Tu-2

[Meatloaf]

All these people that say "The russians have lend lease" which is true, but they have NO twin engine aircraft of their own, even the japanese have the Ki-67 (which i realise is a bomber) but my point remains valid, need more japanese and rusky planes

[Rich46yo]

Tu-2 first saw combat during the Stalin's Fourth strategic offensive against Finland during summer of '44, not early '44.

A small number of Tu-2s had previously been passed to frontline regiments in September 1942, where their performance, armament and bombload had received general enthusiasm.

http://www.aviastar.org/air/russia/tu-2.php

[Wmaker]

That "small number" was exactly three aircraft flying total of 25 sorties during service trials. If you want to call that the type's combat debute, that's fine. Which it of course in fact was. But the type didn't start having that "big impact" you are talking about until from the start of Stalin's Fourth strategic offensive.

[Grape]

I wanna see "Too-Two's" everywhere...In the arena.

[Meatloaf]

[BMathis]

It would be a good addition 

[sandwich]

im guessing it will have the anorexic russian cannon loadout

also yes i like the plane

[Enker]

im guessing it will have the anorexic russian cannon loadout

also yes i like the plane

It isn't anorexic, the load out is perfectly healthy. Now those Tempest and 190 load outs are obese man, obese!

On my sorties, by the time I get two kills, I still have 96-ish cannon rounds in my Yak-9U. Don't ask about MG rounds though.

[Rich46yo]

That "small number" was exactly three aircraft flying total of 25 sorties during service trials. If you want to call that the type's combat debute, that's fine. Which it of course in fact was. But the type didn't start having that "big impact" you are talking about until from the start of Stalin's Fourth strategic offensive.

I call it that cause the aircraft was actually designed starting in 1940 with series production starting in 1942.

Production was abandoned for a year due to all available aircraft production being diverted to front line fighter production. That and the interruptions to Soviet industry.

A small number, 18 actually, were at Kursk as well. In 1943.