From: Doug Murphy Subject: Mustangs Variants Cliff Hansen put these together more almost 2 years ago...I've had a few requests for them recently from the Web-Grognard's review so I thought to share them with the list, and Alan, maybe you'd like to add it to your site. If you have AH's Mustangs and its expansion, these corrections and variants allow even more aircraft to be used. Speed numbers are Level / Dive Ref: Combat Aircraft of World War II, compiled by E.M. Weal, MacMillan, 1977. France Bloch MB-151: use MB-152 but with Tri Sq Shi (less powerful engine than in MB-152; equipped FNAF vs. Italy in June '40, heavy losses. About 140 built. 9 supplied to Greece and used against Italy Oct 40) MB-155 (MB-152 w/ defense 4) only 8 built before armistice; 25 built for Vichy AF. Caudron C.714 C1 Cyclone. Guns:2; Ammo: 6; Alt: 4, Def: 3, Speed 3/4; Shi, Sq, Sq (use Me 109 B2 counter. Development of pre-war racers, entered service early 40, 20 equipped one volunteer Polish unit 2-13 June 40 in France, 6 supplied to Finland; 9 to Vichy, 20+ to Germany. Great Britain Sea Hurricane IA had catapult gear only, specifically for launch from catapult equipped merch ships; 50 produced, use Hurricane I counter. Sea Hurrican IB = Hurricane I; Sea Hurricane IC/IIC = Hurricane IIC Both were equipped for catapult launch and arrested landings. Spitfire IB (30 Spit IA conversions) has guns: 6; Spitfire IIB (170 produced) has guns: 6 Major productions were IA/IIA models; IIC was an Air-Sea rescue version, same counter. Spitfire VA was uncommon (production 94); VB and VC had thousands. Bristol Bulldog IV: guns 1; ammo: 8; Alt: 5; Def: 3; Speed 2/3; use Glad counter, in Finn service at start of Winter War. Fairy Fox VI: guns 2, ammo: 8; alt: 6, Def 3: speed 2/3. use Glad., in Belgian service June 1940. Fairy Fulmar: guns 4, ammo 6, alt 4, def 4, Speed 2/3, Tri Sq Sq, first modern RN carrier fighter until Seafire; action in Norway, Dunkirk, Malta. Gloster Gauntlet Mk 2: Glad w/ guns 1. Used by Finn (?) and South Africa in Italian East Africa Hawker Fury (Nimrod, Nimrodderne): guns 1; Ammo 6; Alt 5, Def 3, Spd: 2/3; Shi Dia Dia. Use Glad (only cause its a biplane counter). Used by S. Africa v. Italy and Yugoslavia vs. Germany Apr'41; Nimrod / Nimrodderne were Danish license-built and probably didn't see combat... Italy CR 32bis: guns 2; ammo 6; Alt 4: Def 3; Spd 2/3, Sq, Dia, Cir...earlier than CR 42 - use CR 42 counter. In use in Greece/East Africa/Spanish Civil War. CR 42AS should have guns 2; only the CR 42ter had 4x12.7 mm MG. G 55/1: guns 7; ammo 5; Alt 6; Def 4; Spd 4/5; Shi Sq Sq. About 185 built, used by RSIAF alongside Lufw in N. Italy 43-44. MC 200 late versions added 2x7.7 mm MG in wings; guns 3 MC 202cannon batch variant only 1 a/c. MC 202 early batch variant had 2x12.7 mm MG. guns should be 2, not 1. MC 205 I / III; guns 3/6; ammo 8/6; alt 6; def 4; Spd 4 / 5 high power; Shi Sq Sq. Use MC 202. Final development in MC 200 series. entered service July 43; almost all surviving joined RSIAF as did G 55/1; used by one Luft group. about 260 built. Re 2001 Or Serie II (intended for Italian Naval Carrier fighter) guns 3., ammo 6; alt 6; def 4; spd: 3/4. use Re 2000. completed as a night fighter. about 230 built. Operated by IAF over Malta, Sicily, Italy. about 21 remained at Armistice. Re 2002 (2001 w/ radial engine) operated late 42-43 by Luft was anti-partisan ground attack a/c in France. Re 2005; guns 7; ammo 5 ; alt 6; Spe: 4/5; Tri Sq Sq. use Re 2000 counter. Entered IAF service May '43. used by Luft over Berlin (about 20 built). Japan A6M6 model 53C (late version of A6M, thousands built) guns 7 ammo 5 high power, use A6M5. J2M2 Jack guns should be 5 (2x20 mm + 2x7.7 mm) 155 built. J2M3 Jack guns should be 8 (4x20 mm) same as J2M3a; much more numerous (260) than J2M3a (21). Ki 43 IIIb guns 4; Ki 43 Iia / Iib changed from 2x12.7 MG to 2x20 mm cannon only 2 built. Ki 44 IIC: guns 8, ammo 4; IIIa guns 8, ammo 4 high power Tri Sq Sq; IIIb same as IIIa cept guns 9 (use Ki 44 counter) Ki 61 Ia/Ib mod: replaced MG with 2x20 mm cannon. Ki 62-AId should read Ki 61-KAId. Ki 61 II b guns 8 ammo 4; high power; was re-engined. Ki 84 Ib guns 8; ammo 5; Ic guns 9; ammo 5; II: guns 8; ammo 5; def 3 (part wood late war construction) NIKI should be N1K1; a/c in game is likely the N1K2-J George 21 (the George 11b was less manuverable, w/ 4x20 mm so Guns 8. Netherlands In May'40 had 28 Fokker D.XXI and 23 Fokker G.IA Fokker D.XXI: guns 2, ammo 6, Alt 5; def 3; Spd: 2/3, Shi Sq Dia (use Me 109 B-2) Fokker G.IA: guns 4, ammo 6; Alt 5; Def 4; Spd 3/4, Tri Sq Dia (use P-38G; was twin engined). Poland PZL P7a is identical in game terms to P11c...3 squadrons in Sept39 PZL P24F: guns 5, ammo 5, use P11c counter. re-engined, cannon-armed, export version. some used by Greece v. Italy / Germany. Some by Rumania vs. USSR (guns 2, ammo 8 here). only 1 was Polish. USA P26-A "eashooter" use Mohawk. Guns 2, Ammo 6; alt 6; def 3, spd 2/3. 12 equipped Phillipine AF. Also in China 1930s. Curtis Hawk III: guns 1, Ammo 6; Alt 4; def 3; Spd 2/3, Shi Sq Dia (use P-35A) used by Chinese vs. Jap and Thai vs. Vichy. P-63A guns should be 6 (1x37 mm + 4x0.5in MG) Republic P-43A-1 Lancer; guns 3, ammo 6, Alt 5; def 4; spd 4/5; use P-47 counter. 125 bought by China 42-43. Doug Murphy