Blood Red Skies: Neuheiten

Warlord Games haben einige neue Boxen für Blood Red Skies in der Vorbestellung.

Vital Statistics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 8.25m
• Wingspan: 10.2m
• Max Speed: 640kph
• Range: 700km
• Armament: 1x 12.7mm Berezin UBS MG, 2x 7.62mm ShKAS MGs

While the MiG-3 has the Sluggish trait, it is a serviceable frontline fighter with decent mobility conferred by the Great Dive trait, with an agility and firepower score equal to that of the early war Bf109’s it’s most likely to come into contact with. A squadron of these could easily support Yak-1s or I-16s without too much trouble.

Preis: 20.00 GBP

Pokryshkin was a three-time recipient of the Hero of the Soviet Union decoration during wartime – for his exceptional air combat record of 53 solo kills and 6 shared ones (though these tallies are disputed nowadays).

He was airborne on the first day of Operation Barbarossa, shooting down a Bf109 after being jumped on a recon mission, and would continue flying for the duration of the war, inventing new air combat tactics and stoking the USSR’s propaganda mill.

Preis: 12.00 GBP

Vital Statistics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 8.5m
• Wingspan: 10m
• Max Speed: 592kph
• Range: 700km
• Armament: 1x 12.7mm Berezin UBS MG, 1x 20mm ShVAK cannon

In Blood Red Skies, a squadron of Yak-1bs is more than a match for any equivalent German fighter squadron. Like other Soviet aircraft, they have high agility and low firepower – so you might struggle to tangle with late-war fighters like the Focke-Wulf 190s, but will fare well against the earlier marks of Bf109.

Preis: 20.00 GBP

Pokrovsky began flying I-16s in the Northern Fleet’s 72nd Mixed Aviation Squadron, flying over the Murmansk Front during the early period of the war. Like many pilots, he switched aircraft many times, from Hurricanes to Kittyhawks, Airacobras and Yak-1bs.

Preis: 12.00 GBP

Vital Statistics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 6.13m
• Wingspan: 9m
• Max Speed: 525kph
• Range: 700km
• Armament: 2x 7.62mm ShKAS MGs, 2x 20mm ShVAK cannons.

In-game, you’ll find these little wasps to be incredibly useful – field a swarm of low-cost, agile fighters with a low minimum move which will allow you to out turn faster-moving aircraft and set up the perfect attack! A small squadron of these could support a group Yak-1s or Mig-3s, acting as a second line to swoop down on anything that should slip through after the first engagement.

Preis: 20.00 GBP

Shestakov graduated from military college in 1936 and immediately applied for service in Spain, joining a Republican fighter squadron, where he claimed eight solo victories and 31 shared victories in 90 sorties in his I-16.

At the start of Operation Barbarossa, Shestakov found himself on the Odessa front, where his regiment mauled the German and Romanian opposition, scoring 96 victories between all the pilots.

Towards the end of the war, Shestakov converted over to the LaGG-3 which he flew until his death in 1944 – reportedly fighting his own private war with Stuka Ace Hans-Erich Rudel.

Preis: 12.00 GBP

Quelle: Warlord Games