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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: PG monster on March 11, 2001, 02:28:00 PM
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Aircraft Errors
the Lavochkin error: Historically, all the La-5 and La-7 versions could carry a pair of 100kg bombs. In AH, the Lavochkin
fighters can't carry any load.
the MC.202 error: Historically, all MC.202 could carry 320kg of bombs. In AH, the it can't carry any load.
the A6M5 error: In AH, the Zero has not "attack" configuration, but can carry bombs, even 250kg as kamikadze did.
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I have some pictures and read somewhere that Soviet fighters had rockets on underwing rails too. Even Igor Kaberov mentioned an i-16 with underwing rockets...?? After all Soviet airforce primary task was ground support right?
Wulf
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I-153, I-16, LaGG-3, Yak-1
(some versions of these planes) carried rockets. Yes unlike other air forces, Soviet
fighters were used also against ground targets. Image Great Patriotic War, it was not four-years-long bomber raids like at the western front!
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Actually,
For the Russians (in terms of their own-built fighters, not talking about P-39s, P-63s, etc.) hardly designed their fighters designed their fighters so specifically for just air-to-air combat. Only the Japanese would be close.
Why did the IL-2 set the record for most produced combat aircraft? Because the Russians believed in fighter specialization. Build a purpose-built ground support AC, instead of multi-role fighters like the US (almost everything) Britain (Typhoon), etc. Germany started out specialized but moved towards multi-role with the FWs.
The current Russian fighters may or may not have some more ordnance, but it's clear that they really weren't designed for ground attack..even the Yak-9T, other than the 37mm, doesn't have the characteristics of a good ground attack aircraft.