What aircraft would a Battle for Moscow senario need?

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Originally Posted by rga

Mig-3 definitely. The world's fasterst fighter in 1940, excellent in all vertical maneuvers, retent energy very well even at very hight AoA. Not very good when turnning, especially at low altitude, but if you stick to Bnz, even the infamous Messer should fear (Unfortunately, real life Russian pilots couldn't afford the luxury to avoid the fight even when they were at disadvantage as their German counterparts ). Fly like a pig with full fuel tank. Truly the Russian version of P-51 if you ask me.

I`m speaking what I remember from the old game. And IIRC the Mig burned like a torch, even from small caliber hits. It was famous amongst Luftwaffe virtual pilots to be one of the few planes that could be brought down by the MG fire alone.
Apart from that, significantly worse maneuverability when fighting the Friendrich below 5000m; worse dive maximum velocity.
The 109F2 is a better fighter ; anyhow the analogy with the p51 is interesting, as it also didn`t pose too much of a threat.