Better. I know that the AD-4 has 4 20mm and can carry (I think) HVAR, Tiny Tim, etc. But the YaK-9 can kill tanks without needing bombs and can also dogfight well without abandoning bombs like the AD-4/2 must if it wants a fight.
NOTICE: I will grind the YaK-9K and see for myself on how well it does against tanks once they get the APHE. I cannot record (IDK how, skill issue on my part) nor take screenshots (I think my Prt. Sc key is dead.) But I will post my experience here in a few days as real proof.
Still, the AD-4 and AD-2 get a better CAS loadout than the Yak.
This is what the AD-2 can carry
So the most kills possible with the loadout will be 14 kills IF the HVAR can one-tap tanks and kill them with God accuracy. But we all know that at least 2-3 HVARs are needed to kill heavies and 1-2 for lights and mediums. The YaK-9K has 29 (I think) APHE rounds that can one-tap heavies while also having really good accuracy. That is why.
And for the AD-4,
Maybe can get 5 kills most for a average player without going back to airfield. But YaK-9Ks can rack up 6-10 kills at most before rearming. YaK-9K is an orbital strike plane. And if these AD’s meet YaK-9Ks, then (A) they ditch their load and try to dogfight and barely be able to kill it and (B) the YaK-9K will have a better flight performance, easily be able to kill the ADs unless the AD pilot is blessed by the snail itself. And after the dogfight, the AD (if they live) will be forced to go back to rearm while the YaK-9K can just go back to strafing Tigers and still be able to get at least 3 kills.
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Moreover,the AD-2 flies like a drunk and overweight bus
Which is fine!do you know why? because it’s a dedicated attacker,and if you want to carry a buttload of weaponry, you must sacrifice agility (and i can count a lot of examples here)
Meanwhile,the Yak-9 has a busted FM and flies like a butterfly
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? Why…?
Not a butterfly, Comrade, a UFO.
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He dropped the same arguments i brought to the table, it has never been so evident that the Yak-9 should be 6.0.
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lol So, do you think the 4.0 Yak-9K could compete with the 6.3 P-51 if it got a BR bump?
I am not your man.
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What? Why does one find this appropriate in a conversation?
Absolutely yes, considering it flies like an absolute crackhead and if a single 45mm hits the P-51,it vaporise it instantly
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And that explains why I saw a YaK-9 do a cobra-like move and avoided my cannons in a head-on.
I pray the Gods that in AAB Yak-9 users are mostly low-levels, otherwise they would reign every match in existence
Yup. But there are many more OP planes. I-16 type 27, Yak-1, Yak-7…But that’s unrelated, although its not hard for me to rack up 15 kills in AAB using Russian Rank IIs.
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And guys take a look at this and talk after
https://www.reddit.com/r/Warthunder/comments/185u4ug/yak9_russian_bias_stalin_protected_me/
Yeah, it’s not hard to get a bunch of kills in air Arcade.
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