Full IL-2 1946 mission: Royal Navy VS Regia Aeronautica & Regia Marina

[@enricogolinelli5451]

It was a pleasure and an honour to fly together with you Fishyyy and Marcom. We all hope to participate together again in the near future and in more missions :) I am Enry, the G.50 tagged 182-Red 9. It was great fun participating alongside with my mates at this great battle. We defended our fleet with everything that we've got (so far that I've covered at the best of my capabilities the fleet for 10/15 mins with a broken engine) and although outnumbered, we still defeated the whole striking force by losing the Caio Duilio BB. Still, awesome flying from all and it was huge fun dodging our AA fire and engaging the Swordfishes!

[@Karelwolfpup]

was the Caio Duilio a particularly cursed ship irl?

[@enricogolinelli5451]

@@Karelwolfpup uhm well, looking up at the historical past of the Caio Dulio and Andrea Doria, it's quite outstanding what our naval industry was capable of doing: these ships were built just before WWI, saw limited combat in it, were almost erased from service only to be completely rebuilt and modernized in the 1937-40 period. If you look at the old layout and the modernized one, you can see the massive amounts of changes applied to these old boats in just 3 years. From being classic WWI-shaped battleships to almost "little Littorios". Nevertheless, despite the several and substantial changes and improvements made, it was still a WWI design at heart; compared to the ships of other navys they were obsolete. Their main weakness was all-around protection, and not sufficient weaponry. To be fair, although obsolete, they served well in escorting every italian convoy towards Lybia: their AA fire was good at keeping the enemy planes away and the artillery batteries were still capable of threatening the RN cruisers, destroyers and older battleships.

[@Karelwolfpup]

@@enricogolinelli5451 ah so a bit of a glass cannon when compared to more modern BBs, but much like the old RN Queen Elizabeth class, she found a niche in convoy escort?

[@enricogolinelli5451]

@@Karelwolfpup yeah exactly! They were used like some sort of heavy escorts that could fend off enemy planes as well as having an argument against most RN ships. Their protection wasn't enough against the most modern BBs but useful against typical convoy threats (so planes, DDs and cruisers)

[@Karelwolfpup]

@@enricogolinelli5451 given the majority of the med fleet's light cruiser consist with older and a couple newer battleships tied up largely in convoy defence, makes sense.

[@stralabastro142]

I love these videos with the Italians in the Mediterranean, keep up the good work.

[@Fishyyy]

Thanks, will do!

[@smigoltime]

OMG YES finally some early war stuff :---D

[@smigoltime]

now I'm waiting for spanish civil war :D

[@scottishseal631]

@@smigoltime look who we have here

[@davidgt9674]

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[@vmoney9106]

The Italian takeoff was exactly how I imagine the Italians, confusion. No German ordnung to be seen at all! Great vid guys.

[@kusajko3644]

Not gonna lie, dogfights over battleships engaging each other do be looking kinda badass.

[@enricogolinelli5451]

Believe me, they were. Once we spotted the enemy, we broke formation and I did a 109-style dive towards them (almost breaking the plane XD) and engaged them right in the middle of the AA fire. Don't try this at home. XD

[@kusajko3644]

@@enricogolinelli5451 God, I will have to finally buy myself a joystick and try this game out, it has been on my wishlist for far too long.

[@enricogolinelli5451]

@@kusajko3644 please do! You won't regret it I assure you. I also have CloD and BoS but, honestly, Il-2 1946 with mods it's just another level. You can also join our group that flies online regularly 3 times a week ;)

[@mrj4990]

Probably the best overall mission I’ve enjoyed. You guys did amazing work, much appreciated.

[@davidfox2056]

Awesome video as always, love the fact that this time more italians played with you guys, as soon as i get IL2 1946 and learn how it works, I'll look forward to playing with you guys.

[@enricogolinelli5451]

We played Il-2 1946 for a long time, and each of us has a lot of experience with this masterpiece of a game. In our group, we play weekly 3 times a week with the BAT super-mod. Every time I have an opportunity (like this one) to play together with others at this game, it's a perfect day. Come play with us! The more we are the better ;)

[@stralabastro142]

@@enricogolinelli5451 la BAT è inutilmentte troppo grande in termini di GB di spazio richiesto e troppo instabile dal mio punto di vista, non avrebbe senso scaricare sia ypack che BAT secondo me, penso che sia più vantaggioso ypack.

