In my opinion we are lacking a lot of late ww2/early coldwar jets that were actually build. In the german TT Gaijin decided to add soviet bombers but there are still 2 jet bombers that could be added to germany.
As you can see it was actually built and tested by the germans it was pretty fast regarding others bombers of the time, a bit faster than the ju288 in-game.
Only the V1 was flown but there were also a V2 and V3 ( the production variant) unfinished at around 80/90%. The fate of the V1 and V2 Is tragic as they were destroyed by the germans to avoid capture by the soviet army.
But, there was a second bomber project on the shelves of junkers, the EF 131. It retains the disign of the the ju287 but it’s longer and it’s using 6 jumos 004 turbine instad of the 6 bmws 003 used on the 287. The 287V3 and the Ef131 were very look a like in term of disign. As the war ended they couldn’t built any prototype but that was before the soviets found out about the project and after the discovery of Ju287 V1 and V2 wrecks in a forest.
The aircraft was to be build by the junkers employee under soviet supervision in 1946 using the wings of the destroyed v2 prototype and the fuselage and cockpit of the unfinished v3. The aircraft first flight occured in 1947.
So my proposition is that if these planes ever come to the game they should both be in the german TT as they were germans disign built by germans althought under soviet supervision. But, because I’ m a good man i didn’t Forget my comrades from the east so let me introduce you the OKB 140.
The soviet faced issues with the EF131 equiped with the jumos engine. They decided to redisign The aircraft with 2 Rolls-Royce Nene supplied by the brittish instead of the six engines configuration. The first flight occured in 1949 before the Whole programm what shut down.
This topic isn’t about the same aircraft. The topic is about the ju388v3 but it shows the V1 prototype. Also there are many mistakes on the plane désignation and specs
Support, the game is the need for this very distinctive aircraft and tanks. Instead of just changing the skin. China has a similar Tu-4 turbine-engine variant.
This thing looks badass, altough i think Gaijin should really rework how bombers works in this game. Nowadays it’s boring to play or to fight agaisnt bombers. They should make a new game mode with real targets not small factories in a middle of a désert lol. I would be interesting to have a mission with 30-40 players in bombers vs 10 players in fighters.
I started playing this game for planes now it’s just boring every match looks the same and the same maps. There a no longer night battles and no I dont want to play my fw190 alongside Chinese mustangs agaisnt japanese planes on a map with skyscrappers it makes no sense. Gaijin pls create an historical MM mode I beg you.
I re-read the topic and as I Said the topic is a suggestion about the ju288v3.
My topic is just a discussion on 3 différent planes, ju287v1, ef131 and okb 140.
Also on the book on you first link it shows the ju288 v203 is it a V2 variant because i’Ve never heard of it and it must have been built if it had markings.
Yes, in the past, without air-to-air missiles, a single fighter would not dare to catch a bomber. Bombers not only have powerful airframes, but also have more powerful firepower. But in the game.
IRL, i read that japanese fighter had a very hard Time shooting down us bombers Even with 20mm cannons. It got worse when they started to face b29s as they removed the 20mm to lighten the aircraft to catch the high fliying bombers. Even spitfires pilots had trouble shooting down he111 during the battle of britain with only 7.7mm mg.
Only the german 30mm mk108 was devastating to bombers but german pilots had trouble to aim due to bad ballistics.
In war thunder 1 hit with a 20mm and the aircraft is on fire or missile a wing lol
OKB-140 isn’t German but a Soviet bomber, it being built by Germans means nothing for it going into the German technology tree, it wasn’t built for Germany.
