Ki-43-II Kai is actually a -III model?

[taly001]

Those features make the Ki-43-III an unusual aircraft for a late war fighter - a vicious turn fighter, but very little punch so you have to choose your shots carefully.

The JAAF failures to make the Ki-61 reliable and the problems sorting out the Ki-84 kept the Ki-43 in service 2 years past its use by date. Nakajima factories didn't fully change to Ki-84 production until 9/1944. But Tachikawa factories kept making Ki-43-III.

Its really challenging to fly in Il2 as you need to drag the enemy AI into a turn or climb where they lose speed, I once had a 40 minute dogfight Ki-43-II vs a AI P47D-10, I kept climbing and dodging and eventually I suckered him into loosing enough speed for me to nail him.

The simplest fix for the il2 Ki-43-II Kai would be to rename it -III and do a -III flight model tweak. The -III was used at Iwo Jima by 23rd Sentai in 2/45 and Okinawa 4/45 by at least 6 Sentai's so it actually suits il2 default map sets.