Ship:Béarn - Revision history

HasteMakesWaste:na: Combat Air Patrol

2024-05-30T04:16:57Z

Combat Air Patrol

HasteMakesWaste:na: 13,4

2024-05-27T03:35:35Z

13,4

HasteMakesWaste:na: 13.3

2024-04-12T02:57:07Z

13.3

Ahskance:na: Protected "Ship:Béarn" ([Edit=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite)) [cascading]

2024-03-26T19:41:58Z

Protected "Ship:Béarn" ([Edit=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite)) [cascading]

SirDixie:eu: Historical background

2024-02-22T19:03:28Z

Historical background

HasteMakesWaste:na: 13.1

2024-02-07T19:05:07Z

13.1

HasteMakesWaste:na: 12.11

2023-12-04T20:22:35Z

12.11

d_ma48:na at 19:07, 25 October 2022

2022-10-25T19:07:12Z

d_ma48:na at 19:06, 25 October 2022

2022-10-25T19:06:56Z

d_ma48:na at 19:06, 25 October 2022

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 ====Skip Bombers====
 * '''Slot 1:''' {{Engine Cooling}} [2]
-* '''Slot 2:''' {{Patrol Fighter}} ['''8''']
+* '''Slot 2:''' {{Combat Air Patrol}} ['''8''']
 ====Dive Bombers====
 * '''Slot 1:''' {{Engine Cooling}} [2]
-* '''Slot 2:''' {{Patrol Fighter}} ['''8''']
+* '''Slot 2:''' {{Combat Air Patrol}} ['''8''']
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 *Update 13.3:
 **Updated the Patrol Fighter UI icon and description for the ship.
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-Her intended use was to develop tactics and techniques for carrier aviation operations.  She would undergo five refits before the beginning of World War II as these tactics and techniques developed.  The forward elevator had a unique two-story design so that, when lowered, the flight deck could still be used.  In March 1936, Béarn launched a Potez 565, marking the first time in history a twin-engined aircraft operated from an aircraft carrier.
+''Béarn'' was a French aircraft carrier converted from a ''Normandie''-class battleship during the 1920s. After the Fall of France, she spent 3 years restricted to port in Martinique. When she transferred to the control of the Free French forces, she was converted into an aircraft transport. Following World War II, she served in various roles until being decommissioned in 1960 and sold for scrap in 1967.
-With her only involvement being training pilots off the coast during the early stages of the war, Béarn remained the only aircraft carrier France produced until after World War II.
+<h4>Construction</h4>
-Service History
+Later in 1920, a French visit to the British HMS Argus led to a proposal to convert a ''Normandie''-class battleship into an aircraft carrier. Trials were carried out using ''Béarn’s'' hull, and a temporary wooden deck and improvised arrester gear were constructed. The first trials were carried out in October using British Sopwith 1½ Strutters. Further trials were conducted the following year with the Hanriot HD.3. At this time she still lacked propulsion equipment and her hull had only been constructed up to the lower armored deck.
-In June 1940 Béarn was diverted to Martinique in the French West Indies when the French signed an armistice with Germany.  She was underway to purchase and return with a load of aircraft from the United States.  Concerned that Germany would take control of Béarn if she returned to France, the United States pressured the local commander to immobilize her in mid- 1942.  In 1943, the Vichy government ordered her to be sabotaged. Eventually following the order the local commander ran her aground and flooded the boiler room.
+The Washington Naval Treaty came into force in 1922, placing restrictions on the number of battleships that a nation could build and operate. The terms of the treaty meant that the Normandie-class battleships would need to be scrapped. The Marine Notionale decided that ''Béarn'' would be completed as an aircraft carrier, as her construction was less advanced than her four sister ships and thus conversion would be considerably cheaper.
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 **Patrol Fighters consumable parameters were changed:
 ***Air visibility radius increased from 2 to 4.5 km.
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 **Fixed a bug due to which the air groups on the deck were placed in the wrong order.
 **First went on sale in December 2021.
-*Update 0.11.8
+*Update 0.11.8:
 **Skip bombers:
 ***HE bomb damage reduced from 6,100 to 5,800.
 ***Chances of causing a fire on target reduced from 35% to 33%.
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 ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' is a support carrier that can specialize in a more defensive playstyle. Her strike planes are solid, but her fighters are amazing. Due to this, this carrier does well in counter carrier tactics which can be effective in random battles but even more so in ranked battles.
 '''Vought V-156F Skip Bombers'''
 Her skip bombers are effective against all ship classes. The bombs have solid alpha, good fire chance, and break the 26mm and 32mm armor threshold for battleships all the way to tier 8. They are also accurate and only skip two times therefore making them easier to aim which helps hit destroyers more consistently. However, unlike the skip bombers found on ''[[Max Immelmann]]'' and the Russian aircraft carriers, the skip bombers have a longer attack initiation phase before the skip bombs are able to be dropped, so attacks must be planned in advance. A full squad drops 4 bombs per attack run and can make 4 attack runs with a single squad, making ''Bearn'' quite effective against destroyers.
 '''Vought V-156F Dive Bombers'''
 The armor-piercing dive bombers are only effective against capital ships. Unlike other carriers in tier, each attack run drops four AP bombs instead of two, making her damage output more consistent. However, the AP bombs have low alpha and lower pen, and thus require proper reticle lineup and careful target selection to get the full value out of each drop.
 '''Patrol Fighters'''