[Snickering Hound]

The Soviet Lagg-3 was heavy and underpowered, but the Boulton Defiant was a fighter that had no front firing guns, just that rear turret.

[RayChuang88]

But yet, the design of the LaGG-3 was successfully evolved into the VASTLY superior La-5, particularly the La-5FN model with the supercharged engine.