I play ranks 2-4 almost exclusively because I love WWII and don’t want the silver lion grind.
What are your favorite strike aircraft and why? Which ones really stick out to you for their effectiveness and versatility. Game mode doesnn’t matter to me.
I guess I forgot to give mine - but I have only played 2 air tech trees (part of the reason I ask).
I like the DO 335 for obvious reasons. It’s the fastest strike aircraft I know of and can hit ground targets and extend away often time.
Probably something Russian, along the lines of the Illyushin 2 and 10’s, particularly the ones with 23mm cannons. Also probably the Ju-87 D models.
Oh, and can’t forget the Yak-9 with the 40mm, never played it, know it’s bonkers though.
Its the YaK-9K with the 45mm NS cannon. I have a topic about how busted it is, so maybe check it? It’s called “Remove APHE from YaK-9K or move it to 5.7 GRB”.
I honestly HATE strike planes. All they have to do is ignore my base reservations and rush and kill 1 base and get killed or crash for next game, resulting in me, a B-17 being alone the whole game getting chased by A7Ms and Wyverns.
IMO My Favorite if I was forced to choose one would be the SB2C-4 Helldiver in the US.
Changing the BR wouldn’t do anything unless it faced radar or high fire rate SPAA’s
True, I mean we can send the YaK-9K flying all the way to 8.0 where there MIGHT be a chance an SPAA player with an IQ above 90 shoots one down. I’ve seen it kill Leopard I’s.
Tu-1
it has x2 45mm cannons with the APHE shell for fighting medium tanks, x2 23mm for light tanks and x3 FAB 1000 for heavy tanks. also has x2 12mm rear machine guns 1 on top and the other on the bottom.
I like the AD-4, but I haven’t played a lot of trees so…
IL-2 because it is IL-2.
Yea AD-4 looks awesome - actually everything in that “folder” does. I am baffled that one of the aircraft in that folder can carry 3 torps.
IL-2 so biased, Gaijin made a whole game about it! (Jo MaMa joke).
Im still waiting for a proper mosquitto with the 4k lb bomb
3 Torps only to get shot down 9km from 20mm from a DD.
Yea I’ve heard that torpedo bombing get harder and harder the higher (in rank) you go. That’s saying something seeing as it’s near impossible at rank 1.
Blackburn Firebrand is peak strike aircraft, fun to fly, can dogfight, has a good payload, at a low enough BR (It’s ok in ARB but in ASB it’s amazing)
The IL-8. It’s as overpowered as noob Russia and Germany mains claim American CAS is.
As for TT planes, the Yak-9K. It’s also just hilariously OP
SBD and F6F-5
Did you ever buy the Wyvern? Looks amazing but it’s not my first choice for premium vehicles.
I have it, but only for a naval Dive bomber/torp bomber, its good, but I dont use it much