Blitzkrieg 2 - Total Conversion 1.4.9.8.81 file

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Will there be gyroplanes and helicopters ?

Near the KASKR-I autogyro (red engineer) (left to right): designers - Nikolai Kamov and Nikolai Skrzhinsky, pilot Ivan Mikheev. The back row — mechanics E. A. Kreindlin and M. F. Drankovich.

Pay special attention to the fact that the autogyro itself says "helicopter". This is to the question of whether an autogyro should be considered a helicopter.

The short-range scout and spotter autogyro A-7-3a made its first flight in 1934. For the first time, the autogyro received defensive armament from three 7.62 mm machine guns. The pilot was responsible for the front PV-1 with a belt-powered, firing through the propeller. And the observer led the defense of the rear hemisphere from a paired DA-2 machine gun (Degtyarev-aviation) with disc magazines on the ring turret. Later, the wing below had nodes for the suspension of four FAB-100 bombs and six RS-82 unguided missile shells. The maximum design speed of the A-7 was 218 km/h. At the beginning of 1941, the People's Commissariat of Commerce and Aeroflot organized an expedition to the foothills of the Tien Shan to prove the possibility of using gyroplanes in forestry and agriculture. The planes returned (successfully) from the mission two days before the start of the war.

Machine gun mount of paired machine guns D A (Degtyarev-aviation) on the autogyro A-7-3a.

The baptism of fire of domestic rotorcraft occurred during the "winter" war with Finland. The only participant is the autogyro A-7bis. The A-7bis was used as a regular spotter aircraft. In terms of speed, of course, it was significantly inferior to the SSS aircraft, but it was significantly superior in maneuverability and take-off and landing qualities. Heavy artillery fire was corrected from the gyroplane. I didn't have to fight off the Finnish Bulldogs and Gontlites even once. The Finns also did not have a well-organized air defense system. In total, the gyroplane made 20 sorties, flying a total of 11 hours and 14 minutes.

And what about allies/rivals?

All significant countries had helicopters/gyroplanes: England, France, Japan, the USA, Germany - no one was completely left out.

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