05.05.2008, 03:56
I've been thinking lately about the 109G-6(late) as it was and just now wondering if two birds could be killed with one stone. See the late gustav in il2 FM I think is still restricted to 1.35ata and 1475PS take off whereas historically G-6 in late 43 was cleared for 1.42ata or 1550PS at 2km emergency power and is a little quicker and more powerful than early G-6, which is really needed since the appearance of Thunderbolts and Lightnings, plus larger numbers of Mark IX Spits.
Well a G-14 to those specs satisfies that as it seems most late G-6 were retrofitted with MW-50 anyway (i.e. field equipped with an AM motor). So a G-6/U3 of the late type and the AM motor would be just perfect all round. Talk has it this was probably the type Hartmann in fact had switched his G-14 for in 44 (the build quality was poor and it was known they requisitioned some new G-6 airframes intended for a training squadron instead, likely to be fitted with MW-50 at that time). Curiously I get references to Hartmann both in G-10 and K-4 in 45 but I don't know if this is confused aircraft recognition or he did indeed operate both types that year.
Well a G-14 to those specs satisfies that as it seems most late G-6 were retrofitted with MW-50 anyway (i.e. field equipped with an AM motor). So a G-6/U3 of the late type and the AM motor would be just perfect all round. Talk has it this was probably the type Hartmann in fact had switched his G-14 for in 44 (the build quality was poor and it was known they requisitioned some new G-6 airframes intended for a training squadron instead, likely to be fitted with MW-50 at that time). Curiously I get references to Hartmann both in G-10 and K-4 in 45 but I don't know if this is confused aircraft recognition or he did indeed operate both types that year.