Yak-9T....

[Emmanuel Gustin]

Incidentally, the LaGG-3 was also built with the 37 mm cannon. One of the original trio of designers, Gudkov, completed a few "K-37" fighters with the Sh-37 cannon as early as August 41. It is claimed that Lt. Pereskokov used one of these to shoot down two Bf 110s with an expenditure of only 12 rounds.

Lavochkin reconsidered the project in early 42 and completed a small number of LaGG-3-37, still with the Sh-37 cannon; these were sent to Shinkarenko's 42nd regiment, evidently to be evaluated alongside the Yak-7-37. The small series claimed 50 enemy aircraft and 5 tanks during the test period, but the Sh-37 was not satisfactory. In December 42 the production began of a version with the NS-37, in time to operate over Stalingrad. However, the production of the LaGG-3 was about to be  halted in favour of the superior Yak-7.

(The source for this is Jacques Marmain, the Le Fana de l'Aviation of January 1993).

Emmanuel Gustin

[Sikboy]

Thanks for this thread guys.

Over the past year I've been addicted to the Yak9U, and have been having a lot of fun with it, flying in low and fast, hitting the furballs hard and getting out again.

But it never really occured to me to give the 9T a shot, assuming that it was meant for the AT role. The low number of cannon rounds was also prohibative, as I have possibly the worst aim in the game.

But since reading this thread, I took a 9T up for a few sorties and was pleasantly surprised. You only need to hit once most of the time. I took the wing off of a P-47 with a single hit, Watched a 109 just dissapear in front of me, and racked a B-17 down the middle (although I did run into a drone at that point lol).

Anyhow, I'm having more fun that I have in AH in a long time, thanks in a large part to this thread.

-Sik

[Batz]

Sikboy it is a nice plane. Below 5 k it’s faster then the g6.

Brady and I are planning a scenario that will include the 9t as well as the 9u. I hope you get a chance to fly in it.

The one thing I learned in ah flying the 109s with the 3cm is gunnery. Before I stopped flying AH regularly I was able to turn off tracers. This helped a lot because before the bad guy realized he was being fired upon the he would have 3cm Rheinmetal shoved up his arse. The NS 37 has better ballistics then the Mk 108. I remember a snapshot where Zigrat killed me at d700 with the NS 37. I was in a g6.

Eventually I would like to see some more variants of the yak included in AH, Yak 1 yak7 9m or 9d. However I think the next VVS aircraft introduced (other then the 9m) would be the pe 2.

[Sikboy]

Originally posted by Batz
Sikboy it is a nice plane. Below 5 k it’s faster then the g6.

Brady and I are planning a scenario that will include the 9t as well as the 9u. I hope you get a chance to fly in it.

The one thing I learned in ah flying the 109s with the 3cm is gunnery. Before I stopped flying AH regularly I was able to turn off tracers. This helped a lot because before the bad guy realized he was being fired upon the he would have 3cm Rheinmetal shoved up his arse. The NS 37 has better ballistics then the Mk 108. I remember a snapshot where Zigrat killed me at d700 with the NS 37. I was in a g6.

Eventually I would like to see some more variants of the yak included in AH, Yak 1 yak7 9m or 9d. However I think the next VVS aircraft introduced (other then the 9m) would be the pe 2.

That's good news, I hope I'll be able to get a group together for your scenario. I'm trying something "new" for a Squadron, and a Scenario would give us a perfect oppotunity to fly the 9T. (the Squad is slowely coming together at http://www.warszawa.hailcesarz.com/index.php  It will probably never really work out, but it's worth a shot.

Flying the 9U has improved my Gunnery Considerably (although it's dropped since I went back to school, and had kid). I turned my tracers off not long after I started flying it. I figure I need to be inside 250 to hit, so no need to give them any warning lol.

I too would like to see some earlier Soviet planes get some attention, and the Yak-7 and 9D (or even DD) would be nice to see.

-Sik

[Ian Letford]

Interesting audio on the nightfighter attack, I will have to compare it to a tape my father had sent to him back in the '70's
My father was the pilot.

Regards, Ian Letford

Originally posted by GScholz
Note: That was a very lame excuse.




The Imperial War Museum and BBC did verify that this recording was the recording Vaughan-Thomas made in 1943, there was even a reference to F for Freddie in the full recording.



L-R: Charles Stewart (F/E), Ken Letford (Pilot), Wynford Vaughan-Thomas (BBC Correspondent), Bill Bray (B/A). These were some of the principal guests of those who met at RAF Northolt in September 1983 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the BBC recording made of EM-F's trip to Berlin on 3 Sep 1943. George Mitchell, of 207 Sqn at Northolt, can be seen on the left. It was on this occasion that the idea of forming an Association took firm root. [source: Ron Winton]

Do you think these gentlemen got together 40 years later to commemorate a lie? You do realize you're calling these people liars?

I think I have lost the last shred of respect for you Batz.