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To: White Lives Matter

Looks like a P 39 Airacobra, a great tank-killer used by Russians “Black Witches” women pilots with good success.


18 posted on 12/15/2020 11:13:02 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

It does resemble a P-39. When I was a kid I built several as models. The Army lost a lot of pilots due to the shaft coming apart between the engine and propeller.


19 posted on 12/15/2020 11:21:40 PM PST by White Lives Matter
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

Actually, the P-39 wasn’t really used for killing tanks. “This is because the Soviet term for the mission of the P-39, prikrytiye sukhoputnykh voysk (coverage of ground forces) is commonly translated ground support, which is often taken to mean close air support. In Soviet usage, it has a broader meaning. Soviet-operated P-39s did make strafing attacks, but it was “never a primary mission or strong suit for this aircraft”.”

This is from the wikipedia article on the plane.


20 posted on 12/16/2020 9:19:15 PM PST by Jacob Kell
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