Junkers Ju 287 V3

Sadly a -1 from me. The V1 was a testbed and nothing more, no bomb-bay, no armament, unretractable landing gear, ~300 kph maximum achieved top speed. Utterly useless ingame even as a 1.0 plane simply because it was never armed and had neither plans nor provisions to be armed.

I think if we ever see a Ju 287 ingame it would be the V3, which was only partially built, but even then it’s dubious as I think only a mockup wing was constructed that was specifically linked to the V3 to test an engine setup, otherwise only wind-tunnel models and wood mockups existed.

For “high” tier jet bombers, Germany really only has two more options, the OKB-1 series (EF 131, EF 140 and EF 150), and the Canberra B.2, unless Gaijin would be fine with adding the proposed Ju 287 V3, which is sadly a pretty paper-based plane, with limited flight performance data from the V1, which would not be representative of how the forward swept wings would perform at speeds the Ju 287 V3 was projected to fly at, meaning around 800-900 kph.

So in conclusion, no to the V1, but a pretty hopeless yes to the V3.

Kronshtadt, M6A2E1, and/or TOG:

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I think the V3 would be a viable option to add. Also I have a question. Would it be in any way possible to see the Me 262 B-1a/U1 night fighter ever added to the game? I think it could work even though the mission it flew really isn’t present in the game anymore.

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Thank you for the images and documents! I’m back from my short vacation and will get on updating this suggestion to the V3!

A downloadable book in pdf format (85mb):
http://farposst.ru/1466235134-Junkers_Ju_287.html

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The V-3 is a definite yes if that could be added with the V-2 being an event vehicle.

Definite +1 from me if both could be added.

Why the V3 version in particular?

tail armament

Meh honestly it would probably do better without them

I wouldn’t mind a V4, V5, V6, A-0, or B-0 as well

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But those were not finished from what I’m guessing. I would just like the V2 assuming that’s the version without a back turret. We are not missing much really. Those are 13mm after all

The V2 is just a V1 with some engine related changes and as such, it has no business being in this game:

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why?

You want an unarmed, payloadless, low-speed testbed to do what exactly? Randomly fly around in the game, pretending to be an airliner, while admiring the scenery? As stated before, the V3 should be the absolute bottom limit (no V1, V2) for introduction into this game:

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Why not just add the OKB-1 EF 131

We have no flight data for the V3

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Well I asked what differences are there between V2 and V3 . I assumed that V2 could actually take a payload.

That would be complicated

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How? Just give it to USSR and Germany

Fucking forum. I guess it ate my images &/or you did not see them. Here they are again:

Furthermore, I did provide a link above to a very detailed book. Perhaps you should download & read it

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