Hawk H-75A-2 (Germany)

▀Hawk H-75A-2

▀Hawk H-75A-2

Germany

II Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
2.7	2.7	2.3

Class:

PREMIUM

Fighter

Purchase:Bundle or Gift

MARKET

This page is about the gift fighter Hawk H-75A-2 (Germany). For other versions, see P-36 (Family).

Description

The ▀Hawk H-75A-2 is a gift rank II German fighter with a battle rating of 2.7 (AB/RB) and 2.3 (SB). It was introduced in Update 1.89 "Imperial Navy" as a reward for the first public season of the World War Mode.

General info

Flight performance

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Characteristics
Stock
Max Speed (km/h at 3,810 m)		Max altitude (meters)	Turn time (seconds)		Rate of climb (meters/second)		Take-off run (meters)
AB	RB		AB	RB	AB	RB
???	???	9555	??.?	??.?	??.?	??.?	343
Upgraded
Max Speed (km/h at 3,810 m)		Max altitude (meters)	Turn time (seconds)		Rate of climb (meters/second)		Take-off run (meters)
AB	RB		AB	RB	AB	RB
585	560	9555	20.5	21.0	15.1	10.6	343

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
			+	-
		520	~11	~6

Optimal velocities
Ailerons (km/h)	Rudder (km/h)	Elevators (km/h)	Radiator (km/h)
< 420	< 185	< 360	> 300

Compressor (RB/SB)
Setting 1
Optimal altitude	100% Engine power	WEP Engine power
3,658 m	900 hp	1,049 hp

Survivability and armour

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Armaments

Offensive armament

The Hawk H-75A-2 (Germany) is armed with:

• 2 x 7.5 mm Fabrique Nationale Mle 38 machine guns, nose-mounted (600 rpg = 1,200 total)
• 4 x 7.5 mm Fabrique Nationale Mle 38 machine guns, wing-mounted (500 rpg = 2,000 total)

Usage in battles

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Manual Engine Control

MEC elements
Mixer	Pitch	Radiator			Supercharger	Turbocharger
		Oil	Water	Type
Not controllable	Not controllable Not auto controlled	Not controllable Auto control available	Controllable Not auto controlled	Combined	Not controllable 1 gear	Not controllable

Modules

Tier	Flight performance		Survivability	Weaponry
I	Fuselage repair	Radiator		Offensive 7 mm
II		Compressor	Airframe
III	Wings repair	Engine		New 7 mm MGs
IV		Engine injection	Cover

Pros and cons

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History

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In-game description

French order of Hawk 75A-1 airplanes was fully fulfilled between December 1938 and April 1939. Some time later, the French ordered another 100 planes and 150 engines for the French Armée de l'Air. This time, they were Curtiss Hawk 75A-2 fighters.

These planes differed from the previous Hawk 75A-1 model in their Pratt & Whitney R-1830-SC3-G Twin Wasp engine with a maximum output of 1,050 hp and another pair of 7.5 mm Fabrique Nationale Mle 38 (Browning) machine guns installed in the wing panels with 500 rounds each. The overall number of machine guns installed on the fighter had now reached six.

A plant in Buffalo produced the components for these planes, and their final assembly took place in an SNCAC plant in Bourges. In order to bring the new fighters into service more quickly, another assembly line was set up at an aircraft plant in Toulouse. The first Hawk 75A-2 was delivered to the French in May 1939.

From the spring of 1939, the new planes were put into service in fighter groups (Groupes de Chasse, GC) in the French Armée de l'Air. The I/4, I/5 and II/5 groups switched to the Hawk 75A from the Dewoitine D.501/510, and the GC II/4 group was formed purely with the American fighters. On 8 September 1939, Hawk 75As from the GC II/4 group shot down a German Messerschmitt Bf.109E, the first conquest of the allies in World War II. The Curtiss Hawk 75 accounted for the majority of 27 aviation victories won by the French in the first month of battles.

German forces captured a unit of French Armée de l'Air Curtiss Hawk 75s and gave them to their allies – the Finns. Finland received nine Hawk 75A-2s and 18 Hawk 75A-3s. The planes received from the Germans were equipped with German-made Revi 12d sights and FuG 7a radios.

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See also

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