In 1941–42, Hawker worked on five variants of a new fighter intended to succeed the Typhoon. The versions differed in their engines, and the Mk V design, powered by the Napier Sabre II, was the first to be completed. It made its maiden flight on September 2nd, 1942, and soon entered mass production. The Tempest Mk V entered service in January 1944 and saw extensive use during the final years of the Second World War.
The German Tempest Mk V is temporarily available at a 30% discount for 4,970 Golden Eagles!
When: From September 2nd (11:00 GMT) until September 5th (11:00 GMT).
Where: Germany > Aviation > Premium vehicles.
The German Tempest Mk V can only be purchased during the promotion.
A captured Tempest Mk V fell into Luftwaffe hands in the autumn of 1944 and was used for test flights in early 1945. It is one of the fastest piston-engined aircraft, make sure to use its impressive top speed and powerful forward-firing armament of four 20 mm Hispano cannons to achieve victory!
Ah, wonderful, 30% off. surely EVERYONE’s buying it lol.
First flight anniversary done right, for the right nation, as long as the marketing team is ““attempting”” to make something interesting and go for a slop sale
Would be too much effort to make a nice skin / decal for tempest
quick, an anniversary! Send out sales for the premiums that have nothing to do with their home nation!
See also:
MiG-21 (RU) first flight - German sale
Hawk (GB) first flight - Japan sale
Su-17 (RU) first flight - German sale
F-4 Phantom II (US) First flight - Japan sale
La-5 (RU) First flight - German sale
Hudson (US) Fight flight - British Sale
A-4 (US) flirst flight - Israeli sale
Wellington (GB) first flight - German sale
The German Tempest Mk V currently lacks the 150 Octane Fuel modification that the British version has.
At 5.7 BR , the German version is at a severe disadvantage:
Lower engine power , worse acceleration, and poorer energy retention.
No secondary weapons (no bombs/rockets), making it a pure fighter with worse performance.
Adding this modification would make it truly competitive and fair for its Battle Rating.
Seriously, how can anyone resist buying a plane with a camo like that? It looks amazing, but it just needs the performance to match.
If Gaijin adds the 150 Octane Fuel modification, I will purchase this premium aircraft immediately next time it is available! 😍
They developed a refined blend of the C-3 (100/130 octane equivalent) by late 1943 that was equivalent to the allied 150 octane to support high-output Daimler-Benz and Junkers engines, but it wasn’t commom. Since the repairs on the EJ709 Tempest were completed in January 1945 the timeline fits, but I don’t think they would have used a scarce fuel on a captured plane, even more so on one that had engine issues.
But Gaijin could do something funny and swap the hispanos for MG151s, 4 barrels spitting mine shells would be glorious
First, is it too hard to sell a british vehicle on the anniversary of a british vehicle
Second, captured vehicles should have never be added I’d much rather see pulling interesting premiums back on the shelves or premium variants of the anniversary plane
No premium variants for the plane? MAKE ONE!, instead of paywalling super unique stuff you can give it a reserve plane treatment and make 1 premium modeled after a famous pilot or some random one-off variant.
Third, 30% sale? Kiss my A#$! what’s this, where’s the 50%??!!
Don’t tell me the devs plan to move ALL sales from 50% to 30%!!
