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Originally Posted by gaunt1
Just curious, what about the Seafire? In IL-2 compare, its performance is quite unimpressive.
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The Seafire III comes in two versions: F.III and the LF.III
These are based around the Spitfire Vc with both engine choices.. the LF model having the low altitude cropped supercharger which offers excellent performance under 10,000 feet/3000 meters while the F version peaks around 18000 feet/5000ish meters. Against the Japanese fighters like the Zero... you have nearly all of the advantages. Against others you have to treat it like the best refined Spitfire V models around... great handling but it doesn't have the power to have the climb or speed that the Mark VIII or IX Spitfires have.
So a significant altitude advantage or forcing in the close fight is the best option.