MiG-3

[iron650]

The MiG was Russian. They served in the Eastern Front. They shot down several Luftwaffe planes. A few of the claimed kills were reconnassaince bombers. An ace claimed 53 kills (6 shared), despite it's problems.


Characteristics:
Crew: 1
Length: 27ft 1in
Wingspan: 33ft 5in
Height: 10ft 9 7/8in
Wing Area: 188ft squared
Empty weight: 5,965lbs
Loaded weight: 7,415lbs
Powerplant: 1 Mikulin AM-35A liquid-cooled 1,350 hp
Max Speed: 398mph at 25,600
Range: 510mi

Armament:
1 12.7 mm UBS machine gun
2 7.62 mm ShKAS machine guns
2 100kg bombs or 6 82mm RS-82 rockets



Apparently, there were complaints about how unreliable the gunsights. Also, they believed at low altitudes they were outclassed by the Yak-1 and Bf109. I think it might be a good addition though.  And if it gets added can we get it in snow camo?

[gyrene81]

i'd fly it... 

[IrishOne]

+1 for any new russian aircraft. 

[iron650]

i'd fly it... 

I'd fly it too. 

[Raphael]

YES YES YES!! YES for the beaultifull plane. i would post a thred with this wish but i searched and saw it was made already, well good thing people didnt forget about it.
MIG3!! in the same update of bf109 f2, e7 and the he-111

[icepac]

"One hundred aircraft were equipped with a pair of UBS machine guns in lieu of the ShKAS weapons. Another 215 aircraft also had just the UBS machine guns but were fitted to carry six RS-82 rockets. A total of 72 aircraft mounted a pair of 20 mm ShVAK cannon. A wide variety of armaments were experimented with by various units at the requests of their pilots or to make up shortages"

[Raphael]

and it was fast.
real fast.

[SmokinLoon]

It may be fast but with a pair of .30 cal MG's and a single .50 cal MG, it isn't going to knock much out of the sky.  If HTC does introduce it, I hope they allow the later weapon upgrades.  Also, didn't the MiG-3 have the turning radius of a battleship?

I'd be nice to get more Soviet aircraft into the game, no doubt.  I think the Pe-2 or Tu-2 might be higher up the "importance" chart, though. 

[Bino]

 

более русские самолеты!

[Raphael]

It may be fast but with a pair of .30 cal MG's and a single .50 cal MG, it isn't going to knock much out of the sky.  If HTC does introduce it, I hope they allow the later weapon upgrades.  Also, didn't the MiG-3 have the turning radius of a battleship?

I'd be nice to get more Soviet aircraft into the game, no doubt.  I think the Pe-2 or Tu-2 might be higher up the "importance" chart, though. 

yes but think about early and midwar, what a great interceptor mainly with the 20mm guns.

[4brkfast]

With that bird and the yak 1 we could have a proper Stalingrad scenario or sec. Good choice

[iron650]

It may be fast but with a pair of .30 cal MG's and a single .50 cal MG, it isn't going to knock much out of the sky.

I believe a modification increased the rounds of the .30s were 750 rpg. Plus, the plane is a high alt fighter. Yes, they called it a "cow" at low altitudes.

[Debrody]

Something russian   
I have no idea how can you kill someone in this plane, since it has real weak guns and horrible turn rate/radius...

[iron650]

Something russian  
I have no idea how can you kill someone in this plane, since it has real weak guns and horrible turn rate/radius...

Use the weak guns and try to stick on their tail? Bring it vertical?
The on the deck speed was about 314mph. They made 2 12.7mm gun pods that slowed it down by 12mph. 72 got 20mm cannons.

[gyrene81]

I have no idea how can you kill someone in this plane, since it has real weak guns and horrible turn rate/radius...

sooo...you're saying a 7mm machine gun can't score a kill...

It may be fast but with a pair of .30 cal MG's and a single .50 cal MG, it isn't going to knock much out of the sky.  If HTC does introduce it, I hope they allow the later weapon upgrades.  Also, didn't the MiG-3 have the turning radius of a battleship?

this is just a quoted claim garnered from soviet pilots who flew the mig3 including one pilot who supposedly shot down 5 109e's...so who knows.

MiG-3s were slightly more manoeuvrable than Bf-109E on the vertical plane, even at low altitudes that were disadvantaging for the Soviet fighter. This technique was used by German themselves while combatting against Polish PZL-11 two years before: the slow and highly manoeuvrable Polish fighters took advantage to combat turning, until the Me-109s started to jump on them from above.
The combat on the horizontal plan was a natural choice for one using a slow and manoeuvrable aircraft as an I-16 or a biplane, and wasn't a guarantee against a diving Messerschmitt. To fly a MiG-3 as it was an I-16, turning on horizontal plan, was wrong against Bf-109E, that was able to turn with a 25% lower turning radius due to its lower wing load.
At higher altitudes, between 5,000 and 7,000 m, the MiG-3 was superior both on speed and manoeuvrability to the Bf-109E, and was comparable to the Bf-109F, but combat at such altitudes were rare on the Soviet-German front