IL-2 1946 | Battle of Midway | Attack on Japanese Carrier Group!

Hello and welcome to this first video looking back at IL-2 1946 simulator, where it all started for many. In today's mission, we will play a part in the USN's attack on the Japanese Carrier Group in the Battle of Midway
Mission created by Monty27 as part of Midway-Four Days in June.
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ABOUT THIS GAME
Il-2 1946 includes all of the original IL-2 series content: IL-2 Sturmovik™: Forgotten Battles, Ace Expansion Pack, Pacific Fighters™, and alternate history campaigns in the year 1946. What was years ago began as a one-aircraft study sim is now an astonishing anthology, with a whopping 229 flyable aircraft and over 300 aircraft total!
The game has been updated to the latest version 4.12.2. This community-made update includes widescreen support with correct FOV, and many new planes, maps, and scenarios.
New Aircraft: 32 new flyable fighters and bombers, and four new AI aircraft!
New Maps: Large new historical maps of the Kyiv region; a map of Manchuria focusing on a border region between USSR, China, and Japanese-occupied Korea; a large bonus Burma map; and an online Khalkin Gol / Nomonhan map.
New Campaigns: Nine new campaigns with nearly 200 missions add incredible realism and attention to detail. There are detailed careers for fighter and bomber pilots, for the German, Soviet, and Japanese air forces, offering such varied objectives as flying jet bombers over occupied Europe, to intercepting American B-29 Super fortresses over Iwo Jima and Japanese home islands!
Alternate History: Three of the nine campaigns are a departure into alternate history, focusing on hypothetical battles between the Soviet Union and Germany in the year 1946, while WWII still rages on.
Nearly 1,000 new Paint schemes: The new planes, as well as many of the other ones in the series, come with a host of historical paint schemes, showing many of the individual aircraft or squadrons that served in WWII.

[@justinove7521]

I will never be upset to see IL2 1946 pacific content. Such an underappreciated theater for modern flight sims.

[@truenetgmx]

it is appreciated, the problem is lack of documentation/performance data for japanese fighters. This is why sturmovik devs switched from pacific to normandy

[@justinove7521]

@@truenetgmx there are some extant TAIC reports about japanese aircraft and the zero got analyzed to death but I agree - i'll never know the true roll rate of a kate or val for instance

[@LeopardIL2]

My channel is almost fully dedicated to this flight sim. Great Battles sleeps peacefully in my SSD.

[@lukeeagan5961]

@@LeopardIL2 love the channel btw its one of my favorite sims ever next to silent hunter

[@Welther47]

underappreciated? It's well "played" in most war games. War thunder, Battlestations 1 and 2...

[@Alex_Guy1011]

Dear God. All those Devastators taking off at the beginning really look like they're just skimming the water. Barely lifting off under their own power. Just proof of how obsolescent they really were.

[@rufuszell]

its rare for a game to acuratly portray just how much flak the pilots went through that day, have to admit the devs did an excellent job on this. hard to believe on the actual day a US pilot scored hits on 2 carriers in seperate attacks and 1 cruiser in his dive bomber (Norman J. “Dusty” Kleiss) all the while facing odds like this. Nice mission Taff, nice flying too. sadly american pilots who survived and were picked up by the japanese were brutally murdered in retribution.

[@tearthemhindpartsup]

Yeah, I recall reading how down US pilots were taken prisoner by Japanese naval personnel, only to be beaten and eventually killed. I also recall hearing about a downed Japanese pilot being hauled aboard a USN ship, then killed with a wrench by some vengeful American sailor.

[@rufuszell]

@@tearthemhindpartsup yea, there's gun cam footage of a A26 straffing a life raft full of japanese troops from a recently torpedoed troop carrier, has the narrator saying "dont worry they wont miss on the next pass" or something similar.

[@tearthemhindpartsup]

@@rufuszell Yeah, I've seen that newsreel. The footage shows one Australian Beaufighter lighting up enemy life boats with cannon and mg, and the pilot "literally" thumbing his nose at them afterwards.

[@crplsteve]

@@tearthemhindpartsup Yea the IJN/IJA did themselves no favours with their horrific treatment of POW's, which meant that most allied forces would not even hesitate to do whatever it took to kill as many Japanese as they could.

[@tearthemhindpartsup]

@@crplsteve WW2 Pacific theater - War Without Mercy

[@sunsetfarming6153]

this game needs a remaster, love the pacific campaign

[@foreverpinkf.7603]

Still looking good with lots of details.

[@stablegun314]

It wouldn’t even be a problem for the newer IL-2 game to include it either, which is really frustrating :/

[@DylansPen]

Right, just update the graphics and charge say $20-$30 I'd pick one up. This sim is so good, our squad flew countless incredible mission with the Zuti mod and other upgrades by the various camps.

