WW2: Best Soviet Fighter - Yakovlev Yak-3

[@craigpennington1251]

What a nice restored aircraft. Very bit bit of flying too. Very sleek, fast, and graceful.

[@antoinegarcia5602]

Armament mentioned in the video is wrong, the Yak3 was never armed with 20mm canons in the wings : the russian doctrine for fighter aircrafts was to put all the armament in the nose in order to maximise precision by having all the armament focused on the same axis as the aircraft (this way you get rid of gun convergence problems). The yak3 had usually 2x12.7mm machine gun and one 20mm in the nose, but some russian pilots were known to have the 12.7mm removed from their aircraft in order to gain extra performance out of the plane.

[@19Koty96]

+Pvt. Garcia Exactly. Or their engineers could also fit a combination of three 20mm cannons in the nose (of the type B-20, not ShVAK). This combination was, afaik, used for the version P.

[@spktheundeadlord8901]

Antoine Garcia Some of the La7 had three 20 mm canons in the nose not the Yaks.

[@Burboss]

That's Yak-3P

[@voronion]

none of yaks had 3 cannons... don't mess them with lavochkin

[@Burboss]

Ion Voron Yak 3P had 3 canons. This version went into post war production and was exported to a number of countries.

[@clementevaldez1271]

Beautiful...such clean lines.....great to see them flying in airshows ....keep up the good work and may you have many more years of flight time with your restorations...

[@crafter170]

What a lovely machine. Hats off to the lads who keep it tip top .They deserve a double Smirnoff on the rocks.

[@kingcamilo]

do you know of ww2 aircraft that have been modified with modern parts

[@crafter170]

@@kingcamilo No but I'm sure that only 1 bf109 has it's original engine .All the rest are not original ww2 spec.

[@Eireann.]

Smirnoff is an insult.

[@FireflyActual]

I need to make a few comments... 1. The Yak-3 was never armed with 7.62 mm ShKAS machine guns. Early ones had a single 12.7 mm Berezin UBS in addition to the 20mm ShVAK. Later ones had one more Berezin MG added to that. The Yak-3P had 3 Berezin B-20 cannons, while the low volume VK-107 version could mount either two or three of these. The armament given in the video was put on the I-30, the forerunner of the Yak-3 series. No production Yak-1, 7, 9 or 3 that I know of had any sort of armament mounted in the wings from the factory. 2. Stating that a given aircraft was 'better than plane X' is too generalised to be of any information value. I would prefer to hear that the Yak had a tighter turn radius than the Bf 109 and Fw 190, accelerated better, but had an inferior roll rate to the Focke Wulf, carried less armament and couldn't dive as well. 3. The video footage is excellent!

[@vovanpop]

Пушка ШВАК имела более тяжёлый снаряд и большую скорострельность,нежели немецкие 20-мм авиапушки,посему 2 пушки ШВАК эквивалентны по секундному залпу 3 немецким 20-мм авиапушкам

[@patrickyoung2117]

Thank you very much Firefly. Interesting airplane, and your clarifications were very appreciated. Keep 'em coming! I hate it when Know Nothing types do posts on aircraft, you sound like you truly know your stuff! Patrick :-)

[@TennnouheikaBanzai]

They were only 3 tactical rolls during ww2. ①Hit-and-run,②Dogfight,③LargeFormationTactics, ①was almost the only tactics Germans used. ThereFor, it's meaningless comparing other factors. "Me109, Bf110, Fw190, Me163, Me262, Ho229 they all hit-and-run" For①、Max.Speed and max.Altitude is the only important factor. The answer is, the Soviets didn't have any "Faster" fighters. (Excluding the Mig-3, which was a poor dogfighter) (The Yak was a poor fighter for this role) For②、"Weight/Power-Ratio" & "aspect ratio" is important So, both the Soviet La-5 & La-7 were better "dogfighters" than any German Fighters during ww2. Out-standing even in the world. For③、I'm lazy so you geeks should check ur self....lol Hayakubusa Ki43 Type1 fighter was the best for ③

[@sovietred7371]

I know it's 7 years late, but you my friend are wrong, there were Yaks that had the 762,like the Yak 1 and other prototypes later given a proper name, also THERE WAS yaks with wing mounted 20s,but they were VERY rare and were not used by the Soviets, most were export to other countries which those countries put the additional 20mm on the wings And saying the plane is better at that alt is a fair thing to say, it literally means the plane is better at turning, climbing and energy retention

[@Burboss]

What is missed in narration, is that Yak-3s were a lot lighter than most similar fighters of the time, around 2600 kilos fueled and armed.

[@singningwongho]

I first noticed this type of aircraft at the Warbirds over Wanaka in 2010, and was instantly hooked. One of my favourites next to the FW190.

[@shonn791]

fw190 is nothing comparing to yak3

[@VRichardsn]

mike whyyouneedit How so? Would you elaborate, please?

[@hippoace]

Richardsen Well the Fw190 has only a few advantages over the Yak 3. Roll rate, dive speed/limit more firepower and ammo. Probably equal speed, maybe the Fw190 is slightly faster.

