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RE: Zero fodder - 6/26/2009 4:18:16 PM

Dili

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MH: What about their aircraft, including Western Allied Lend-Lease planes like the Hawker Hurricane, Supermarine Spitfire or Curtiss Tomahawk?
Juutilainen: The I-16 was in the same category as the B-239. The Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 was faster but not very agile. The Lavochkin La-5 and Yakolev Yak-9 were clearly better than the Brewster. The Hurricane was a rather easy opponent to deal with, especially at low level. No problems with the Tomahawk, either. The Spitfire, of course, was superior to the Brewster.

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RE: Zero fodder - 6/26/2009 11:24:19 PM

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ORIGINAL: castor troy
how much sense makes it to couple one cal.30 with three cal.50?

It is odd, but it was also pretty common on US fighters in the 30s. I know it was standard on the P-12 and P-26.

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RE: Zero fodder - 6/27/2009 2:02:49 AM

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When the USNavy accepted the F2A-1 armament was standardized at 2 .50's in the nose and 2 x50's in the wings. Prototype armament had been 1 x .30 and 1 x .50 in the nose with provision for two more .50's in the wings. As Wdolson said and repeated in my source.....a "typical" armament at the time for a 1930's fighter.

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