[@SGDeGalvez]

yea the gun sounds are shitty too

[@cosmicxsolitude6947]

​@stablegun314 forget about the newer il2 game. There is a new game called combat pilot which is headed by Jason Williams who was the lead on current il2. And it's starting with pacific theater.

[@gvii]

I can't even begin to tell you how many hours of my life were poured into this sim back in the day. Great to see it get some attention again.

[@Boneworm852]

The Devastator is like the "You" in a "You vs the guy she tells you not to worry about" meme, embodied in an aircraft 😅

[@glennledrew8347]

That was a fun watch! Some comments on effects, from the perspective of an inveterate effects tweaker. 😉 The water ring for larger disturbances disappears too suddenly, instead of fading away. The light calibre flak bursts have the flash lasting far too long, more resembling fuel burns, with an upward motion like convection. In reality these flashes lasted a small fraction of a second. Actually, the heavy flak flashes last too long as well. The flak illumination is too intense, in that it lights up the surface even in daytime. In my own implementation I have the intensity toned down, scaled in intensity as the Sun elevation (during twilight), and active only when the Sun is below the horizon. There are other issues I'll pass over in this brief missive. 😉 Cheers! Glenn

[@thomashiggins9320]

The dive-bombers had a rough time of it, but torpedo-bombing was an absolute s***-show. It's amazing any of the torpedo air-crews survived.

[@okonkwojones]

There’s a real hole in the current gen sim market for Pacific theater campaigns that somebody really needs to fill. A map set in The Slot would be a great start, considering you had aircraft of both navy and land based air forces in the area. Also would offer both land based strike missions as well as anti-ship mission variety.

[@yoosta22]

Totally agree.

[@willreaver1425]

Fun fact: That torpedo you're carrying was never tested because of how expensive they were. To complicate matters pilots had to fly low and slow leaving them open to aa fire and fighter attacks. Only 1 in 10 torpedos were successful. The engineers response to this news was pilot error.

[@qd7260]

Another fun fact: It took the engineers until late 1942 to admit it was their fault, and it wasn't until 1944 that the torpedoes were improved in any substantial way

[@JustJohn505]

1946 gameplay? cant wait to see more!

[@jamesthenoobpilot839]

Make a IL-2 1946 campaign!!!! Great video mate! :)

[@LeopardIL2]

How I understand you. I love 1946 FMB.

[@VictoriaWargaming]

My best simming multiplayer memories are from il2 1946

[@jensleck547]

Great Game, played it for many years!!! Now i played Warthunder on SeriesX, for me a direct and "quickversion" of great Online Dogfighting und Bombruns for free. With really cool fighterspirit. I love all the Fighters& Tanks with the cool Cockits and all the stuff about every vehicle...But IL-2 1946 i never delete on my Laptop👍

[@TheMinipily]

Would love to see more of this Taff. There's some wonderful mods you can get for IL-2 1946 to generally improve it a little bit, certainly the visuals! Still an amazing flight sim to this day and one we desperately need remade with more modern visuals and mechanics. Still just about the best flight sim for encapsulating the sheer scale of WW2.

[@LeopardIL2]

My favourite is YP and i love 1946 what if planes. In this regard the game is a must have.

[@brandonbrown2912]

Man, thank was awesomely cinematic. Love it Taff

[@JDKempton]

Out of all your episodes this is my number one favorite, great job👍

[@Darrylx444]

Nice. I really wish this game had VR, though. Or that IL-2 Great Battles had a Battle of the Pacific released.

[@jwrockets]

Remember, many Americans died after bailing out over water because the parachute harness were too complicated to remove when under stress, like being pulled under water by a water-filled parachute canopy. The British harnesses could come off with a single punch to a center mounted release button.

[@KarlVonEiser]

I haven’t even gotten far into the video but my love for VT-8 and you mentioning it has got me locked on, no skipping it either

[@nikbear]

Wow! That flak was intense 😯 excellent episode Taff 👌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@Killflap]

Wow! Simply awesome! Thank you so much!

[@georgebrown91]

Back to the old school, lovely!

[@LeopardIL2]

Very well recreated. The Torpedo 8, decimated by the Japanese fighters and flak. They were the first kamikazes of the war, and never knew it.

[@seamountseamount]

I still use IL2-1946, no other sim has the PTO; no other sim has a so good AI (not only enemy but above all wingmen AI: they do follow your orders and come back if you ask them during or after a dogfight, they do not go away forever at the first enemy bullet like in other sims). This video is great ! Thank you to Taff ! It shows how wonderful is this sim now with all new improvements by modders! I have to add that in the video it is not used Reshade, which greatly improve gfx (Taff you should use it)! Another great add (not in this video) is the modded flyby sound (tiger flyby sound mod is much more better that the default !) Taff, I really hope this is the first of a series of video with this great sim

[@LeopardIL2]

I only play IL2, with rare exceptions. Love full mission building.