[@VRichardsn]

***** Well, yes. You are quite correct when regarding the advantages of the Fw 190. My initial commented objected Mike´s one, because I found it rather harsh ("Fw 190 is nothing comparing to Yak-3"). Regarding the Fw 190 vs Yak-3 debate, the Yak-3 is truly a fearsome opponent at low altitude. From a personal perspective, I think I would prefer the Yakovlev´s fighter over the German one... However, if my Fw 190 is a D-9... then the edge is more noticeable and I would stick to Kurt Tank´s design.

[@lisawolak9942]

+singningwongho Very nice looking plane 'looks kinda like a british hurricane.

[@Workerbee-zy5nx]

Yackov Smirnoff. I never saw one before now. Good looking bird.

[@richardjoganah1871]

lovely yak 3 😊😊

[@okrajoe]

Great footage of a great plane

[@ronmartin3755]

I wonder why someone hasn't used one of these to modify and race at Reno? You could put a hot engine in it and strengthen the air frame. It is really a small plane and would probably go pretty fast. Czech Mate is a Yak 11 and it races at Reno.

[@HistAvFilmUnit]

They have! Graeme Frew took his Yak 3 "Full Noise" to Reno this year (2017) and showed that even as a Rookie he and the aircraft were real contenders www.stuff.co.nz/sport/motorsport/96963425/burt-munro-of-the-skies-goes-full-noise-over-nevada-desert

[@mcmax571]

I have considered the Lavochkin La-7 the best fighter the USSR made during WW2.

[@pervertt]

+mcmax571 Too right. Air cooled engines ruled in Russian winters.

[@TennnouheikaBanzai]

Either fighter is much better than Yak-3, lol

[@OgrabliatorKorovanov]

yak-3 had better perfomance at cost of poor weapon (1 canon+ 1 or 2 mashineguns). all in all double-canon La-7 was superiour.

[@Burboss]

1 20 mm + 2 12.7 mm was more than enough to deal with any German aircraft on Eastern front. Yak-3s had nickname ""the Killer" for battle efficiency. La-5 variants had more robust airfames but were inferior to Yak 3 in turn fight.

[@MDzmitry]

Comparing them is problematic, since Yak-3 outperforms La-7 at 3 to 5km of altitude, but La-7 is basically faster = better for free hunters, meanwhile Yak-3 is an air superiority plane, made to fight and win in a certain square, saving ground units from attackers/bombers or protecting a squad of IL-2's. Veterans say Yaks were superior in defending attackers, what was the hardest and most important kind of task for a fighter

[@ignasanchezl]

Wing mounted cannons? U sure? I think you are wrong.

[@navinsawesomeanddivineacco4221]

i thought the cannons were in the nose

[@helmyabdullah1962]

I got to know this plane from that 2017 Finnish WW2 combat movie "Tuntematton Sotillas" depicted in the "Continuation War" harassing columns of retreating Finnish infantry. The sound of the plane's engine is menacing

[@theblytonian3906]

Thank you. Sweet vid of one of my favourite WWII era fighters *of all time*. I'd give my left one to own one and have the funds to sustain it operationally. Which engine was deployed in this particular conversion?

[@MarsFKA]

Allison. None of the original Klimov engines are left.

[@gregfromguam]

Yakushka is a beautiful VVS fighter, and Yak-3 was the best of the lot. Still, I'd take a La-7 over the Yak-3. Neither fighter had wing mounted guns. All guns were mounted over the engine.

[@zanegrey4720]

Nice aeroplane the yak and a good fighter as well.

[@HistAvFilmUnit]

Sure is

[@Tiagomottadmello]

Great video !! 👍👍

[@HistAvFilmUnit]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@STEVEHARLEY1956]

A great looking and sounding Aircraft.

[@DIREWOLFx75]

No, the Yak 3 did NOT have two 7.62 machineguns. The PROTOTYPE for the plane did. The production aircraft started with one 12.7 UBS machinegun with a 2nd added from the 198th Yak-3 and onwards. It is also worth mentioning that having all its firepower concentrated in the nose made it far more effective, meaning that a 20mm+two UBS is a quite decent setup. Although the postwar P model switched those for a triplet of Berezin B20 20mm cannons, which was probably the most optimal weapon setup, especially as it was LIGHTER than the original, thanks to the B20s being almost absurdly light, while the previous standard 20mm cannon, the ShVAK was on the heavy side for a 20mm and yet still used the same ammo as the B20. And NO, it also did not have a 20mm in each wing, again, that was the prototype I-30.

[@robertoday5279]

gotta luv the sound

[@AnthonyBrown12324]

No . I am not sure of the exact details but there was at least a pilot and probably the normal 2nd crewman . The Beaufighter is quite a roomy aircrat based on earlier Bristols light bombers .

[@Geekio6613]

Is this the one that crashed the other day? Damn shame about that; I hope it can be repaired.

[@HistAvFilmUnit]

It is the one that had an incident yes -- not really an aircraft crash -- rather an altercation with objects on a runway.

