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 {{Specs-Avia-Flight}}
 <!-- ''Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the most important characteristics of the vehicle.'' -->
-The Soviet A-20 performs exactly the same as its [[A-20G-25|American counterpart]]. It is reasonably fast and manoeuvrable for its type, yet has worse energy retention and handling compared to a fighter. Though due to the Soviet modifying the Havoc to carry a much heavier payload than it was originally designed, its performance dramatically worsens as a result with the more payload you carry.
+The Soviet A-20 performs exactly the same as its [[A-20G-25|American counterpart]]. It is reasonably fast and manoeuvrable for its type, yet has worse energy retention and handling compared to a fighter. However, due to the Soviets modifying the Havoc to carry a much heavier payload than it was originally designed for, its performance dramatically worsens as a result with the more payload you carry.
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 {{Specs-Avia-Flight}}
 <!-- ''Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the most important characteristics of the vehicle.'' -->
-The Soviet A-20 performs exactly the same as its [[A-20G-25|American counterpart]]. It is reasonably fast and manoeuvrable for its type, yet has worse energy retention and handling compared to a fighter. Though due to the Soviet modified the Havoc to carry a much heavier payload than it was originally designed, its performance dramatically worsens as a result with the more payload you carry.
+The Soviet A-20 performs exactly the same as its [[A-20G-25|American counterpart]]. It is reasonably fast and manoeuvrable for its type, yet has worse energy retention and handling compared to a fighter. Though due to the Soviet modifying the Havoc to carry a much heavier payload than it was originally designed, its performance dramatically worsens as a result with the more payload you carry.
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 {{About
-| about = premium  bomber '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
+| about = premium bomber '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
 | usage = other versions
 | link = DB-7 (Family)
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 <!-- ''In the description, the first part should be about the history of and the creation and combat usage of the aircraft, as well as its key features. In the second part, tell the reader about the aircraft in the game. Insert a screenshot of the vehicle, so that if the novice player does not remember the vehicle by name, he will immediately understand what kind of vehicle the article is talking about.'' -->
-As a part of the Lend-Lease program, several variants of the American '''[[DB-7 (Family)|A-20 Havoc]]''' were sent to the Soviet Union to aid in their war effort against Nazi Germany. With the ''A-20G'' variant in particular made up a significant portion of the delivery.
+As a part of the Lend-Lease program, several variants of the American '''[[DB-7 (Family)|A-20 Havoc]]''' were sent to the Soviet Union to aid in their war effort against Nazi Germany. The ''A-20G'' variant in particular made up a significant portion of the delivery. As with several lend-lease aircraft the Soviets received from the Western Allies, Soviet engineers modified some of these vehicles to fit them with domestic equipment, either for the sake of logistics or to potentially improve its capabilities. The lend-lease A-20 Havoc is in the latter case, albeit to an extreme degree. The Soviets deemed that the Havoc's performance was "overpowered", so instead of using its intended payload of four 250 lb bombs or eight rockets, Soviet engineers decided to push the Havoc's weightlifting capacity to its limits by adding extra bomb racks to allow the plane to accept more bombs of various size, effectively doubling its payload size at the cost of worsened flight performance. Following a period of familiarization, the A-20 Havoc was generally liked by Soviet airmen, who deemed the aircraft's ease of use and maintenance, its high top speed and agility, and large payload limit to be its greatest strengths. In the end, the Soviet ended up being the biggest operator of the Havoc, with 3,414 Havocs being delivered, a number even higher than a Havoc in service with the USAAF.
-As with several lend-lease aircraft the Soviets received from the Western allies, Soviet engineers modified some of these vehicles to fit them with domestic equipment, either for the sake of logistics or to potentially improve its capabilities. The lend-lease A-20 Havoc is in the latter case, albeit to an extreme degree. Since the Soviet deemed that the Havoc's performance is "overpowered", instead of using its intended payload of four 250 lb bombs or eight rockets, Soviet engineers decided to push the Havoc's weightlifting capacity to its limits by adding extra bomb racks to allow the plane to accept more bombs of various size, effectively doubling its payload size at the cost of worsened flight performance.
+Introduced in [[Update "Fire and Ice"]], the '''{{Specs|name}}''' is an alternative to the [[B-25J-30_(USSR)|lend-lease B-25J Mitchell]], featuring more versatile payload and agility at the cost of survivability. The Soviet Havoc is a huge step-up compared to its [[A-20G-25|American counterparts]] in terms of payload, being able to carry much bigger bombs and heavier overall payload. This allows the Soviet Havoc to excel at ground-pounding, base bombing, or close air support. However, other than its payload, the Soviet Havoc is identical to its American counterpart at a much lower BR, and as such it often struggles against faster and more advanced aircraft, especially while carrying heavy payloads.
 == General info ==

