10.09.2008, 16:04
if you do a search of the forum, Ranwers did a fix for this some time ago. However, these tails are not historically inaccurate in real history or in the context the planes are meant to be included in the unmodded game and is understandable given it was made by a business.
1.) real history - late production spitfire 9s had the broad chord tails (the ones that were coming off the production lines with the Mk XVIs, which were just spitfire 9s with american made merlin engines, and also remember that some early production 8s had the rounded tails too so it kinda goes both ways). many of the spitfire 9s sent by lend-lease to the soviet union in the latter stages of ww2 had these tails instead of the more common rounded tails.
2.) game context history - almost all of the planes in the game are only in it because they could be found in one way or another on the eastern front. the only exceptions are the planes from the pacific fighters release (hellcats, zeros, etc). i have the documentation on this (Aircraft of the Aces no. 74, Soviet Lend-Lease fighter Aces of WW2) which really answered almost all my questions about "why is this plane in the game?" or "why would they put this version of this plane in the game when there were lots more of that kind?" So since most of the mk 9s sent to the soviet union had the broad chord tails, broad cord tailed mk 9s is what we got for the game.
3. economically - because of the first two points, this sort of let oleg and his team cut some corners. yes, he could have made another 9 with the rounded tail, but there wasn't realyl a point because if anyone made a fuss about it he could go hey, they had them in real life. This let them make just one tail for most of the spitfire variants in game and saved them time and money to get the game out faster to make more money. Another example is the P-40M/N debate i remember seeing here, where people were wondering why they put the P-40M in the game when there were lots more Ns that were sent via lend-lease. yeah the Soviet Union got almost 5 times as many Ns as Ms, but they did receive Ms and it was cheaper to make the M for the game because it would require less work to make since it was so similar to the E, two planes for almost the price of one.
hope this was helpful, cheers!
1.) real history - late production spitfire 9s had the broad chord tails (the ones that were coming off the production lines with the Mk XVIs, which were just spitfire 9s with american made merlin engines, and also remember that some early production 8s had the rounded tails too so it kinda goes both ways). many of the spitfire 9s sent by lend-lease to the soviet union in the latter stages of ww2 had these tails instead of the more common rounded tails.
2.) game context history - almost all of the planes in the game are only in it because they could be found in one way or another on the eastern front. the only exceptions are the planes from the pacific fighters release (hellcats, zeros, etc). i have the documentation on this (Aircraft of the Aces no. 74, Soviet Lend-Lease fighter Aces of WW2) which really answered almost all my questions about "why is this plane in the game?" or "why would they put this version of this plane in the game when there were lots more of that kind?" So since most of the mk 9s sent to the soviet union had the broad chord tails, broad cord tailed mk 9s is what we got for the game.
3. economically - because of the first two points, this sort of let oleg and his team cut some corners. yes, he could have made another 9 with the rounded tail, but there wasn't realyl a point because if anyone made a fuss about it he could go hey, they had them in real life. This let them make just one tail for most of the spitfire variants in game and saved them time and money to get the game out faster to make more money. Another example is the P-40M/N debate i remember seeing here, where people were wondering why they put the P-40M in the game when there were lots more Ns that were sent via lend-lease. yeah the Soviet Union got almost 5 times as many Ns as Ms, but they did receive Ms and it was cheaper to make the M for the game because it would require less work to make since it was so similar to the E, two planes for almost the price of one.
hope this was helpful, cheers!