Originally posted by lasersailor184
I always got it confused. The Yak3 came after the Yak9 series? It was lighter, lightly armed and nimbler?
If you think of the Yak9U as a Spit IX then proportionally the Yak3 is a vulnerable Spit V with slightly better accel.
Yak3 is a true 44 model ac where as the 9U is late 44.
Yak1>Yak1M (prototype)>Yak3
Yak1>Yak1UT(trainer)>Yak7 series>Yak9 series
Yak1M & Yak9D>Yak9U (with better engine than all other Yaks)
For a 44 set we miss Yak3 and Pe2 the most. Excepting the P39.