There is no need to guess or read into the documents as per the usual suspects.
It is clear the FW190A9 is the replacement Anton for the FW-190A8.
Are we really having this discussion?
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side by side with the 2500 A-8's that were built in parallel to the 900 A-9's.
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You also do not have the production details for the blocks. Almost all the FW-190A8's produced in the later part of 1944 are all weather variants or assault ships.
Oskar Bösch went thru 13 FW190A8's during his time with IV/JG3 Sturm. His unit had a 500% casualty rate.
Both are specialized variants for specific units and neither is designed as an air superiority variant.