credits ********************************************** While making the MiG-21M i used a lot of files made by other modders. Thanks for this files! The plane itself: ~~~~~~~~~~ Model by TK The skin ~~~~~~ I'm not sure, because no readme was included. I think it could be done by MarcFighters. The Cockpit ~~~~~~~~~ Cockpit by Mago/Paladrian The tactical numbers. ~~~~~~~~~ basing on the MiG-21F numbers by PauloPanz And finally my little share ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I edited the Data file to delete the periscope and the protection plates and made some othe minor changes. I hope that i havent forgotten someone to give the proper credit. ********************************************** INSTALLATION ********************************************** 1. unzip into your aircraft folder The subfolder MiG-21M (1980)will be created Thats it! Enjoy flying. ************************************************ For remarks, comments, bugs, etc please use CombatAce forum or send me a PM. Hope you enjoy it. Michael (Gepard) Made in Germany Juli 2010 Click here to download this file

File Name: MiG-23FI non swing wing Flogger File Submitter: Gepard File Submitted: 03 July 2010 File Category: Fictional Aircraft, Experimental and UAV's MiG-23FI non swing wing Flogger for SFP1, WOI, WOE, WOV ************************************* HISTORY ************************************* In the 60th the MiG-23 was developed as counterpart to the american F-111 fighters. In both superpowers the specialists had the strong belief, that the time of dogfight was over. The major task, so they thought, would be the high speed intercept mission. For that kind of warfare the MiG-23 was optimized. In the local wars in late 60th it was proof, that the days of dogfight were far away to be over. In cotrary, the dogfight was still the major task of a fighter plane and for that kind of warfare the MiG-23 was not suited. So the MiG OKB started a development line to make the plane more agil, which finally led to the MiG-23ML, which was much better than the first MiG-23, but was also no born dogfighter. So in 1971 the MiG-OKB started to develope a high agile future frontline fighter (Project 9), which had its maidenflight in 1977 under the designation MiG-29. One of the first studies of the project 9 showed a plane in size and shape of the MiG-23ML with F-15 like air intakes, two engines and non swing wings. My MiG-23FI is fiction. It is one step back, a MiG-23ML look alike with non swing wings and dogfight optimized wings with aditionally hardpoints. FI stands for "frontowoi istrebitjel" what means: Frontline fighter. ********************************************** MiG-23FI for WOE, WOV, WOI, SFP1 credits ********************************************** While making the MiG-23FI i used a lot of files made by other modders. Thanks for this files! The plane itself: ~~~~~~~~~~ Model by Mirage Factory. Sony, thanks a lot for the permission to use it. The Cockpit ~~~~~~~~~ Cockpit by Paladrian Added objects. ~~~~~~~~~ The pylons are taken from Lindr2's MiG-29 package Then i used CIACHOs AKU-58 file to create the chaff flare dispensers And finally my little share ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I edited the Data file a littel bit and puzzled the parts together. Then i modified the original skin to make a blue MiG. I hope that i havent forgotten someone to give the proper credit. ********************************************** INSTALLATION ********************************************** 1. unzip into your aircraft folder The subfolder MiG-23FI will be created 2. make sure that the following files are placed in aircraft folder, NOT in MiG-23FI folder: MiG-23 Pylon.LOD and bmp MiG-23IRWerfer.LOD and bmp WPact_Pilot.LOD and bmp otherwise you will see pilots sitting on the wings and on the back of the bird. Thats it! Enjoy flying. ************************************************ For remarks, comments, bugs, etc please use CombatAce forum or send me a PM. Hope you enjoy it. Michael (Gepard) Made in Germany Juli 2010 Click here to download this file

What i have heared in radio: Mick Jagger was for the USA. The USA is gone. Mick Jagger was for England. England is gone. Mick Jagger was for Brazil. Brazil is gone. Will we hope that Mick Jagger isn't for us!! PS: No he was for Argentina! And finally the word of old Gerry Linecker "Football is a game for 22 kickers and finally the Germans win!"

Strange thing. I tested it yesterday with WOE again and all went well. At Jalalabad i had no problems. It seems to be, that something is corrupted in your terrain installation. Perhaps a reinstall would solve the problem.