[@enricogolinelli5451]

@@stralabastro142riguardo al peso ti posso capire, però considera che hai un secolo di aviazione dentro. BAT è l'apice delle mod di Il-2, è molto supportata e riceve frequentemente aggiornamenti con più contenuti. Inoltre, nelle ultime versioni il peso è sceso notevolmente, permettendo a chi vuole di scaricare solo il modulo della WW2 o tutto quanto. Riguardo la stabilità, secondo me BAT ora è molto stabile. Io l'ho avuta sin dalle prime versioni e ti assicuro che ha fatto passi da gigante. In ogni caso, il nostro gruppo vola BAT ma YPack è comunque un'opzione buona disponibile

[@davidfox2056]

@@enricogolinelli5451 seems cool, hoe can i join? (also sorry for the late answer btw)

[@54blewis]

Should do more naval warfare scenes like Jutland or WWI Falkland’s….or even 1982 Falkland’s war,with both air and naval action…

[@tHeWasTeDYouTh]

yes, been waiting for this video for a while. need some Folgore

[@Fishyyy]

There are english subtitles for the italian voice parts :) I am sorry it has been so long since my last upload. The crew has encounterd a major issue and video production is basically stopped. All work on any mods has stopped, too. I could really use at least one new modder and probably a few pilots, too. Anyway, here are the highlights: (T indicates an attack by Triple, M one by Marcom, Ma one by Mardok and E one by Enry.) 2:35 Triple's takeoff 3:04 Marcom's takeoff 4:12 Mardok's takeoff 5:41 Enry's takeoff 6:42 Fishyyy's takeoff 6:56 Luchhesi's takeoff 7:03 Boris' moment 7:50 Boris' takeoff 14:40 Roma opens fire 18:25 Nelson opens fire 20:43 Rodney opens fire 23:07 Ma1 23:18 M1 23:26 E1 23:40 M2 24:01 E2 24:08 M3 24:37 E3 24:43 M4 24:19 Ma2 & T1 25:08 Ma3 25:16 E4 25:33 Marcom shot at by Fulmar 26:03 T2 26:16 Ma emergency landing 27:13 Combined arms 27:30 T3 29:20 Heavy cruiser sunk 30:01 M5 30:33 Swordfish torp runs 30:41 M6 31:33 M7 31:56 E5 32:07 Boris, battleship killer 32:22 Lucchesi's torp hit 36:53 Enry's emergency landing 38:21 Light cruiser sunk 39:36 Light cruiser sunk 52:30 Heavy cruiser seizes fire 53:45 Roma seizes fire 55:37 Triple's "landing" 57:23 Marcom's landing 59:23 Scores

[@graep5863]

you forgot the part when you died

[@moomeansmooable]

I do miss flying 46

[@bluestorm3628]

If I may inquire about what happened to the two nelson class battleships at the end? They both just seemed to disappear from the battle. Also how technically won that battle, or was it indecisive in the end?

[@Fishyyy]

At the time of this recording, I was unable to properly balance ship fights. All ships were particularly vulnerable to heavy artillery shells. Even cruiser fire would quickly sink battleships. I made the Nelsons disengage early, so that not all ships would be sunk during the battle. After the mission was recorded, I got the ability to make ships properly resistant to incoming shells. The newest version of this battle has the Nelsons basically charge in and it usually ends in a paddling for the RM.

[@bluestorm3628]

@@Fishyyy ok, thanks very much for the info, I was sure they pretty much did nothing meaningfull during the hole battle, and that there aiming was terrible. Though I must admit, I did not expect the fulmars fighters to be so effective, I pretty much put them up to be another failed British plane. (Kinda like how they where in the real war so to speak)

[@ajazzforrock]

Great work guys! The battle really seemed to come to life on this one.

[@olivergarcia2304]

Another kickass video! Thanks guys!