[@stephenmiller195]

Wow that flak, it amazes me how any one got back, great video Taff, thanks 🙏

[@cyberfutur5000]

I played this game today after a long while andthought about how cool a series from you with this game would be.

[@pgmetcalf]

Charlton Taff, epic battle. I've made a few Midway missions in my time and always get shot down. I wasn't aware the TBD 1 was flyable

[@FlyingNutcase]

Really nice to see such scale of operations, like the ridiculous wall of flak. Very cool.

[@okonkwojones]

So I don’t know if The Battle of Samar is a scenario in the game, but if it is that’d be a good one to do, because that’s the most bonkers, against all odds engagement of the war. By the end, The aircraft from the escort carriers ran out of all munitions and had to make mock bombing/torpedo attacks and even fake strafing runs against a huge Japanese task force. Seriously huge, they sent the Yamato.

[@foreverpinkf.7603]

Beautiful, Taff, well done. Nice cinematic action.

[@cipher88101]

8:12 That'll make you take a virtual pinch out of your seat.

[@FelixstoweFoamForge]

It may be an old game, but I still think it's one of the best, especially the campaign mode. Really immersive, with the advantage swinging from side to side. Plus, it's cheap, and you don't have to keep purchasing extra modules. Sure, it doesn't look anything special, but then, if you're watching the sunlight reflecting of spent brass from your guns instead of thinking about how to manage your energy in a massive furball, then you'll be shot down before you can say; "Ahhhhh..... Pretty...." Another great video Mr Taff!

[@ansgarzeiner9512]

Wow, good old '46 👍 Didn't expect that! Nice!

[@Sparkbark45]

Great video. Earned a definite subscriber

[@robgraham5697]

That was intense.

[@thejetfighter]

Well edited, really cinematographic video 😀

[@grupoaereo9]

It looks gorgeous!!!

[@fraggerfragsolot9285]

Still my favorite ww2 combat flight sim, the modding community is amazing.

[@jasonvega9942]

great share. thanks guy

[@stablegun314]

Hell yes, Taff naval air campaign!

[@andrewmontgomery5621]

Just like the 2019 Midway movie.

[@Pandacat80]

One thing I really dislike about IL2 is that AI ship borne gunners and backseat gunners on aircraft have phenomenal aim.

[@maenethal6559]

Kinda wish you'dve shown how many planes were lost in the attack so we could get a better sense of scale. Dope video either way!

[@bluestorm3628]

If il-2 do another expansion I hope it’s on the Pacific theatre, what do you guys think about a, Guadalcanal campaign?

[@DylansPen]

Yes a slot campaign as mentioned in other comments here would be perfect, you'd have ground based and carrier based aircraft, carrier groups, bombardment groups, landing operations.

[@mikhailiagacesa3406]

Devastator was equal with its contemporaries(not obsolete). Try torpedo bombing the same target with IJN B5N 'Kate" or RN Fairy Swordfish 'String bag'. The torpedo mounting profile is more streamlined than the previous 2 aircraft since it is seated in the fuselage; not hanging from it. Although being replaced by the Avenger, TBF's performance at Midway(admittedly for the first time) was worse. Outside of that, great cinematics.

[@Secretthewolf]

clenched my cheeks a bit when I saw the ocean coming so close at the start

[@Conn30Mtenor]

The TBD Devastators were flying coffins.

[@vielplaysdagames2298]

Well that was fucking awesome please do more pacific theater air battles

[@caillou1706]

Great vid ! I have 2 little questions : what mod is it and why were ennemy ships static ?

[@acebubbles5023]

not sure if IL2 or DCS will create the next WW2 pacific theatre but either way can’t wait lol

[@Plumbersmack]

Would love to see a career!

[@SmokingBeagles]

Wowowowowow... Wow!

[@benjaminluera4826]

Nice flying were you able to shake that last bomb and hit the carrier on that last run? I am re-installing all the IL2 products from Steam today and looking forward to playing again

[@yoosta22]

Nice job on this Taff. Did you torpedo detonate? I can’t get mine to blow up using mission editor. How did you select the plane you were in? Key command for that? Where can I find this download to play? Thanks again. I 17th the motion for pacific carrier career. Maybe Solomon Islands………….

[@nicholascotardo3795]

very nice mission and well made emergency landing. IS there any kind of achievement or medals or rewards if u save the pilots during a campaign/mission ? this would be cool

[@YOUPIMatin123]

ILD 2 1946 remastered would be so awesome

[@Brok.]

