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Originally Posted by lost cause
Chromly steel? Is that a chrome alloy? Russia had no aluminum? Wow, didn't know that. I've been using The La7 lately because it gives me a chance. The bad thing is only 2 guns. Gunnery is my worst attribute so I have to hose them down for like 5 minutes (mostly hitting sky) before they go down, or I damage them and someone else finishes them and I don't get credit. Last night I won 2 consecutive dogfights with it and I was thrilled! My first wins in dogfight! Although the competition was only fair, a win is a win. I need a shit load more practise before even getting in a match with you turkies. There was a p51d in one of the matches and I felt like crap shooting him down. It was too easy! That pisses me off more than anything else about this great game. What they've done to one of the greatest aircraft in history (along with the great FW190) is blasphamy!!! No excuses!!! They are worthless in the game. The La7 sure isn't, though.
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Chromoly Steel, is just a really lightweight and all around more durable "aluminum" and steel. It was lighter than most steels at the time, and more durable than aluminum which made it the perfect Russian product, they could get on their own rather than having to ship it from the US or Britain etc.
And yesterday, I went up against three P-51D5s in Training with an La-7; and none of them could put a round in my plane. It was way fun because I would catch them in a turn and while climbing (which kinda surprised me at the climbing part.) I think if either of those went up against one another D5 (not a D10) and La-7 would be a cool match in real life.
@Turdop15: Since the Yaks didn't have a head plate which restricted visibility anyway, not only protection. They put bullet proof glass in its place behind the pilots head. Now whether it worked well or not, that's a question for Nikolai Dimitrievich Gulayev (3rd highest Soviet Ace of WW2).
From the story about him that I've read and heard, he was flying his La-5 over Stalingrad with his IAP (Can't remember the exact number of IAP he was in?), and they were jumped by a flight of FW190As who were on patrol as well. To make a long story short, Nikolai survived two head wounds (different times in the war). His first head wound was at Stalingrad flying his La-5, and the later on, when was flying a Yak-3 and got hit by a 190 again. It actually protected him once again nearer to the end of the war, when he was flying again a Yak-3, and a 109G6 (or G10?) got on his tail, and a cannon round actually cracked the bullet proof glass behind him, but didn't actually enter the cockpit!