EARLY BR 3+
clips, and the Lalas sticking with 20mm cannons. The
La-5 variants provide a big performance increase over
Suggested lineup: Yak-7B, MiG-3-15 (BK) or 3-34,
the LaGG-3 planes at the cost of a slight BR increase
La-5, Il-2, Il-4 (3 fighters, 1 attacker, 1 bomber)
of 0.3, so switch over to them as soon as possible.
Keep a fully upgraded fast-climbing interceptor with
Once you finish up research on Tier II and start
a decent punch (one of the MiG-3) in the lineup as
on Tier III, the suggested BR 2+ lineup will not be
bombers will start to appear in larger numbers.
effective anymore as Tier I planes are not effective
when researching Tier III planes (40% RP penalty).
The attackers introduced in BR 3+ will add another
Switch over to Tier II planes as soon as possible.
dimension to your gameplay. The Il-2 is a capable
attacker armed with a cannon that can shred tanks
For the fighter line, you have a choice between the
and other vehicles, and comes with bombs and
Yakovlev and the Lavochkin lines. Both fighter lines
rockets for that purpose too. You will not be attacking
are roughly similar in performance, with the Yaks
minibases and airfields with the bombs however,
being slightly more maneuverable while the Lalas are
as they are more effective against tactical ground
slightly faster. The big difference comes in the different
targets. If you wish to, you can also research through
armament systems adopted later on, with the Yaks
the Pe-3 heavy fighters to get to the Il-2M at a slightly
favouring larger but slower cannons with smaller
higher BR 3,3 but comes with a rear gunner. At BR
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