[@MarsFKA]

"rather an altercation with objects on a runway" Bit of an understatement.

[@jorgenelsonfelix52]

Excellent spectacular

[@craigpennington1251]

Correction: A very good bit of flying too.

[@kennethconnors7532]

the engine in this plane is an Allison by the sound

[@mickdunn8423]

The fabulous WING was the plane's great asset! As Giuseppe Belanca famously said "Get the wing right and everything else just falls into place!"

[@MDzmitry]

It wasn't just the wing, overall mass drop let Yakovlev change wing span, what led to speed increase without any turn rate drop.

[@mickdunn8423]

@@MDzmitry ABSOLUTELY!

[@napi94naza15]

Its Sounds lovely

[@thesandtiger]

i like your channel a lot i play world of war planes where you can flay many of the aircraft that you show on your channel it even has some real pilot that play the game and for the most part the play base is cool

[@Snakebloke]

I'd love to own a Yak-3, P-51D and Supermarine Spitfire

[@MaxiosMB]

I don't think he did

[@Snakebloke]

***** No I didn't...the Bf.109 was horrible to control...difficult to land...bad viewing range

[@MaxiosMB]

Snakebloke I won't go there either (the bf109 was a very good aircraft). But sure it didn't come with all the quality and confort of an american 44-45 flyer.

[@samanli-tw3id]

Snakebloke What about a Messerschmitt Bf 109?

[@markcook4043]

@@Snakebloke I have flown the spitfire hurricane and 109. hurricane is childish easy to take off and land and very good in the air as well as the spitfire was is tricky to land and take off because of the narrow undercarriage the 109 is a creep to take off and land and had a few hairy moments taking off but in the air the 109 is the best I've flown easy controls fuel injection slates in the wings 109 is best

[@stalinstalingrad875]

Красавец ! Как мне нравиться его рык звук мотора .

[@ristepantekoski2295]

What a beast

[@mqbitsko25]

Arguably one of the best at low altitude. Didn't have the lungs to work up high, but the Russians had no use for a high altitude fighter anyway.

[@15425rfggdfc]

Эскадрилья, а затем полк воздушных асов "Меч" . Создан для расчистки воздушного пространства от немецких асов и просто самолётов перед наступлением.

[@uncletoy774]

I maybe mistaken just learning about the soviet fighters but he said the yak11 was a trainer? But I heard it was also in the artic as a fighter/bomber support roll. Is this correct?

[@JoriMikke78]

Sexiest Soviet fighter by far... Almost as sexy as FW-190, which is the most beautiful plane of all time. Spitfires, Mustangs, and Me-109 are in the "ok, but not great" section. Best looking allied "fighter" from west is probably Tempest/Typhoon.

[@duanesarjec6887]

after the victory Stalin wanted to give something for the french pilots gold or plane the french îlots answer we didnt came for money and they come back in France with their Yak 3 evevry french pilots of the west front wanted to try to flight with Yak 3 and ..... every pilot of spit P47 or Mustang who tested the yak 3 learned that theYak 3 turned more short that the me 109 abd go up speedrer that FW 190 no one bristish or américan fignter can better than that except .... the F8F bearcat of the navy

[@SuperiorAmericanGuy]

I played a game called command and conquer red alert remastered and it taught me the Yak aircraft is an illegal sky terror weapon used to terrorize civilian villages by attacking them from the skies and kill unexpected allied soldiers. Also the Yak can never beat or match the P-51s in speed, weapons, numbers built and costs.

[@MDzmitry]

Bruh

[@SuperiorAmericanGuy]

Seriously the Yak is a sky terror plane in red alert.

[@MDzmitry]

@@SuperiorAmericanGuy nah, I'm talking about everything else too. Like seriously, it's cringe

[@SuperiorAmericanGuy]

The Yak is a really evil illegal sky terror weapon used to attack defenseless civilian villages from the sky.

[@darthslater6077]

Beautiful plane so was the Mig 3

[@finntastique3891]

The MiG-3 was a gorgeous aircraft. Unfortunately, its performance didn't measure up to its good looks.

[@spktheundeadlord8901]

dean slater Mig 3 was a high altitude interceptor and most of the air fights happend below 4,000 meters so there was no use for Mig 3 on Eastern front.

[@vseglu9754]

I thought yak 9 or la 7 was one of the best but great video

[@TheSRBgamer63]

0:16 What is model of plane near that Yak3 on left side ,silver one with mark A9,what plane is that ?.

[@theblytonian3906]

North American P-51D "Mustang". At least it looks like a "D" to me, but Mustangs aren't my 'thang' so without provenance or more in sight I wouldn't state the sub-type as a certainty. Standard engine is a Rolls-Royce Merlin, possibly manufactured under licence in the USA by Packard. There was a real USAAC P-51D within 380th FS, 363rd FG named "Fools Paradise IV" which carried A9 ahead of its national insignia as this does, so this looks to be a P-51D dressed up as it in its 'warpaint'.

[@Island_Line_Rail_Productions]

on the left are two P51-D Mustangs and on the right is a F4U Corsair

[@samcarter3242]

What engine it got

[@JMP638]

Шедевр отечественной авиации !