[@alessiorapallino1291]

Fantastico, un video sulla Regia Aeronautica! Fatene altri, vi prego, magari con i C202 o gli S79. Siete i migliori! Awesome Regia Aeronautica video! Please, male another One with c 202s or S79s. You're the best, guys!!

[@bentilbury2002]

This is excellent! Well done Fishyy and to all involved.

[@ionidhunedoara1491]

Italian pilots: "We don't want enclosed cockpits." Commmando Supremo: "You are assigned to assist the Lutwaffe in Russia".

[@italianduded1161]

They performed pretty well. The Mc202 has closed canopy as well as others.

[@italianduded1161]

Also the open canopy was because of the problems the glass used for those planes gave.

[@italianduded1161]

Finnish pilots: it's pretty hot in here... thank God the G.50 got the open canopy.

[@m.pernix]

Wonderful Battle. Il2 1946 can still give magnificent emotions. Very good ... especially to the Italian squadron;)

[@bobka_old]

Damn, i love this film, battle from both perspectives, sea, battleships, italians in chat.. Splendid!

[@danikoo582]

It's a game

[@bobka_old]

@@danikoo582 no way..

[@danikoo582]

@@bobka_old Yep, it's called IL-2 1946. The game is a bit modded in this video but the game looks fine despite being made in 2006

[@OneofInfinity.]

This version of IL-2 ages like fine wine, I remember how amazed I was at the graphics at release and then the gameplay.

[@stanleytoolbar4867]

Love the interaction with the ships....Long time watcher, and this my Favorite post to date:) Hope you do more in this arena!

[@Fishyyy]

I would love to! These ships do require tons of work in order to become truely viable, though :/

[@FantastikkLive]

Sehr schön gemacht mit den Schiffen und Granateinschlägen, ist das zufälligerweise die Schlacht von Tarent? :)

[@wisp666]

Ah, the big guns don’t recoil! Come on IL2. The aerial stuff is so good…. Great vid, btw. 👍

[@federicogiamperoli928]

Wow, that's could be easily an alternative story/end for some real historical air-naval battles. I would say Punta Stilo in such case, were they were two damaged ship per each side. And italian battleship hit was the Cavour, which could definitely be the one sunk here

[@hariszark7396]

Very nice video. I appreciate the effort for English subtitles and multiple camera views making it more cinematic and pleasant to watch. 👍👍👍👍👍👌

[@giguy9355]

what a treat to see early war air combat! I personally always preferred it to the late war stuff that is more typically seen.

[@BumroyV2]

I really appreciate how you kept cutting to the ships. I adore any game with detailed military ships, and 1946's models have aged spectacularly well.

[@Fishyyy]

Most of those models have been extracted from World of Warships, lol.

[@ErwacheSS]

This is perfect! I watch again and again this video. I love both side formation fly, italian side speech too lovely. Wonderful planned mission. Thanks for sharing this.

[@duncanholbrook512]

I really do love the early war Italian planes and ships. I get more and more interested in the smaller factions of WWII and how they contributed. Great mission would love to see more.

[@ludosushi4106]

Damn, that naval battle was awesome, it looked really great. Hope you and the crew will be able to fix this issue you mentionned, looks kinda worrisome though. But it's still incredible how you can modd this game, that naval battle man... wow!

[@panzerothelake2178]

That Roma model is so detailed, same with the Zara, Leander and County class cruisers

[@Szopen715]

It's not Zara, it's Abruzzi ;) But yes, they are extremelly well done

[@Karelwolfpup]

I love how Roma opens up at almost 40kms and is actually pretty damned accurate. Royal Navy officers were impressively worried by received Italian naval gunnery during the war XD

[@davidfox2056]

Roma was far superior than the british ships like the Nelson, and Italian BBs main batteries in general had a better range.

[@Karelwolfpup]

@@davidfox2056 only problem was the ammunition and lack of fuel if I remember Drachinifels' vids on the matter correctly

[@eduardo163]

There is a battle, in the middle of 1942, that the english navy went back to their base only by the presence of the italian battleships at sea...

[@stevechurch4728]

@@davidfox2056 the warspite is recorded as the longest ranged ship to ship gun engagement, against an italian ship in the med theatre.