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 == Description ==
 <!-- ''In the description, the first part should be about the history of and the creation and combat usage of the aircraft, as well as its key features. In the second part, tell the reader about the aircraft in the game. Insert a screenshot of the vehicle, so that if the novice player does not remember the vehicle by name, he will immediately understand what kind of vehicle the article is talking about.'' -->
-As with several lend-lease aircraft the Soviets received from the Western allies, Soviet engineers modified some of these vehicles to fit them with domestic equipment, either for the sake of logistics or to potentially improve its capabilities. The lend-lease A-20 Havoc is in the latter case, albeit to an extreme degree. Instead of using its intended payload of four 250 lb bombs or eight rockets, Soviet engineers decided to push the Havoc's weightlifting capacity to its limits by adding extra bomb racks to allow the plane to accept more bombs of various size, effectively doubling its payload size at the cost of worsened flight performance.
+As a part of the Lend-Lease program, several variants of the American '''[[DB-7 (Family)|A-20 Havoc]]''' were sent to the Soviet Union to aid in their war effort against Nazi Germany. With the ''A-20G'' variant in particular made up a significant portion of the delivery.
 == General info ==

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 The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a premium rank {{Specs|rank}} Soviet bomber {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update "Fire and Ice"]].
-As with several lend-lease aircraft the Soviet has received from the western allies, Soviet engineers has modified some of these vehicle to fit them with domestic equipment, either for the sake of logistic or to potentially improve its capabilities. The lend-lease A-20 Havoc is in the latter case, albeit to an extreme degree. Instead of using its intendeded payload of four 250 lb bombs or eight rockets, Soviet engineers decided to push the Havoc's weightlifting capacity to its limits by adding an extra bomb racks to allow the plane to accept more bombs of various size, effectively doubling its payload size at a cost of worsened flight performances.
+As with several lend-lease aircraft the Soviets received from the Western allies, Soviet engineers modified some of these vehicles to fit them with domestic equipment, either for the sake of logistics or to potentially improve its capabilities. The lend-lease A-20 Havoc is in the latter case, albeit to an extreme degree. Instead of using its intended payload of four 250 lb bombs or eight rockets, Soviet engineers decided to push the Havoc's weightlifting capacity to its limits by adding extra bomb racks to allow the plane to accept more bombs of various size, effectively doubling its payload size at the cost of worsened flight performance.
 == General info ==
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 {{Specs-Avia-Flight}}
 <!-- ''Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the most important characteristics of the vehicle.'' -->
-The Soviet A-20 performs exactly the same as its [[A-20G-25|American counterpart]]. It is reasonably fast and manouverable for its type, yet has worse energy retention and handling compared to a fighter. Though due to the Soviet modified the Havoc to carry a much heavier payload than it was originally designed, its performance dramatically worsens as a result with the more payload you carry.
+The Soviet A-20 performs exactly the same as its [[A-20G-25|American counterpart]]. It is reasonably fast and manoeuvrable for its type, yet has worse energy retention and handling compared to a fighter. Though due to the Soviet modified the Havoc to carry a much heavier payload than it was originally designed, its performance dramatically worsens as a result with the more payload you carry.
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 {{Specs-Avia-Suspended}}
 <!-- ''Describe the aircraft's suspended armament: additional cannons under the wings, bombs, rockets and torpedoes. This section is especially important for bombers and attackers. If there is no suspended weaponry remove this subsection.'' -->
-The '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' can be outfitted with the following ordnance presets:
+The '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' can be outfitted with the following ordnance:
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 | rowspan="9" width="30%" | <div class="ttx-image">[[File:Hardpoints_{{PAGENAME}}.png]]</div>
 |-
-! 50 kg FAB-50sv bombs
+! [[FAB-50sv (50 kg)|50 kg FAB-50sv]] bombs
 | 1* || 1* || || 4, 16 || || 1* || 1*
 |-
-! 100 kg FAB-100sv bombs
+! [[FAB-100sv (100 kg)|100 kg FAB-100sv]] bombs
 | 1* || 1* || || 4, 16 || || 1* || 1*
 |-
-! 250 kg FAB-250sv bombs
+! [[FAB-250sv (250 kg)|250 kg FAB-250sv]] bombs
 | 1* || 1* || 1 || || 1 || 1* || 1*
 |-
-! 500 kg FAB-500sv bombs
+! [[FAB-500sv (500 kg)|500 kg FAB-500sv]] bombs
 | || || 1 || || 1 || ||
 |-
-! 1,000 kg FAB-1000 bombs
+! [[FAB-1000 (1,000 kg)|1,000 kg FAB-1000]] bombs
 | || || 1 || || 1 || ||
 |-
-! 500 lb AN-M64A1 bombs
+! [[AN-M64A1 (500 lb)|500 lb AN-M64A1]] bombs
 | || || || 4 || || ||
 |-
-! 450 mm 45-36NU torpedoes
+! [[45-36NU (450 mm)|450 mm 45-36NU]] torpedoes
 | || || 1 || || 1 || ||
 |-
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 | colspan="9" | * 50/100 kg bombs and 250 kg bombs cannot be mixed within each wing (hardpoints 1/2 and hardpoints 6/7)
 |}
 === Defensive armament ===
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 With the 6 forward-facing .50 calibre guns and a decent turn time and rate of climb for a twin-engine aircraft, the A-20G-30 is well suited for the role of heavy fighter. Be warned, the A-20G-30 does not have the energy retention of dedicated heavy fighters like the [[Bf 110 (Family)|Bf 110]]'s in the German tech tree. This could lead to the aircraft being destroyed in such a dogfight.
 === Pros and cons ===