[@ЮрийКозлов-д1ч]

Только я не понял почему этот шедевр у них, Ане у нас?,

[@ЮрийКозлов-д1ч]

@@JMP638 да у нас нет денег ни на что ни на пенсии пенсионерам ни на рестоврации отечественной техники , только бы наши небожители себе ни в чем не отказывали а за бабки и мать родную продадут, слава богу что ещё самолёты называют именем своих конструторороов и звёзды на бортах советские и я могу увидеть воочию производство советской истребительной техники, а этих правителей которые считают что у нас в СССР только галоши производились пора бы уже на свалку истории ибо ни чего за время их правления так и не было создано, одно пи---больство

[@ЮрийКозлов-д1ч]

@@JMP638 зю

[@ЮрийКозлов-д1ч]

Я вам ни чего не отправлял извините за сообщение

[@JMP638]

@@ЮрийКозлов-д1ч чужой аккаунт?

[@ronmartin3755]

It would appear to me that if this Yak 3 were fitted with a special High Horse Power Rolls Royce Merlin Engine like the Reno Unlimited P 51 Mustangs it would win the Unlimited Gold Race every time it entered. I know they have a Yak 11 in the Unlimited division called Czech Mate. This plane has a radial engine in it. I believe it is a P&W R2800. The old Soviet engine doesn't have much in the way of parts. Plus the Rolls engine would be way more powerful! Can you imagine 3000 HP in this little airplane! I know the currently flying Yak 3's have 1240 Hp Allison engines in them but the bigger Rolls would be killer! The P 51's are small compared to Rare Bear and the Hawker Sea Fury's that race in Reno and this Yak 3 is tiny compared to the P 51! Must be a reason no one has tried this?? Anyone have any answers or ideas?

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+Ron Martin I think there was an effort to rebuild the wreck of Tsunami, lost years ago in a fatal accident. The Yak-3 looks close in size to Tsunami. With better-made race Merlins today either would do well. i.pinimg.com/originals/b3/92/66/b392667f2acae96c1c9b4194cca6c3c7.jpg

[@ElwoodPDowd-nz2si]

Yaks are good looking planes. Actually, there are a lot of good looking ww2 aircraft. My top 3 favorites: 1. Typhoon 2. P47 - all variants 3. Mosquito Edit: 1. ME 109 e 2. Beau fighter 3. Spitfire Edit: 1. P38 2. F4u 3. P36

[@AnthonyBrown12324]

I was looking yesterday at WW1 the average death rate for WW1 was about 10% . It was more than 33% for bomber command and even higher for uboat crews . Admittedly the aggregate deaths for the British / Commonwealth was much higher and much higher still for the French in WW1. That is why we tend to think WW1 was so much worse ; in Britain . In reality WW2 was much worse in terms of human life in general . Ironically forced out of fighting further wars ( and reluctant ) post war the German and Japanese economies have thrived .

[@EnterpriseXI]

Allison engine equipped

[@mickdunn8423]

That Allison sounds almost as good as a Merlin!!

[@nicholasyost8400]

Yak attack for the rage win!

[@javasrevenge7121]

It was better than the Spitfire and Mustang, so maybe the best fighter of WW2.

[@majorrgeek]

the YAK 3 was the best fighter of WW2 period

[@graemesydney38]

You mean the Yak9 ( a development of the Yak3 also the most numerous).

[@kenthigginbotham2754]

Under a certain altitude yes!

[@majorrgeek]

@@graemesydney38 - yes right the Yak 9 had many improvements

[@majorrgeek]

@@kenthigginbotham2754 - yes I heard that somewhere - do you know what altitude that was?

[@MDzmitry]

@@majorrgeek I'll correct. First of all, Yak-9 wasn't a modificaton of Yak-3, rather than Yak-7B, having bigger take-off weight, but also being a great basis for all sorts of modifications (weaponry, fuel, basic purpose, even bomb bay behind the pilot). Basically, Yak line divides from Yak-1 between Yak-1B and Yak-3 (light air superiority fighters) and Yak-7B and Yak-9 (heavier multitask easy-to-midify fighters). Also altitude where Yaks could perform their best was up to 3km for earlier modifications and up to 5km for later (Yak-9U was an exception, having altitude-friendly VK-107 engine, so it barely had altitude limits in performance for Eastern front's standarts)

[@drew65sep]

How does it compare to the Japanese Zero?

[@ZunaZurugi]

The Zero is like a last gen plane compared to this... thats because both where made for diffrent purposes. The Zero is pretty slow but can turn good... and in WW2 no one did Dogfights so the Zero wasnt verygood for that.

[@darkknightbatman8269]

Let's ask the soviet pilots who fought in manchuria.

[@DonCarlosHormozi]

"The Attackers" brought me here.

