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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: artik on July 20, 2015, 09:18:31 AM
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According to Wikipedia: Yak-9T was only option of 37mm canon. Also Yak-9T differs from other versions with a 0.4m rear cockpit.
So looking into potential variants:
Yak-9 (basic) no - its cockpit isn't moved 0.4m backwards
Yak-9TK - probably (as it is as T but with options to mount different canons) - not entered produciton
Yak-9D/DD/B - no cockpit is standard not 0.4 backwards
Yak-9M - has 9T cockpit but it should carry more fuel similar to Yak-9D i.e. it should have 4 tanks - so seems to no as well.
Yak-9UT? Should have Klimov 107 like 9U and not 105 like 9T and 2 UBS and changed oil cooler to Yak-3 styles
So which variant Yak-9(?) is Yak-9T with 20mm canon?
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I thought that the cockpit was moved back to make room for the gun.
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I thought that the cockpit was moved back to make room for the gun.
Yes it was, however it was also used in other models of yak-9 not armed with 37mm canon.
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While you are right that it is not entirely correct the 20 mm was included as a load out for the 9T to give the game a generic early Yak-9 variant without having to produce a whole new shape. IIRC Tilt suggested this idea on the BBS while the Yaks were being developed, although HTC may have been going to do it anyway.
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It plays lip service to the Yak9m for use in scenarios.
Effectively the same performance as the Yak 9d without the need to create a new fuselage model for the short nose Yak series.