IL-2 Great Battles | Hawker Tempest Mk V | (Battle of Bodenplatte)

We take time out to have another look at Il2 Sturmovik Battle of Bodenplate to see how it has progressed from the early days and see whether it could be a contender for a new series in the future! Thoughts?
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ABOUT THIS GAME
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad is the continuation of the legendary IL-2 Sturmovik series that has set the standard for PC combat flight games for more than ten years. This new entry into the series will offer virtual pilots an even more accurate simulation of the most famous air battles of World War II. Better quality of content, bigger scale , new physics, more realistic aerodynamics and new game elements set this title apart from all which came before. We have only one goal - To give you a New Higher Level of Immersion!
Key Features:
PLAY:
Robust Single-Player Campaign that features a challenging and innovative AI system. Includes an extensive in-game achievement system that allows players to unlock historically based airplane modifications and upgrades as your campaign progresses.
Realistic graphics and unique visual effects: clouds, lightning, tracers, explosions and huge smoke plumes - all of them fully realized to recreate the aerial combat scenerey of war time Stalingrad.
Flexible Quick Mission mode that allows you to create your own custom combat scenario in just a couple of minutes.
Classic Multiplayer gameplay with dedicated player controlled servers with your favorite settings for team battles and dogfight duels.
FLY:
Realistic sounds and physics, detailed aircraft systems modeling, advanced aerodynamics and state-of-the-art flight modeling gives you a real sensation of flight.
Become an ace fighter pilot or try your hand at flying attack planes and bombers where you can destroy tanks, trucks, AAA batteries, artillery units and even armoured trains.
Control your plane with either joystick or mouse keeping a highest level of simulation fidelity and accuracy.
For those that won’t make it back to base, each plane comes equipped with a handy parachute!
COMBAT:
Hone your skills versus AI or join multiplayer where you can fight in the air or on the ground, manning T-34-76 or Pz III Ausf L tanks.
Control a plane or tank all by yourself or have your friend aim a tank gun or a bomber turret.
Unique and detailed damage model lets you use the pros and cons of various aircraft and tanks to your advantage.
Adjust the tank aiming sights for distance and view the tank interior just as a plane cockpit!
LEARN:
Action takes place on a 358 х 230 km map - The largest and most detailed recreation of the Battle of Stalingrad theatre ever modeled in a flight simulation with unique structures, buildings and landscapes.
Single-Player Campaign scenario follows the real chronology of the battle starting with Operation Uranus on November 19th, 1942 and continues to the complete liberation of the city on February 2nd, 1943.
Ten Legendary aircraft of the era have been thoroughly re-created using original drawings and blueprints from the Central archive of the Russian Ministry of Defence.
Precise simulation of the flight model allows everyone to learn the special character and limits of each and every plane in the game. Use each of their special abilities and performance characteristics to complete your mission and survive the brutal fight.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
MINIMUM:
OS: 64-bit Windows® 7 (SP1) / Windows® 8 / Windows® 10
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5/i7 2.8 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GTX 660/Radeon HD 7770 with 2GB VRAM or better
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 10 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX®-compatible
Additional Notes: DirectX®-compatible flight stick recommended

[@kaboulscabal4816]

@Taff In Exile Could you number these episodes? I see you do for some, but not all of your vids, makes it hard sometimes to figure out where to start when you don't And keep up the good work and ... make this a series! Love the Tempest, great to see someone flying it.

[@flannelblindllama]

I’m loving this series. That was some precision shooting today. Wasted next to no ammo. Impressive.

[@Dragonwingz70]

Graz on the VC, hard won. Enjoying the vids, more please.

[@sawyerawr5783]

I knw I'm late to the party, but one thing I love about this series is it really does illustrate how, at a glance, the Typhoon/Tempest and the FW-190 can look so similar. I see now why they painted the "invasion stripes" on the Tiffies starting in mid '42 (I think?)

[@Casual_Killroy]

Taff: We have Darth Vader on our side everyone! Me: So are we the baddies?

[@bobjoe4888]

Greetings from America! Always a nice midday/lunch break treat when you upload!

[@daffyduck1974]

The last ‘kill’ was great he literally flew his plane into the ground trying to catch you. Determined folk the Germans lol

[@thyBeren]

Hoorey if you are living in Eindhoven ! Always nice to know that taff was flying above your, later to be, home. (The majority of buildings were completely flattened during WW2 in Eindhoven during market garden)

[@mandalorion]

Almost two weeks later and this Welshman is still mourning the loss of Thomas Thomas.

[@scottgarvey5779]

Nice work mate, gettin awarded the Victoria Cross is some feat. I wonder if your pilot will have the initials VC after his name now. If you go to your pilot sheet and go to the medals you've been awarded, you can click on the medals and it gives you a brief summary of what the medal was awarded for historically and how many personnel received it.

[@ronaldwatson1951]

Very Good mission, I had no idea were that 190 came from, yep your squadron took a beating. Great video

[@rwd76]

I hope you are going to rename your channel 'Taff in Exile VC'.