[@drianmortiz9375]

What a beautiful Russian WW2 combat aircraft. ♥️♥️👍👍

[@packingten]

They copied our(american) P-51 Mustang

[@MDzmitry]

@@packingten bruh, check your information before you say it. Yak-3 is based on Yak-1B, which was a modification of Yak-1. If you check the information, Yak-1's first flight was in january 1940, meanwhile mustang first flew in october 1940. Either soviet constructors were telepaths or you judge from a single water radiator beneath the haul

[@AnthonyBrown12324]

Your so right ! Max Hastings really spells that out in his book on Normandy . People really criticized Montgomery for his slow progress in the battle but the truth is the British and Americans were democracies and the governments would not tolerate the casualties the Axis powers and Russia inflicted on their troops . Saying that the casualty rate in the first few weeks of British and Americans were higher than WW1 average rates , ( not the first day of The Somme Battle )

[@hugosilva675]

It was just or this plane is like the rot squad of ace combat zero??

[@citic101]

is it me or does it look like a spitfire

[@MDzmitry]

Only if you talk about the nose, engines are quite similar - V-shaped inline water-cooled. Everything else is different if you really compare them

[@johnfrancis7765]

I think the Russian ace Ivan kozhedub (hope I spelt that right) flew one of these aircraft

[@PatoTeuceda]

He flew the La-5FN and the La-7

[@start3215]

Soviet Ace of World War II. Alexander Koldunov - Yak-3. 412 sorties, fought in 96 aerial engagements, 46 solo victories, 46 Germany planes + 1 American Lockheed P-38 Lightning (Air battle over Niš).

[@robertmantell1700]

IS this an original engined one, or does this have Allison?

[@HistAvFilmUnit]

Allison.

[@MarsFKA]

None of the original Klimov engines are available, so Allisons are used exclusively.

[@robert11751]

the russian pilots liked the bell P-39 airacorba over a yak and the P-39 wasnt a good plane by american standards but the russians made it work

[@MDzmitry]

It's a 50/50 true statement. There is a moment in E. Savitskiy's practice as a commander when his pilots asked to change from Yaks to P-39, which Savitskiy saw as inferior to Yak-1 (having flown both of them). So he asked for the best pilot in the regiment to duel him in a P-39, while Savitskiy was in Yak-1. In a duel Yak-1 won, using mainly vertical maneuvers (where pilots thought P-39 had an upper hand). Both aircrafts showed their best in the hands of soviet pilots and served their purpose, that's what matters.

[@andys4664]

yak-3 in NZ? How come?!

[@HistAvFilmUnit]

Because the owner decided he'd like to buy one! ;-)

[@andys4664]

@@HistAvFilmUnit and where he bought it? in Russia, in USA? he must have big problems with spare parts for soviet ww2 era planes))

[@andys4664]

i am russian. was in NZ last year in march...There was some vintage car museum in Central otago i visited. Very cool. There i knew about this airshow (held unfortunately in another month)... And near museum there was an airfield, where i had very scary ride as passenger in cessna. Terrific!)

[@nasalimbu3078]

Mechine gun

[@jackd7618]

You can buy a half share in a yak 3 down here in NZ for about $450,000

[@jackd7618]

jack d It may even be this one that's for sale

[@michaelfield3901]

A real hairy Yak & that's no bull!

[@DuVey64]

I don't see the comparison to the 51 and in a turning dogfight between2 pilots of equal skill , the Yak would win

[@lisawolak9942]

+Ozark man Yup ' for all the acolades the 51 got for being the premier fighter ' the yak 3 would kick it's ass down low in a turning dogfight .Very dangerous with a good pilot at the controls.

[@ZunaZurugi]

But no one goes wiht energy fighter into a stupid "turning dogfight" :D the Yak 3 would get problems in higher alts also where the P51D would get problems at low alt. THe P51D is faster but by how much ... would it be enough to out run the Yak 3 in an Vertical flight (that way the guy on the tail can become the guy on the sights :D) There is a reason why Speed wins over turnrate

[@packingten]

@@lisawolak9942 YUPS ASS, This plane was CLEARLY a COPY Of An American P-51 WITH an AMERICAN copied Allison engine,and although the Allison was a good engine was put in P-51s... okay great but no cigar Then Eureka ...a Merlin from Britain was put in the Mustang and what a combo it ran circles around the Allison equipped plane. The Yaks top speed was 401 mph. The P-51s was 440 mph. The Mustang by all accounts was the best plane of WW2 and its kill rate reflected that.Russia also copied our B-29s so much that some controls had Boeings name on them TU-4...

[@someonewashere2755]

the yak3 is the Soviet p-51

[@ignasanchezl]

Well, look at its maximum range, then come again.

[@knut761]

Ah the P-51 (Christened the _Mustang_ by the English) was a decent plane. Designed by a German, built after English specifications, and fitted with a Rolls Royce engine - Merlin. It has an interesting and a bit of ironic history for sure.

[@knut761]

The Yak-3 looks like a cross between the Supermarine Spitfire and the Hawker Hurricane.

