Pokryshkin's P-39N-0 (USSR)

▂Pokryshkin's P-39N-0

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▂Pokryshkin's P-39N-0

USSR

III Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
3.3	3.0	3.0

Class:

PREMIUM

Fighter

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This page is about the gift fighter Pokryshkin's P-39N-0 (USSR). For the American version, see P-39N-0. For other versions, see P-39 (Family).

Description

The ▂Pokryshkin's P-39N-0 Airacobra is a gift rank III Russian fighter with a battle rating of 3.3 (AB) and 3.0 (RB/SB). It was introduced in Update 1.31. The plane is painted after the camouflage scheme of Soviet pilot Alexander Pokryshkin in the 16th Guards Fighter Regiment, who scored most of his aerial victories in a lend-lease P-39.

General info

Flight performance

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Characteristics
Stock
Max Speed (km/h at 3,048 m)		Max altitude (meters)	Turn time (seconds)		Rate of climb (meters/second)		Take-off run (meters)
AB	RB		AB	RB	AB	RB
614	595	9700	18.9	19.9	11.0	11.0	280
Upgraded
Max Speed (km/h at 3,048 m)		Max altitude (meters)	Turn time (seconds)		Rate of climb (meters/second)		Take-off run (meters)
AB	RB		AB	RB	AB	RB
682	644	9700	17.8	18.0	21.7	15.4	280

Details

Features
Combat flaps	Take-off flaps	Landing flaps	Air brakes	Arrestor gear
✓	✓	✓	X	X

Limits
Wing-break speed (km/h)	Gear limit (km/h)	Combat flaps (km/h)	Max Static G
			+	-
		450	~12	~9

Optimal velocities
Ailerons (km/h)	Rudder (km/h)	Elevators (km/h)	Radiator (km/h)
< 360	< 380	< 450	> 312

Compressor (RB/SB)
Setting 1
Optimal altitude	100% Engine power	WEP Engine power
2,800 m	1,125 hp	1,446 hp

Survivability and armour

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Armaments

Offensive armament

The Pokryshkin's P-39N-0 (USSR) is armed with:

• 1 x 37 mm M4 cannon, nose-mounted (30 rpg)
• 2 x 12.7 mm Browning M2 machine guns, nose-mounted (200 rpg = 400 total)

Usage in battles

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Manual Engine Control

MEC elements
Mixer	Pitch	Radiator			Supercharger	Turbocharger
		Oil	Water	Type
Controllable	Controllable Not auto controlled	Controllable Not auto controlled	Controllable Not auto controlled	Separate	Not controllable 1 gear	Not controllable

Modules

Tier	Flight performance		Survivability	Weaponry
I	Fuselage repair	Radiator
II		Compressor	Airframe
III	Wings repair	Engine
IV		Engine injection	Cover

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Great acceleration
• Decent climb
• Great top speed at sea level
• Decent roll
• Decent vertical maneuverbility and horizontal maneuverbility
• 37mm cannon do a lot of damage once it hits enemy aircraft
• Great top speed in dive

Cons:

• Rudder stiffs at high speed
• 37mm cannon has slow velocity which makes it hard to aim
• Poor high altitude performance

History

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In-game description

Bell's P-39 Airacobra was a WWII-era American fighter that was notable for its uncommon design: the engine was placed behind the cockpit, and the landing gear moved from the tail to the nose. The aircraft was adopted by five countries: USA, Britain, Soviet Union, Portugal and Australia.

The P-39N was the first variant to be mass produced, with the P-39N-0 getting a new V-1710-85(E19) engine and a 3-blade Aeroproducts propeller with a 3.15 meter diameter. Starting from aircraft #167, some fuel tanks were removed from the wings to reduce weight, and a connection for additional fuel tanks was installed under the hull. To further increase flight performance, Soviet engineers often removed the wing-mounted machine guns, leaving two nose machine guns and a cannon.

As this variant, Bell produced 2,095 aircraft. Most of these were sent to the Soviet Union on the US's Lend-Lease program. In November 1942, the USSR received the first Airacobras, and the fighters showed good results in battle maneuvers at low and moderate altitudes. Many famous Soviet aces — such as Pokrishkin Alexander Ivanovich, Rechkalov Gregory Andreevich, Gulaev Dmitry Nikolaevich and Kutakhov Pavel Stepanovich — piloted the Airacobras during WWII.

Notable pilots

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  Alexander Pokryshkin changed to the P-39N aircraft after his P-39K was damaged by an Il-2 which inadvertenly fired its guns during a rough landing.

Media

The Shooting Range #55 - Pages of History section at 03:35 discusses the Soviet P-39.

See also

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• reference to the series of the aircraft;
• links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

External links

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