A new IL-2 1946 vid? I am all here for it. Still the best IL-2 by far What's the music, by the way?

[@ansgarzeiner9512]

I'd like to know, too

[@HerbAlpenhorn]

Can you do a Pacific Theater campaign, pleeeeez?

[@HackedGaming4]

Can you do a campaign series on this like how your doing on the other il2

[@woofdogmeow2159]

I was wondering when you were going to do some carrier ops. Weird your devastator made it home but the dauntless ditched.

[@bcarreon6409]

Still one of the best flight sims out there. What was the mod you were using here?

[@RemusKingOfRome]

Good Ol "Devastator" .. of it's crews .. :(

[@LobsterminatorX]

IL-2 Great Battles is fine, but I still gravitate to 1946 as the best WWII flight sim. Similar to how I enjoy Silent Hunter 3 the most in sub sims. What is it with games that they lose their charm with every sequel?

[@jussi8111]

i wish the gun scopes worked like that in warthunder sim

[@williamleadbetter9686]

Where do I go to get all the modern patches and upgrade mods for this wonderful classic sim

[@ab1cdefghijklmnop]

Please please please do an IL2 1946 campaign!

[@joed8634]

Are you using the BAT mod?

[@sierra6993]

Why does this seem different from the IL2 1946 i have? Do you have any graphics and sound mods?

[@gibbs677bg]

Looks like fun, the AI is better In this than all modern sims, what's going on???:))

[@hanswolfgangmercer]

I really wish i could play this game again. Every time I try I can't even esc out of the intro cinematic or get any of the controls to respond.

[@Hangry_Hungarian]

Hey, what mods did you use for this mission?

[@michaeldavid6284]

How nice that the Japanese carrier isn't moving during the torpedo attack. The epitome of fantasy vs reality.

[@michaeldavid6284]

...and not moving during the dive bombing attack as well.

[@creatorsfreedom6734]

Nom Nom shark food

[@stralabastro142]

what mods did you use?

[@AP-514]

Wow Sorry AI............ the Enemy Fleet was not even moving

[@QuestGamerable]

This game can only be played with a joystick?

[@AnimalMother98]

Are you using track ir?

[@glennpruess6936]

Could you possibly link the mission file somewhere in here?

[@daniko4447]

Those frequent explosions around the Japanese CVs are from American warships?

[@MrChillgameDotdk]

What mods where you using? 😊

[@arthurcrego8297]

Outstand video today,

[@comesahorseman]

👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@mark_delfino]

And the Pearl Harbor mission is extraordinary too

[@RogerBurgessIII]

I had no idea you watched Taff too!

[@RogerBurgessIII]

I just txt'd him and omg, you're clearly my little brother's evil doppelganger!

[@aceferreraprolexplayz7257]

Hello mate UHM I'm new to the game and I just wanted to know what do you use to play the game like controller etc

[@TaffinExile]

I'm using a X52 HOTAS, but any joystick will be a great benefit for and Il-2 game, always preferable if you can get one with a stick twist for the rudder controls

[@aceferreraprolexplayz7257]

@@TaffinExile ahh thank you very much :'))

[@aceferreraprolexplayz7257]

​@@TaffinExilebtw did you know that By Pressing Shift+F1 or If it doesn't work Shift+Fn+F1 will make you go aim???

[@aceferreraprolexplayz7257]

Also how did you manage to Use the Plane Devastator that can carry torpedoes because for some reason on the quick battle maker it won't let me play as a torpedo bomber but only the dive bombers? How's that?

[@cmdrdempster9794]

Is this VR supported?

[@user-mm4zw9kz5n]

Какие моды используете? Или это чистый 1946? Спасибо!

[@Deane2142]

My god! All those computery lives lost, sob wibble

[@vielplaysdagames2298]

Irl I bet every one of those Torps would not have worked

[@ReadyFanfare]

How do you get this game

[@gamecar7721]

link to the mission?

[@_OpFor]

[@The_OneManCrowd]

Very cool but there is NO WAY the Japanese carriers and their escorts put up that much AA fire. The Japanese doctrine was to use their fighter CAP to neutralize incoming torpedo and dive bombers, not their weak Type 96, and type 2 and 4 small caliber AA guns. They simply didn't have the capabilities to put up that much of an AA screen, and never did.

[@shootfirst2097]

Unlimited ammo is a joke

[@timonsolus]

Too easy. The enemy ships weren't even moving, making them sitting ducks for torpedoes and bombs.

[@dogzero1]

Can I ask what mods you are using please?

[@momcilogavric4930]

I have this game on steam. How do i get the mods guys?

[@nicholascotardo3795]

seach bat mod