Ah I missed a biplane thread!
Yes bring on the I-16 and of course the I-153!
Gloster Gladiator,
Cr.42,
I-153,
& Hs-123
would all be very usefull fighters/divebombers(Hs-123).
Imagine dogfighting in a val, 2x the armament, manuverability & all of them are faster than the val other then the Hs-123 which is only 15-20 mph slower but could carry 20mm cannons! & around the same bomb load.
I've damadged & shot many ppl down with vals & SBD's so I'm not worryin about them not being used in the MA, and I'm not that good a pilot just look at my scores
lol.
They will definitly be usefull in scenarios as well, especially now that we are getting early war slow planes like the SBD&val we already have, & a stuka wich i sense not too far away
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And they definitly served a great role as far as history goes,
Gladiators were very widly used, even the first to enage enemy bombers in the BOB, & was extreemly manuverable, just imagine flying a val, with much better roll & turn rate, 2x the armament, 10-15 mph faster. only disadvatage would be it couldnt carry bombs, or many anyway.
More Cr.42's were made than almost if not any other italian fighter!
I-153 would definitly be usefull, top speed of 275 mph, rockets,bombs, retractable gear, and 4x7.7mm MG's, & was even produced at a higher rate than the I-16 during ww2, infact in mongolia the I-16 was replaced by the much more manuverable I-153. I've allso read, that even though it was a biplane it had surprisingly good acceleration rate, and both the I-16 & I-153 didnt have drag flaps!
Hey brady, don't you guys at the CT staff get to suggest planes to HTC?
