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Beware the fangs of a Cobra!
Artwork by TopGun.

Originally sold primarily to the Soviets, the US Army Air Force flew these versatile aircraft during the final years of WWII and in Korea.

Download it here. (http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=9335)

...and another one from TopGun/Fire Fox! :D

Awesome!

I love those planes.

Edit: An A-39 with some of the errors remedied. Hopefully they added some superchargers this time around...

If memory serves, they were excellent tank busters with that 37mm cannon.

Actually it was the P-39 not A-39 it was originally designed as an interceptor.

The Bell P-63 Kingcobra (Model 24) was a United States fighter aircraft developed in World War II from the P-39 Airacobra in an attempt to correct that aircraft's deficiencies. Although the aircraft was not accepted for combat use by the USAAF, it was successfully adopted by the Soviet Air Force.
While the P-39 had originally been introduced as an interceptor, later in its development it was decided to reduce the cost and complexity of the engine by removing the turbocharger and replacing it with a simpler mechanical supercharger. High-altitude performance suffered dramatically as a result.
The XP-63 was larger in all dimensions than the Airacobra. The laminar flow wings increased the overall span by 4.33 feet to 38.33 feet. The engine was fitted with a second supercharger supplementing the normal single-stage supercharger. At higher altitudes when additional boost was required, a hydraulic clutch would engage the second supercharger, adding 10,000 feet to the service ceiling.
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Actually it was the P-39 not A-39 it was originally designed as an interceptor.
Yea, typo sorry (yes, I know they're on the opposite side of the keyboard. I was thinking "P" but hit "A"). It was a good interceptor, I read that it turned on a dime. With armaments like that, it wouldn't take much to down an enemy plane.

I read an article about the Airacobra, I believe it was Military History magazine.

A spirited Fighter :goodjob:
Love the looks of this aircraft... it seems to say "Yes, I'm Fast and Mean" :lol: and if the looks doesn't do it, the single 37mm Cannon in the nose and four 12.7mm (.50 caliber) Machine Guns (two mounted in the wings and two synchronized to fire through the propeller) will get your attention. :)

The Soviets used them a great deal for many missions such as "Tank Busting".
The United States used them a great deal as trainers and although they were successfully used by foreign forces such as the Soviets and French, they took a back seat to the P-51 Mustangs.

No ptrblem just thought I would point it out. It was an interesting aircraft however the performance fell below the P-51 so it want adopted by the USAAF. The P-39 however did see action in the Pacific theater.

Oh yes, great unit!

Thank you very much Topgun. :goodjob:

I hope you can do the soviet version too, because it lacks for my mod

No ptrblem just thought I would point it out. It was an interesting aircraft however the performance fell below the P-51 so it want adopted by the USAAF. The P-39 however did see action in the Pacific theater.

Now that you mention it, I do remember hearing that the US Marines used them to fight off the Japanese with some success.

Actually not the Marines they used naval type aircraft the F4F and later the F4U. And of course the F2A. The USAAF had some units of P-39's and P-40's some of which served on Henderson field. And the US pilots really did not like the P-39 assigning some pretty derogatory nicknames to it.

That must have been what I was thinking, guilty by association I guess. The Marines were defending Henderson Field, hence my thinking there were also Marine P-39's.

Yes that can happen, the contributions of the US Army concerning Guadalcanal are often overlooked and forgotten. BTW only one pilot flying P-39's for the USAAF became an ace during WWII.