Wings at War Khalkhin Gol Aircraft Table

 

Despite a distinct lack of interest from the Wings at War Facebook group, I've decided to crack ahead with my rules writing project for this year, albeit a little late, to develop a set of Wings or War rules for the Khalkhin Gol / Nonomhan conflict. This builds on all the research and development work that I did last year for the Bag the Hun scenario project, which resulted in the publication of Red Star Rampant. 

The task over the last couple of days has been to work out the energy ratings for the Japanese and Soviet aircraft, factoring in the altitude ratings that I worked out ages ago. I've come up with this table which covers pretty much all of the main types and includes one that I missed out before, the Kharkiv R-10 single-engine, two-seat reconnaissance aircraft, which saw some use during the war but didn't play a major role. 

Neman R-10 | Weapons and Warfare

There are a few question marks over some of these Energy / Energy Loaded numbers but I think it's not too far off. There will be some other things to factor into the performance of the various aircraft, tight turning and reverses being one of them, which will give some a positive edge in air-to-air fighting and others a negative constraint, a good example being the -1 for biplanes like the Ki-10 and I-153 when tight turning due to their light wing loading. 

The next thing to do is to work out the armament and bombing capabilities for the aircraft, then move on to the initial game setup including the formations and pilot skill ratings, which I'm thinking will be different depending on the stage of the conflict. This is all a bit sketchy and I'll need to have a look at other rules to get some ideas, specifically the Duel of Aces WW1 set and A Mighty Fortress, the WWII strategic bombing rules when I get back home. I'm in no rush!