[@meteor1945]

the yak has a better turn and climb than the p-51 in a dogfight below 4000 meters the p-51 would be eaten alive

[@lamborgatti-4783]

Jon Vic Vascily Carloman no it's like a Russian version of a p51 as in a premier fighter

[@allgood6760]

Awesome!... Stalin would love you for this comrade 👍✈️

[@алексейсальников-ф3к]

такие самолеты как як 3 надо было иметь к 1941 году .... а не в конце войны

[@DVXDemetrivs]

Ты мужик думаешь что никто в армии не хочет хороший самолёт??? Они бы и рады, только все хотелки военных останавливает возможность промышленности в производстве чего либо, вы можете иметь великолепных конструкторов, но при этом промышленность которая не способна реализовывать их идеи

[@drakesasword1451]

Iluysin

[@roymenick3191]

La-5fn and La-7 the best. yak is not the best.

[@asdrubale2]

Yak-9U with engine M(VK)-107A with 1600 horsepowers was the best.

[@adoreslaurel]

Gee, don't they all tend to look alike.

[@AnthonyBrown12324]

From certain angles especially head on it's hard to identify different planes of the same size . but in profile or plan it's quite easy . At closing speeds of planes going in the opposite direction of 600 mph plus its even harder. this is why Iff radio signalling was invented even in WW2

[@adoreslaurel]

Anthony Brown Iff radio, not up on that one?.

[@adoreslaurel]

Anthony Brown Not familiar with the term Iff radio?

[@AnthonyBrown12324]

john brown Identify friend or foe . A friendly plane could emit the correct sound . Unfortunately it did not always save " friendly fire " incidents . A Spitfire pilot shot down one of our radar experts testing equipment in a Beaufighter (looks similar to a Ju88 ) His superiors none to happy .

[@adoreslaurel]

Anthony Brown Hope the boys in the Beau bailed out ok.

[@ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣΝΤΑΤΣΗΣ-κ2ι]

NELI KIM EN AIR W WAR 2(YAK 3

[@aimarramadhan9729]

Flying over capitalist pigs soil will be unusual as that plane is for the people. Be respect to those who build it for the people's airforce. Comrades!

[@kingtiger889]

Aimar Ramadhan Sorry they aren’t here. They all died of starvation

[@MR-2_AW11]

I thought it was armed with a 7.7mm and a 20mm oh well im probley wrong I know more with the yak-9t and k

[@AnthonyBrown12324]

The Russians changed design very rapidly ; with whatever was available and useful in the field . Being not so sophisticated had it's advantages . I gather Russian cannon and Mgs were very effective . The Cold War has prevented information coming from the former USSR ; SO THEIR CONTRIBUTION to defeating the Nazis until recently has been ignored . It probably took them until mid 1944 to gain air superiority but they did ! The highest allied scoring ace was a Soviet pilot Ivan Kozhedub 62 followed by Krill Evstigneev 53 . this is a considerably higher number than Johnny Johnson the RAFS BEST ACE . OR EVEN THE American aces in the Pacific shooting down unskilled Japanese pilots .

[@MR-2_AW11]

wow never knew that that's cool and no not sarcasm

[@AnthonyBrown12324]

zMrToothlesS Yes there is plenty of god historians putting the records straight and some great documentaries like Timewatch .

[@jackd7618]

variant of yak 3 with 3?? 20 mm . I thort all? had two 12. with 250 rnds and 1 20 mm with 120 rnds

[@MR-2_AW11]

I know 1 20 but wasn't sure about the yak 3 I know the la-5 and la-7 had the 3 20s

[@scoopjohnson2021]

It is a P-39

[@matteom2174]

Scoop Johnson nope

[@bstrakos2934]

Sounds like a Merlin to me

[@MarsFKA]

I've seen, and heard, this aircraft and Spitfires flying at the last two Classic Fighters Omaka air shows. Trust me, the Alison in the Yak does not sound like a Merlin.

[@packingten]

I live less than 2 miles from where the Allison engine was built.

[@Ursus.-]

Also Know in War Thunder like: Broken OP Garbage

[@feindkontakt5956]

LOOL TRUE!!

[@faizwez9554]

Names Nos nightmare for German pilots in war thunder ( me T-T )

[@stansearcheslife6363]

Bf109 is better do

[@harrison00xXx]

But the question is: Does it run on vodka?

[@dmitriyivanov4688]

in the evening, after departures, if a pilot shot down a German plane, then they poured 100 grams.

[@ayhannozden]

P51 mustang a benziyor

[@Nimori]

Its a deathtrap. Many many people died from mechanical failures.

[@MDzmitry]

What a surprise, people died from mechanical flaws on every plane, especially 109. Compared to it Yak was more than a reliable aircraft.

[@Nimori]

Dmitriy Makutsa The Yak series had shoddy copies of allied engines made with impure metals and for some reason used forced closed cycle lubrication systems, which caused the engine to seize just before takeoff, or initial climb. Yaks were more dependable than Lagg’s and I-15/16’s and even IL-2’s; but they still were mechanically inferior and had a engine lifespan of about 6 flight hours before the pistons misalign and destroy the engine. When the lend lease P39’s came into service, the soviet pilots (especially the aces) stayed with then until the end of the war and beyond; because they were so reliable and were great at low altitudes. Yes, all aircraft have had mechanical failures due to lack of service; but soviet engineering/design was the main cause for the deaths of many young aviators. Though the Yak-3 may be the best soviet fighter in ww2; it certainly was no where near as good as other countries. The only upside to the Yak was it’s ability to turn tight at low speeds.

