Author Topic: soviet planes (Read 1336 times)

TrueKill · « **Reply #30 on:** August 10, 2005, 06:13:59 AM »

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Originally posted by mkaykov
This game is Fighterace. it has a huge amount of Soviet, Japanese, American, and German planes. In Total, 107 aircraft to Fly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! much better graphics!

LMFAO gemme some of what that guys smoking!

MiloMorai · « **Reply #31 on:** August 10, 2005, 06:49:10 AM »

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Originally posted by Karnak
Also the Ki-44 is mid-war, not early war. The two early war Japanese fighters are the A6M2 and Ki-43.

The first Ki-44 prototype took to the air for the first time in August of 1940.

The pre-production aircraft and two of the prototypes (which had been brought up to pre-production standard) were turned over to the Army for service trials on September 15, 1941. They were handed over to an experimental squadron, the Kawasemi Butai, for service trials. The unit was sent to China for combat trials, and in May 1942 was renamed 47th Dokuritsu Dai Chijugo Chutai. In September of 1942, all tests were completed and the type was accepted for service with the JAAF.

http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~pettypi/elevon/baugher_other/ki44.html

This was less than a year after PH for service acceptance.

Loddar · « **Reply #32 on:** August 10, 2005, 07:18:16 AM »

I think both Ki43 and Ki44, and the Ki61
fly from '42 to '45 in different versions.

Karnak · « **Reply #33 on:** August 10, 2005, 10:35:30 AM »

The Ki-44 does, but in such insignificant numbers that I really dismiss it as a 1942 fighter. It is well into 1943 before the -I gets into real service and 4th quarter '43 before the -II gets into service.