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Originally Posted by Swagger7
Actually I just meant a Buffalo in Finnish markings. They were pretty much the same airplane. And I'm pretty sure that the only engagement of Buffaloes vs the Japanese (at least in American hands) was the one at Midway you talked about. So I'm not sure where they could have shot down older Japanese planes, unless someone we exported them to used them against the Japanese?
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Like FOZ said, the RAF used them in Asia, as well as the Dutch. And that is where they went up against some A5Ms. Not for long, but they did use them briefly against them.
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Originally Posted by FOZ_1983
The buffalo got about quite a bit the dirty little tart haha
finland used them to great sucess against the dirty ruski's  americans used them at midway (not through choice i dont think) the RAF had them in asia and the dutch used the in the easit indies.
they were outclassed though by the zero. That plane was a beast!!! just very easy to go down if taking hits |
Well all they had at Midway were Buffalos I believe, and like all Marines. They prefer to use the old technology; and somehow they get a better performance out of them.
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Originally Posted by FOZ_1983
Whats the scenario?
head on at the same height? high or low? Does one have height over the over and on his 6?
Whatever the scenario...... i would have to take the zero. It lacks armour but has sufficient guns and can manouvre better than the 109K.
Like i said though..... all depends on the scenario 
would be a good fight to see. |
It also depends on the which Zero your talking about? If your talking about the A6M2 Zero, it would probably have a hard time working against the K4. And if you talking about the M3, you'd also have trouble if you were flying the M3. The M5, is probably the only one capable of doing some hurt on the K4. But probably the best Japanese plane to go against a K4 would be the Ki-61 Tony or the Ki-100 (which is a radial version of the Ki-61 Tony).
And it really does depend on altitude. At low to medium altitude, the Zero or Ki-61/100 would probably own the 109K4, but at higher altitudes the K4 might have a better shot. But actually, the Ki-100 might give the K4 a run for its money since it could match a 109F series in altitude. At least on paper it seems like it could.