These were all very different than the P-47 and P-38 and later the P-51 which were all meant to have a decent amount of endurance. There was also the Yak-9D which increased range for the Yak series and then the Yak-9DD which further boosted the range (and reduced weight including the Berezin UBS leaving the fighter with just the 20mm ShVAK). ![]() The La-5 earlier models tended to have five fuel tanks but pilots hated these and they preferred the three tank versions. There was the flipside of that where they did want longer range (the MiG-3 gained some fuel tanks at one point in development). ![]() So aircraft like the La-5FN were basically point defenders too. Obviously the longer ranged bombers were based slightly further afield. Fighters and attack aircraft were to be based as close to the front as possible so as to provide cover and protection to the army as often as possible. The doctrine for the Russians was that the Air Force was a direct support system for the army. With at least some of the Russian fighters the concept was actually fairly similar in a round-about way. It was being asked to do a job it was not designed for.īut with the size of Russia, it surprises me that they would design fighters that had such short legs. It's not the fault of the design that it was considered so short ranged later in the war. Mitchell designed the airplane as a point defense fighter for his country, and for that it was perfect. Thing is, though, I understand the Spit's short range more than the Russian fighters. I thought to myself, "Actually, that's about the same as the Spitfire." Yes, as a matter of fact, I thought of the Spit later on after writing that. Use max climb settings (12 2850) and the plane guzzled 105 gal/h, emptying both tanks even sooner, after theoretical 48 minutes. With fuel consumption at max continuous settings (7 2650) being 80 gals/h (figure from real PN, I don't know what it is in the game) that yields practically 1 hour'ish of flying tops. The cockpit was roomy and very comfortable, the pilot had an amazing line of sight. ![]() Brazilian and Mexican squadrons were given the P-47 instead. in World War II, but also served with the British, French, and Russians. The high-back Spit IXs had only 85 gallons capacity of internal tanks (95 later in low-back ones). Not only was the Thunderbolt one of the main fighters for the U.S. As a bit of a trivia, adding to what SE wrote above, I'll note we don't even have to go look at Russian planes only.
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