As we all know, the Soviets lack a tech tree attacker plane for BR 1. The only option you really have is the U-2, which can’t be used as a serious way to help your team (and is also a premium collectible squad).
To supplement for the lack of a BR 1 attacker plane, I suggest adding the Beriev Be-4 to the tech tree, foldered with the SB-2m.
Potential in-game description:
Be-4 - a single engine reconnaissance seaplane operated by the Soviet Navy. 47 units were built from 1940 to 1945.
Crew: 2
Armament:
1x rear facing 7.62 mm ShKAS machine gun
2x kg FAB-100sv bomb
Flying characteristics:
Maximum speed (km/h): 365.19
Maximum climb rate (m/sec): 13.43
Best full turn time (sec): 18.55
My Comments:
I’m aware that the flying stats are kind of weak, but I don’t want to make them too historically inaccurate. As for the flying stats, I got the max speed by setting a proportion: (Su-2 ingame speed*Be-4 wikipedia speed)/Su-2 wikipedia speed.
For the other 2 flying stats, I just used the IL-2-37 as a placeholder.
It will be faster than the SOC-1 Seagull and have a decent bombload, so it will still be decent on its BR. And just like the E13A1, it does not have a frontal machine gun. It is also only BR 1.
Not to mention that it will be the only tech tree attacker plane of its BR, so even if it performed poorly, there will still be some players that may use it.
Polls:
Should the Be-4 be added in-game?
Yes
No
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What bomb load should the Be-4 get? (Max payload 300 kg)
That is not the first bomber unlocked which i’m assuming you want this to me… the structure of this plane fits all of the other ones in that aspect… but if it isn’t then i suppose.
WTF are you talking about ? There is BR I fighters with 4x50 kg bombs or 2x100 kg bombs… or 1 x 250 kg.
The US seagull and the Japanese BR I ground attacker where made for a campaign that had worse vehicles then the other campaigns and are not standard for nothing really. This is vehicles that are absolutely obsolete even for BR I. The seagull is reconnaissance plane not a ground attacker. Its a Scout plane and not a ground attacker how can be a standard for a ground attacker when its not?
Im having it why not ? I use it all the time and Iove it.
Well yes but the problem is far better plane then the US one its more of a Curtiss sc seahawk level they are still not ground attackers but are far far better. The Be-4 can carry even rockets. The Japanese one is a bit better since it can be fixed there is variant with 1x250 kg bomb and cannons but the US one I have no idea why its in the game abysmal plane.
Its a starting plane but far better then the seagull its like the Japanese A5M4 and the Soviet I-153 that are all starting planes and the seagull is just a joke it has stats of a ground attacker with payload of a fighter useless same as the Japanese br I ground attacker.
Well I really doubt we will get it since the devs will go for a real ground attacker and not a scout plane. The scout planes that are in the game are from old concept of the game with campaigns and after the merge they became obsolete since there is no need of scout planes being classified as ground attackers. The seagull and Aichi are not comparable planes to something like I-153 M-62.
So the devs should have put the US and Japanese scout planes in a legacy squad and put in TT real ground attackers at the moment Japan has BR I ground attackers in BR II so they can be downgraded. For US we need just new.
The standard payload for a fighter plane in BR I is 2x100 kg bombs Allies , Axis and Soviets have fighters at BR I with that payload so a BR I ground attacker must be something with payload of 250 kg + or have some very good anti armor guns. Even the Mig 3 has 2 x 20 mm cannons and its the only boom and zoom plane in BR I so its very unique plane and insane performance and speed for a BR I plane on a level of Ki-44.
aGAIN… this seems like it would be the first unlock in the tree… looks like a duck, sounds like a duck, it’s a duck.
Furthermore that was an inaccurate statement that i didn’t even word properly… i suppose i could have said like the other initial unlocks… saw the structure of the plane and attributed it to that.
Even then it wouldn’t be true… the japan one gets 4x 60kg.
Well… like I said with my flawed logic then it should follow the rules of the other ones… yet i was mistaken as the japan one has 4x… I was initially thinking of US.
