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Offline 100Coogn

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Re: Who else like's the Yak .
« Reply #60 on: October 12, 2014, 06:38:02 PM »
Quote from: Flench on October 09, 2014, 04:22:31 PM
Been flying it for the last few day's and it is really growing on me . I just wish it had more ammo .

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Just getting back in the game and trying out different planes.  So far the Yak 3 just feels right.
Except for the ammo.  I wish either it could carry much more, or that I was a better shot.   :frown:

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Re: Who else like's the Yak .
« Reply #61 on: October 12, 2014, 07:21:13 PM »
The one I'm thinking about is the Yak 3P, which became the main production variant in mid 1945:
It had 3 × 20 mm Berezin B-20 cannon with about 120 rounds each, still a light load but with a lot more punch. According to Wikipedia: "The three-cannon armament with full ammunition load was actually 11 kg (24 lb) lighter than that of a standard Yak-3, and the one-second burst mass of 3.52 kg (7.74 lb) was greater than that of most contemporary fighters."
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Re: Who else like's the Yak .
« Reply #62 on: October 12, 2014, 07:26:44 PM »
I love the small ammo loadout of the yak-3


Yak-3 on my six?

A wiggle to the left
A wiggle to the right
Soon he's out of ammo
And has to end the fight

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Re: Who else like's the Yak .
« Reply #63 on: October 12, 2014, 08:02:43 PM »
With that being said it seems the yak3p was operational in Manchuria in August of 1945, if it actually saw combat would be difficult if not impossible to ascertain. I doubt the Japanese would be able to tell the difference, and the Soviet Union at that time was exceptionally secretive.
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Re: Who else like's the Yak .
« Reply #64 on: October 12, 2014, 08:05:13 PM »
Oh and by the way I am by no means advocating the introduction of the 3p into AH, I like the Yak3 as it is.
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Re: Who else like's the Yak .
« Reply #65 on: October 12, 2014, 08:06:53 PM »
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Re: Who else like's the Yak .
« Reply #66 on: October 12, 2014, 10:40:53 PM »
I have flown the Yak-7b a lot recently and like it.

I haven't flown the Yak 3 much, but in fighting against them, they seem like antigravity machines.
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Re: Who else like's the Yak .
« Reply #67 on: October 13, 2014, 05:29:51 AM »
Quote from: Lusche on October 12, 2014, 07:26:44 PM
I love the small ammo loadout of the yak-3


Yak-3 on my six?

A wiggle to the left
A wiggle to the right
Soon he's out of ammo
And has to end the fight

 :old:

Nice, Lusche. :D Not everyone flies the Yak like that. I haven't gotten in one for a while, but back when I flew the Yak9U, or the T, there were actually quite a few fights where I ended up outflying them if/when I just couldn't get a shot. Made some of my opponents pile-it into the ground, never having expended much or any ammo.
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Re: Who else like's the Yak .
« Reply #68 on: October 13, 2014, 08:52:49 AM »
My inner grammar nazi wants to post about the thread's name.
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Re: Who else like's the Yak .
« Reply #69 on: October 13, 2014, 12:54:06 PM »
Quote from: Chris79 on October 12, 2014, 08:02:43 PM
With that being said it seems the yak3p was operational in Manchuria in August of 1945, if it actually saw combat would be difficult if not impossible to ascertain. I doubt the Japanese would be able to tell the difference, and the Soviet Union at that time was exceptionally secretive.

Which units?  I found the order of battle for the Soviet forces but it only lists the Yak 3 (no further designation) for a couple of the Soviet fighter groups.

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Re: Who else like's the Yak .
« Reply #70 on: October 13, 2014, 12:55:51 PM »
I am surprised no one is asking for the Yak-3T.

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Re: Who else like's the Yak .
« Reply #71 on: October 13, 2014, 01:19:04 PM »
I'll see if I can scrounge that up when I get time, it may have been from "Wings of the Red Star".
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Re: Who else like's the Yak .
« Reply #72 on: October 13, 2014, 03:55:59 PM »
Quote from: Ack-Ack on October 13, 2014, 12:55:51 PM
I am surprised no one is asking for the Yak-3T.

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Of the grosssly idotic things to make public.

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Re: Who else like's the Yak .
« Reply #73 on: October 13, 2014, 08:51:30 PM »
Quote from: palef on October 13, 2014, 03:55:59 PM
Of the grosssly idotic things to make public.

Its a outrage!

I guess I'm luck I didn't mention the Yak-3T-57 with a 57 mm OKB-16-57 cannon.   :devil
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Re: Who else like's the Yak .
« Reply #74 on: October 14, 2014, 03:16:12 PM »
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