[@gowensbach2998]

Magnificent, all around!

[@GavinTheFifer]

These videos really wanna make me get IL-2 1946, seems like a lot more content despite its age

[@hariszark7396]

The game is the best in the IL-2 series in my opinion. Still playing and enjoying it to this day. Never bothered with later versions like BOS or GB etc...

[@Artiglio1977]

Che bravi bellissimo video 😉💪

[@garysparks7960]

Is shit I'm going down the best famous last words

[@mikhailiagacesa3406]

Perfecto!

[@DrydockDreamsGames]

Absolutely phenomenal

[@Labestia208]

Complimenti, bellissima missione, viene voglia di tornare su 1946

[@enricogolinelli5451]

Torna! Il nostro gruppo internazionale (fondato da italiani) vola regolarmente 3 volte a settimana con la supermod BAT. // Come back! Our international group (founded by Italians) flies 3 times a week regularly with the super-mod BAT

[@gabrielcooper1248]

Next level immersion with the Italians

[@stanleytoolbar4867]

Id like to see you do a video around Midway. You have the abilities.

[@ThePilot4ever]

32:43 "Only commissioned officers are permitted to use the life raft as commanded by His Majesty the King"

[@jonesy66691]

It's a shame that there are no modern WW2 combat sims as good as this. It would be amazing to have this much content available in VR.

[@JR-yb6kt]

The modern IL2: Great Battles is fully VR functional and a lot of fun. It's still missing content that exists in 1946 but is worth checking out.

[@M4rcom44]

@@JR-yb6kt they will introduce VR for Cliff Of Dover too, game that I like and suggest to buy.

[@peterp4037]

Companies spend millions in making videogames that are fun to play and many fail. IL2 1946 is more than a decade old and it still looks good and you can build your own missions. No other sim has so much fun factor as this one, not even DCS.

[@enricogolinelli5451]

Il-2 1946 is a MASTERPIECE. Best game I've ever had (playing since 2009)

[@Swedeflyern]

Il2 is two decades old. 2001!!

[@mauropietrobelli241]

Che bello vedere degli italiani che volano con gli aerei italiani 🇮🇹🇮🇹

[@AlxanderMatt]

you made an awesome war movie

[@M4rcom44]

Thank you all for the wonderful support!! We love you guys.

[@_Braised]

Boy these Mediterranean missions look glorious- watching the BBs launch broadsides was spectacular. BTW- from about 41:00 or so there's a big section including dialogue without subtitles. Maybe a glitch?

[@Fishyyy]

Marcom decided not to subtitle those areas.

[@enricogolinelli5451]

We were just chatting about different versions and mods for Il-2 essentially. Not really that interesting... XD

[@francescog.a.4533]

Great video, really scenographic A 56:00 sono morto con "Aaaaaccidenti.....l'ho sceso come una piuma" bellissimo ragazzi

[@Oskar_GD]

Its like a film.

[@eslima70]

Oh saudade de jogar

[@stefanogalliano5634]

16:06 dudes on that ship: " ay bruv that shit gettin kinda close innit?"

[@EpicJoshua314]

Great to see a lot of British and Italian ships here as the stock IL-2 1946 greatly lacked ships, especially on the British and Japanese side (and there were no Italian Battleships). I mean, they included the Bismarck and the Prince of Wales, but not the Repulse and Nelson class, which makes having the former ships essentially pointless. I really hated how the King George V class Battleship was the placeholder Battleship as that only works for the Yamato and Iowa class, not the Kongo, Pennsylvania, etc. class Battleships. Though IL-2 1946 is an old game, it's the best flight sim ever made!

[@davidprosser7278]

Well done.