[@MDzmitry]

@@Nimori you're either the Mastermind of all engine engineering of WW2 period or a person who read the first article he found. In terms of flight hours even if you compare P-39 to Yak, the difference was that to stay competitive against german planes soviet pilots used WEP as much as they needed in P-39, what led to engines hardly ever working intended 100-120 hours. Apart from that, the only soviet ace that STAYED with P-39 was A. Pokryshkin, mainly because the idea of rearmament appeared right before the Berlin Operation. It was easy to understand that a division flying planes they have flown since 1943 is better than no division at all. The only country fitting your "impure metal" logic is Japan, having DB copies made out of metal worse than german and thus lasting way less. And what about soviet engineering - these people did wonders with what they had, creating competitive and easy to produce fighters. And what about young pilots? Yak fighters were focused on standart soviet pilot, having easy response and great overall control. Lavochkin fighters were harder in terms of landing because of stronger engine torque and P-39 was harder to control in air. Compared to Bf.109 or Spitfire, Yak was the same in terms of controls and easier to land or take off.

[@MDzmitry]

@@Nimori here I'll translate and add up moments from N. G. Golosnikov's interview (veteran pilot, flew both Yaks and Aircobras), give me some time to translate, source will be sent too: www.airforce.ru/history/ww2/golodnikov/part3.htm "The engine was Allison. Powerful, but ... The engines on the Cobras were unreliable, especially on the first. This is for those English versions - Q-1, Q-2. They had a weaker engine. After the first 3-4 fights, all ten "cobras" had their engines out of order. These first "Allison" didn't work out even half of the resource. 50 hours was its limit, often even less. Usually 10-15 flights if in combat. Wedge, melted bearings. " " *A.S.* And about the yak and la fighters, what can you say? *N.G.* Yes, normal. I have not experienced any complexes about Soviet fighters. We had very nice crafts. I flew them, so I could compare. No, ours were no worse than the "Cobra". I flew most of the yaks right after the war, in parallel with the cobra. So I could compare. I flew the Yak-1B (we had one, for the division commander), Yak-7B, Yak-9. It was a very light Yak-1B, it was the fastest in acceleration dynamics, only the Yak-3 surpassed it. He was generally a "devil". Yak-7B, that was a little heavier, but I really liked it. The Yak-9 is heavy. In terms of aerodynamics and thrust-to-weight ratio, the Yakovlev machines were at the highest level, however, at the verge of construction strength." Another part of the interview (part 4): www.airforce.ru/history/ww2/golodnikov/part4.htm A really interesting question from the interview which I guess can put an end to our debate. *A.S.* Nikolai Gerasimovich, do you know that now many people consider the "yak" a mistake of the Soviet "Aviaprom"? The arguments are as follows: 1. At all stages of the war, in terms of maximum speed, all types of "yak" were inferior to "Messers". 2. Armament in terms of power was also inferior to most types of Bf-109, well, maybe, except for "F". There were other shortcomings, it burned well, was fragile and much more. Nowadays there is a popular opinion that the yak was produced only because Yakovlev was “well-known” to Stalin, was his main consultant in aircraft construction, which he used, and his fighter was mediocre in itself. *N.G.* It’s not true, the yaks were beautiful machines. I myself flew on them, and I knew many excellent pilots on "yaks" who fought, they spoke very well of them. You see, the yaks are unique in this - they are fighters with a very high combat speed. Yakovlev originally made a fighter, not just with a high maximum speed (as the aircraft designers were striving to do then), but with a high combat speed. I don’t know if it was intentionally conceived or happened by accident, but the “yak” turned out just like that. And throughout the war, the "yak" improved, first of all, towards an increase in combat speed. You see, if you take German vehicles, there are "Messer" or "Fokker", then their combat speed was below the maximum by 80-100 km / h. As far as I know, then the British and American aircraft, this difference in speed was similar. And this ratio of speeds for Western aircrafts remained throughout the war. For "yaks", this difference was 60-70 kilometers, and in the second half of the war even less. The Yaks were the most dynamic and lightest fighters in the Soviet Air Force, and therefore very good at vertical. Throughout the war, an ordinary, average, well-trained pilot on "yaks" fought with the "Messers" on equal terms. And already at the beginning of the war, the "yak" was the dream of any pilot. I'm not even talking about the Yak-3, which appeared in 1944, which was a unique fighter in terms of acceleration dynamics and thrust-to-weight ratio, and therefore in terms of combat speed. His difference between combat and maximum speeds was 40-50 kilometers. Probably, at that time, no country in the world had a fighter that could compete with it in terms of combat speed. The throttle response of the Yak-3 was amazing, and its maximum speed was not small, although it was not the fastest fighter in the world. Not the fastest, but in battle he caught up with any enemy, in almost any type of maneuver. In addition, the yaks were simple and cheap to manufacture, allowing them to be produced in very large quantities. You see, if there is a good fighter, but it cannot be produced in the quantities required in the war, then this is no longer a very good fighter. The simplicity and low cost of a combat aircraft to manufacture is almost as important a quality for war as its speed or maneuverability.

