So I play rank 2 on the German tank tech tree and I want a balanced aircraft with fast speed and good ordinance and guns. But I want it to be a fighter plane, not some slow bulky bomber or strike aircraft.
at rank 2? hard
you can use Bf-109s with their SC250 but there you only get one bomb
alternatively you can use Ju-87s with SC500 or SC1000, those have more bang for the buck but they’re a Relatively sluggish fighter bomber
the Ideal CAS Plane isn’t to be seen until 5.0 with the Fw 190F8 that is Literally your goal plane for this application, it has acess to SC1000 and a wide assortment of other weapons such as MK103 cannons, PB2 Anti tank rockets and X4 Missiles all of which can be used for CAS quite well
SC1800 meganuke
the D-3 stuka is incredibly survivable as well, very hard to kill