[@gabrielfloriano7738]

Nice video

[@robmiller1964]

From what little I have read about the Italian Airforce in WW2 this particular aircraft was very/extremely maneuverable. I have made a model of it. A nd another one that was powered by a Daimler Benz engine; it looked like a 109 surprise surprise! And then I made a model of the great Italian 3 engine bomber! They are tucked away in my garage some where and were 1/72 scale, so small! I'm going for the Italians as I have an Italian Brother In Law and I love my Italian connection, even though my dad fought the Italians in Greece and then again in North Africa, he fought the Germans in Greece Crete, North Africa and Italy, he even fought the Communists over Trieste! War is stupid, Putin is a FW, and all Russians are "Shivers Looking For a Spine to Run Up!" Russia has never had democracy and never will under its current path! Russia is a Russian Tolstoy Tragedy! I am so pleased I have no Russian ancestry! I my self am 1/4 Norwegian, 1/4 Scottish, 1/4 Irish, 1/8th English and 1/8th German..... and that's what I think I know about as there has been some reference to French and Prussian as well, anyway it means I'm a 4th generation Pakeha Kiwi who loves our Maori brothers and sisters! Go Ukraine! Love from New Zealand!

[@blubb9004]

22:16 Does this thing have airbrakes? - The reargunner stands up and creates drag. High-tech. :)))

[@tommyiseppi6276]

Bravissimi, anche con l'italiano!

[@mauropietrobelli241]

More italian planes please

[@OrzoSemplice]

There are stil people playing il2 1946 multiplayer in casual servers?

[@M4rcom44]

Sure! there are several open groups where you can have fun. The easiest way is to download discord and join our server. From there you can be redirected to at least 3 other groups that play daily.

[@OrzoSemplice]

@@M4rcom44 thanks, i was considering to buy il-2 and now im happy to read this.

[@generagrievous4281]

I WANT ANOTHER BATTLE WITH REGIA MARINA!!! 😁😎

[@tahzib1451]

back in 2004-05 i used to play this with keyboard....now i play with mouse and facetracknoir...a long way to go to be combat ready

[@bluestorm3628]

You should to a attack on Taranto hay or next, that will be great to watch after this 😁 Plz.

[@CabralJonas]

Nice!

[@formatman525]

Ciao, mi sai dire come fare rifornimento carburante e come riarmare l'aereo una volta atterrati?

[@Karelwolfpup]

bit of a pasting for the RN and FAM here, 3 cruisers and pretty much everything sent aloft for one obsolete battleship? Poor showing, bravo to the Italians on this one ^w^

[@Fishyyy]

When this was recorded, I did not have the ability to balance battleships in detail. All ships were very squishy, so to say. In order to avoid everything sinking, I made the two Nelsons turn around very early. After this was recorded DarkenedFantasies made me a ship overhaul mod. I now can completely rebalance all ships. In the newest version of the mission, the cruisers turn around and not the BBs. Usually ends in a spanking for the RM now :)

[@Karelwolfpup]

@@Fishyyy surprising, given the Nelsons' record for... varied technical issues XD

[@Karelwolfpup]

the traffic jam for the Italians just adds more authenticity to this for some reason XD

[@stralabastro142]

Man you’re so good at mocking Italians

[@enricogolinelli5451]

LOL it was impossible to see in front of us with the massive G.50 engine right in front XD

[@Karelwolfpup]

@@stralabastro142 loving mockery, Ities are good people ^w^ they live in a beautiful part of the world, wish I had the money to go back and see more of it

[@Karelwolfpup]

@@enricogolinelli5451 certainly made up for it later in the mission ^w^gave the RN and FAA a good drubbing :)

[@stralabastro142]

@@enricogolinelli5451 yeah I quite understand

[@LeopardIL2]

Roma battleship was sank by a fritz-x guided bomb.

[@ohhiitsmike]

2:00 bro is driving on the pavement 😮

[@ognscully5331]

How fast did you have to pedal to get those Italian planes off the ground 😂

[@italianduded1161]

Viva l’Italia 🇮🇹 Love the G.50😍

[@jimholden7339]

What mods do you use?

[@M4rcom44]

Check the video description good Sir : )

[@jimholden7339]

@@M4rcom44 Oh sorry, thanks.

[@Eduardo-dr7xq]

public mods for il 2 1946 4.13.2

[@marc13bautista]

Nice

[@MM-ci2cv]

poor stringbags......

[@blopa3768]

this game is hard?}

[@italianduded1161]

The “Roma” is such a beautiful battleship. 🇮🇹🇮🇹

[@raymondyee2008]

What might have been revenge for the attack on Taranto.