Spitfire Mk.5b - Soviet Supermarine

Suggestions Aircraft
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Dang. Russian TT players gotta have everything on a silver platter, don’t they.

8

Not sure what you mean, it’s lease.
No reason for it not to be added.

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9

Hell yeah, more Lend-Lease vehicles for the USSR are always awesome, especially a low-tier Spitfire like this one! +1

In my opinion, this would also be a great opportunity to finally move Eremin’s Yak-3(e) to 4.3, where it truly belongs. That way, this Soviet Spitfire could nicely fill the 4.0 BR slot.

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10

I’m just saying Russia already has a lot of formidable planes, adding this is not only unnecessary but is just a blatant copy and paste

11

±0 for this suggestion.
Didn’t vote either

My mind is conflicting rapidly.

It might be a fine event/battle pass reward as long as it is a non-domestic vehicle but as shown in combat.
But I really am unsure that the Soviets need more turn fighters now.

12

Gib all soviet lend lease vehicles asap

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13

+1 I crave more Lend-Lease.

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14

Frankly, yeah, using common sense, this Spitfire is most likely going to end up as a premium for the USSR, either as an event or battle pass reward, given its Lend-Lease status and limited service with Soviet squadrons.

15

The soviets already have a C&P premium of the best merlin spitfire (which is also the best spitfire overall) and this would add a C&P of one of the other best spitfire marks.

Would also be a waste of time adding it as it would be 3.7 and the yak9k is 4.0 which is a far more versatile toxic plane. it brings nothing to the tree.

Lend lease and export vehicles should only be gap pluggers and the soviet tree does not have that for aircraft at that BR

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16

I crave lend-lease vehicles but soviet air branches are just too strong and solid with various domestic selections of planes.

Which makes Spitfire Mk. V is not juicy enough and gives no place for her.

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17

For pure sake of Sim Sanity. I think Lend-Lease should be highly mitigated. Maybe if they come up with a better solution for how Sim MM works it would be fine. But Spitfire vs Spitfire just sounds like a mess

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18

I want to point out that the Spitfire Mk Vb (NOT the Mk Vb/trop) is 4.0 in both AAB and ARB. This Spitfire will go to 4.0 if it’s added.

19

+1, this could compliment the USSRs 4.0 lineup nicely and give it a good fighter to go with it.

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20

very rare instance of a spitfire not being a powerful addition to a tree, pretty much any other tree and its a big boost. USSR trees just so busted it wouldn’t matter to anyone but those that want the British tree to have less unique stuff

21

yak9k is that br it doesnt do anything the USSR doesn’t have

22

Im so used to using the trop for the British 3.7 lineup I think its the normal one sometimes. either way its futile adding it when the 9k exists

23

it would give it a good dogfighter and imo the Yak-9K is more of a ground attack aircraft, I find Hispanos easier to use than the 45mm against aircraft.

there isn’t really a reason (beyond “C&P”) not to add it, especially since its not a one off vehicle and was used in frontline combat by the russians

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I don’t think it’s fair to compare the Soviet Spitfire Mk Vb with the Yak-9T or Yak-9K, since they were designed for entirely different roles and purposes.

Besides, the USSR lacks solid 4.0 options for Air Arcade Battles, and this could be one potential solution.

25

If the soviet air branch was in the same status as our early jets.
‘Barking big for being large but no bites’

I might have no reason to be confusing myself about this suggestion.

  1. Lend-Lease vehicles are good to see for me.

  2. They really used them IRL like Hampden.

  3. What if the Soviets had nothing useful in their domestic props, then why not?

I think it is quite tragic that soviet TT is so solid that I can’t support this idea even though I want to see our effort to the Soviets.

Their domestic planes are just doing so good with various options.

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I185 and LA5 is already in the game and is a good fighter

Lend lease is best as a way to plug gaps in a tech tree, the USSR air tree doesnt have this problem at all.

its not like with ground where the tree would truly benefit from a british mk2 and valentyn