[@ALSNewsNow]

The best Russian fighter was the one we gave them hehehehe

[@GordonSparkle]

It's great because all of their favorite American fighters were the ones American pilots absolutely hated, because we flew them on the western front, where the standard was high altitude. The planes sucked up there. They performed excellently at low-altitude however, where the eastern-front fights happened at...

[@AnthonyBrown12324]

If your referring to the P39 ; we refused it ; even when we were short of planes . The Russian pilots loved the heavy armament ; they added their own heavy cannon to the propeller hub . As you say on the Eastern front most planes flew in a tactical role at much lower altitude supporting the army . As such neither the Russians or Germans had a strategic bomber force that needing escort .

[@VRichardsn]

Anthony Brown A couple of days ago, I read an interview with Nikolay Gerasimovitch Golodnikov, Major General (Ret.) He stated that they were able to make a better use of the P-40 and the P-39 because they always demanded the maximum of the engines; he even goes on to state that a P-40 engine lasted them 50 hours at most, with 35 hours being common. lend-lease.airforce.ru/english/articles/golodnikov/index.htm

[@AnthonyBrown12324]

The Russians did the bulk of the fighting mid 1941 -43 . So they needed every plane they could get . We did send them Spitfires later when we could spare them . It's possible they were a little delicate for their weather and terrain conditions . But certainly after that they began to produce their own planes that were certainly superior to P39 and P40 Yak 3 And 9 LA5 and La7 . I was reading A Russian aces biography a while ago Popkov I think . He was far from happy with the Hurricane but he loved the Yak . I think the most valuable thing the other allies sent to USSR was food trucks and other consumable such as guns and ammunition and fuel . Certainly our tanks were inferior except regarding radios and gunsights .and our 17 pounder was an exceptionally effective anti tank gun .

[@AnthonyBrown12324]

Anthony Brown Thanks for the link I,ve read some already and will finish it later

[@tigranohanyan3321]

The best Soviet fighter is La-5 and La-7. What are you talking about? Yak-3 is sucks.

[@geramos109]

xd the guy has no idea what he was talking about. aLSO mW109 were faster than yaks at any altitude XD

[@MDzmitry]

Wrong, in real life Yak-3 could catch up to basically every prop fighter Germany had, check Lipfert's work, where his first fight with a single Yak-3 is legit terrifying

[@geramos109]

@@MDzmitry Yes the yak3 was really fast below 3k equal to a G14 with the Mw50. I mean yak vk105pf the vk107 was never used on maximum potencial

[@thomasschwab2108]

IT LOOKS LIKE A P-51 MUSTANG

[@packingten]

Because they COPIED OUR PLANE,JUST LIKE OUR B-29s

[@papaaaaaaa2625]

@@packingten What are you talking about. The YAK 3 was disigned as a Low to Mid Alltitude agile Fighter. The Concept is completely different. Compare the size and the weight of the YAK 3 with a Mustang. The Mustang was a formidable Long Distance, High Alltitude Fighter, but lacked performance in mid to low Alltitude. The YAK 3 had only a range of 550 km, even the early Mustangs had way more. This Plane was constructed for a completely different purpose, Low to Mid Air Superiority for the Close Air Support Fighters/Bombers Like the IL 2, PE8, Tu2.

[@MDzmitry]

@@papaaaaaaa2625 I should also add up that Yak-3 was a final branch in "light" Yaks' tree, which started with Yak-1 (first flight - january 13th 1940) meanwhile Mustang first flew on the 26th of october 1940

[@stamfordmeetup]

the Russians were lucky that the British destroyed 10000 luftwaffe aircraft in the Battle of Britain and in Africa. Without that major help, Russia would have been overrun. As it was, the Germans still managed to get 10 miles from Moscow. Stalin also had to beg for 3000 aircraft from Britain to defend murmansk where billions of tons of lease lend supplies entered Russia. This included 15000 us aircraft.

[@Burboss]

you sound like a ukrainian troll, bud.

[@francisco4benites]

o isn't this the plane they stole from America haha

[@MDzmitry]

Nope

[@twolak1972]

The yak 3 was better than the Me109 and FW190 Better climb rate. Faster and could turn inside both in a dogfight. The jerry pilots were told NOT to get into a turning dogfight with the Soviet fighter with the air scoop under the wings. Many german pilots realized roo late this aircraft was a formidable opponent..

[@clayvilla8302]

😂😂😂THATS THE BEST I EVER SEEN..TO BE HONEST THIS IS FUCK..N NOTURIUS DURING ON GERMAN WAR...ABSOLUTELY AGILE...NO ONE CAN MAKE IT MATCH ABOUT RUSSIAN AIR CRAFT...UNTIL NOW..😂😂😂