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 {{Specs-Avia-Flight}}
 <!-- ''Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the most important characteristics of the vehicle.'' -->
-''Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the most important characteristics of the vehicle.''
+The {{PAGENAME}} performs exactly the same as its [[A-20G-25|American counterpart]]. It is reasonably fast and manouverable for its type, yet has worse energy retention and handling compared to a fighter. Though due to the Soviet modified the Havoc to carry a much heavier payload than it was originally designed, its performance dramatically worsens as a result with the more payload you carry.
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 * Lacklustre turn time, flight performance will be worsened the more payload you carry
 * Poor energy retention, especially with wing payloads
-* Limited defensive coverage, its tail section blocks a large portion of the ventral turret's firing arc
+* Limited defensive coverage, its tail section blocks a large portion of the dorsal turret's firing arc
 * Weak tail section that can be easily snapped off by autocannons it commonly faces at the BR

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 * Large payload size and options
 * Has an access to custom loadout
-* Good top speed and overall handling for its class, especially with empty payload
+* Good top speed and overall handling for its class, especially without payload
 * Effective offensive armament
 * Has tricycle landing gear, able to take off and land on small airfields
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 '''Cons:'''
-* Effectively the same plane as its [[A-20G-25|American counterpart]] but at a significantly higher BR in RB and SB, can be easily outclassed especially in uptier match
+* Effectively the same plane as its [[A-20G-25|American counterpart]] but at a significantly higher BR in RB and SB, can be easily outclassed especially in an uptier
-* Lacklustre turn time, flight performance will be worsened with more payload you carry
+* Lacklustre turn time, flight performance will be worsened the more payload you carry
 * Poor energy retention, especially with wing payloads
-* Limited defensive coverage, its tail section in particular blocks a large portion of the ventral turret's firing arc
+* Limited defensive coverage, its tail section blocks a large portion of the ventral turret's firing arc
-* Weak tail section that can be easily snapped off by autocannon it commonly faces at the BR
+* Weak tail section that can be easily snapped off by autocannons it commonly faces at the BR
 == History ==

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 ! rowspan="2" | Characteristics
-! colspan="2" | Max speed<br>(km/h at _,___ m)
+! colspan="2" | Max speed<br>(km/h at 3,048 m)
 ! rowspan="2" | Max altitude<br>(metres)
 ! colspan="2" | Turn time<br>(seconds)
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 |-
 ! Stock
-| ___ || ___ || rowspan="2" | {{Specs|ceiling}} || __._ || __._ || __._ || __._ || rowspan="2" | ___
+| 492 || 475 || rowspan="2" | {{Specs|ceiling}} || 35.2 || 36.2 || 7.7 || 7.7 || rowspan="2" | 604
 |-
 ! Upgraded
-| ___ || ___ || __._ || __._ || __._ || __._
+| 535 || 510 || 33.0 || 34.0 || 12.7 || 10.1
 |-
 |}
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 ! Combat flaps !! Take-off flaps !! Landing flaps !! Air brakes !! Arrestor gear
 |-
-| _ || _ || _ || _ || _     <!-- ✓ -->
+| ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || X || X     <!-- ✓ -->
 |-
 |}
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 ! Combat !! Take-off !! Landing !! + !! -
 |-
-| 696 <!-- {{Specs|destruction|body}} --> || {{Specs|destruction|gear}} || ___ || ___ || ___ || ~__ || ~__
+| 696 <!-- {{Specs|destruction|body}} --> || {{Specs|destruction|gear}} || 428 || 406 || 295 || ~6 || ~3
 |-
 |}
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 ! Ailerons !! Rudder !! Elevators !! Radiator
 |-
-| < ___ || < ___ || < ___ || > ___
+| < 260 || < 320 || < 300 || > 320
 |-
 |}