ThvN wrote:Speaking of the Hungarian airforce, will there be seperate units to represent the MÁVAG Héja (modified Re.2000), and perhaps even the 'what-if' fighter based on the cancelled He-112 license, the WM-23?
I know Wikipedia isnt the end all source of info, but it had this to say about the WM-23:I made earlier thoughts about that but I than cancelled to put it in the campaign. It was too far for me from the reality as it's production was not cancelled by outer powers (like bombings) but inner mechanical problems. But the already mentioned armour types will be there.
"After the licensed production of the He 112B fell through in 1939, the plan was to switch the production line to build a Manfred-Weiss-designed aircraft called the W.M.23 Ezüst Nyíl ("Silver Arrow"). The aircraft was basically a He 112B adapted to local construction; the wings were wooden versions of the He 112's planform, the fuselage was made of plywood over a steel frame, and the engine was a licensed version of the 746 kW (1,000 hp)-class Gnome-Rhone Mistral-Major radial.
It would seem that this "simplified" aircraft would be inferior to the He 112, but in fact the higher-powered engine made all the difference and the W.M.23 proved to be considerably faster than the He 112. Nevertheless, work proceeded slowly and only one prototype was built. The project was eventually canceled outright when the prototype crashed in early 1942. It is still a mystery why so little work had been done in those two years on what appeared to be an excellent design."
So, maybe we could get the WM-23 in a "what if" scenario? i mean, surely the first prototype crashed, but then again, it was the first prototype!
Maybe in a winning path Hungarian R&D would get more time to develop a working WM-23? Maybe as a "bonus unit" in the last scenarios! There is always the "since we are winning, let us test our new aircraft" situation!
I mean, unless Wikipedia is terribly wrong with its info, it seems the WM-23 is no more or less plausible than the end-game german aircraft in the normal game.