[@NephilBlade]

No, not Daniel Jackson! Who will figure out the Stargate symbols now?

[@deadon4847]

He didn't die, he ascended

[@VikingTeddy]

Not to worry, the squadron has a sarcophagus.

[@Mass_hole508]

Well done Sir Taff in exile VC! At least it wasn't posthumous. 😉

[@frogstamper]

04:57 Every pilots nightmare, being shot down and not being able to bail-out and being burned alive...nasty way to go.

[@thefunnyguyfromtheburgerki3334]

Yikes

[@RonJeremy514]

It should have been Trevor Jacobs in the cockpit.

[@OutboundFlight87]

very nice shooting Taff

[@Adiq246]

I'm surprised You survived that crash landing with all that momentum. I was sure when right wing was ripped You've got to roll on the top and just die, but nothing like this happened and somehow pilot survived. For like half of that engagement it felt like You were alone there and casualties in that flight were astonishing when You think how bad things were for Luftwaffe at that time, heck, even that BF that was chasing at the end just crashed for literally no reason other than bad training. Very exciting video. Great Job and congratulations on getting VC but after the fighting You put there, achievement well deserved.

[@tomsbasement4884]

9:07 ... In my head I heard the Anno 1800 announcer voice saying "A fire broke out in your city" Another nail-biter Taff, stay safe and healthy and hope to see another one next Friday!

[@collinrosenmarkle62]

Still loving this series, wow that one was exciting! Congrats on the VC. Good luck with the whiplash

[@comesahorseman]

👍👍 bit lucky there, chum! Tough fuselage on that bird....

[@jedituck]

Hi Taff, love most of your vids. My preference is for realistic war action/inaction SH5, Uboat (although not keen on edited streams), RoF, IL-2 B17, etc. excluding Atlantic Fleet. Also enjoyed Bomber Command and Hidden & Dangerous. Basically like your style, please carry on and don't panic. :)

[@karlbrock2178]

Loving this series.. awesome stuff Taff

[@jamesalex8891]

Make more the mighty 8th video.....BUT this time fly the p51 or the bf109g Btw I have been watching you for 3 years and I love yours vids❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰

[@missinglink6676]

Good skills in flight but a few missed early kill opportunities. I feel that sometimes you hesitate when an opportunity presents itself. At 13:15 there was plenty of time to get a few good hits. Sorry, but still love your game plays, Itry to catch them all.👍

[@Galantus1964]

The Hawker Tempest was the first modelplane i buildt / paintet it is a lovely plane

[@alexbraggyt]

Loving the Il2 series, as always keep it up!

[@NoFramesPerSecond3924]

17:50 a very neat manouver kill

[@craigcollings5568]

Great episode

[@marcl.1346]

So funny to see you fly from Volkel as I've been there for a fly show. PS: There I learned that Luxemburg has an air force PPS: Ironically the Luxemburgians had the biggest plane attending :-P

[@copee2960]

Found myself screaming get out of there Taff................but a frigging VC, not a bad days work and home for tea and crumpets, Pip Pip!

[@stefansalo6571]

such intense mission great job :)

[@arthurcrego8297]

Wow, a VC and the DFM, pretty soon Sir Taff. maybe even a KB in the future loved the video good job.

[@jameswilliams1085]

More Please!! Keep Safe Taff !! And all your viewers!!!

[@hubertk9051]

nice medals

[@jcjammer8972]

The V bloody C?? Crikey!

[@vipertwenty249]

Taff - not sure about this but the extra 11lb engine boost might well be for high altitude combat - it may give you no performance advantage at low level and could even be detrimental if it is what I think it is - may be worth checking.

[@grandloser28]

Yes i think you should do a campaign. This is great content for your chanel

[@JDKempton]

Excellent video!

[@kaboulscabal4816]

~12:00 had to be a bad way to go, trapped inside your plane as it slowly spun down out of control. The seconds must have seemed like hours ...

[@neallatham3745]

It'll buff out

[@johngulyas4334]

At ~17:55, did one of The pursuing Germans lose control & crash?

[@vipertwenty249]

It did look like it. The Germans were running out of experienced pilots by this point in the war so the game might reflect that - some experienced but also some very novice.

[@Droodog127]

the VC on my birthday October 2nd!!

[@stephenbrown321]

Does the green smoke on the 2nd kill mean anything?

[@thebollock9427]

Glycol coolant leak?

[@stephenbrown321]

Wow yeah could well be. Rather impressed that they modelled it in the game.

[@thebollock9427]

Me too

[@colindouglas7769]

I think white smoke is a hit in the radiator (coolant0 and green is a hit in the fuel system (leaking fuel), Stephen.

[@juggernut1862]

Wait I thought the Sabre IIa could only have a maximum of 9lbs of boost

[@foreverpinkf.7603]

More luck than brains.

[@nonames000]

i wish these weren't so overpriced