There’s a visual bug in the event that’s swapped the two main rewards around. So instead of the gun, you got the plane. You’ll get the gun on the next main reward.
With regards to accessing the plane, I think you need the pilot/squad unlocked to see it, though I might be mistaken. @Euthymia07-live might be able to clear that bit up.
On Reddit he wrote that the sitrep will be there today or wednesday.
Also info about the next major update! (soon)
Apparently the forum of the game does not receive much info about the game anymore…
Oh no, they couldn’t do that because the players would like it, thus giving Gaijin a choice of either making it permanent or pissing off the player base.
The most recent event weapons have all been broken or poorly balanced, for example the m1a1 para lacked a unique animation and put into question why the better m1a1 is still in br2. The Lewis.303 still uses the low quality sights, the Lewis assault rifle has the wrong upgrades and is probably to strong for br2 anyway. Not to mention weapons like the flamethrower portable and patchet were excluded from the tech tree. It seems like every time the Devs update the game they manage to make more problems.
Better than the BAR in terms of recoil only because it shoots 220rpm slower. That’s extremely significant. Most slow fire rate guns have good recoil control. It’s definitely not too strong, especially when you compare it to something like the hotchkiss