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Guillows Series 800 - Bell P 39D Airacobra by BriandKilby. Viewed 601 times. Build Thread Next Prev Click image to return. Image Comments BriandKilby 14-May-14 08:15 i'll probably paint it a russian plane with olive drab upper surfaces and nuetral grey lower. John M Oshust 14-May-14 17:05 Brian, great choice.. With the weapons platform afforded by the Airacobra, this was the WW2 of the Warthog. Russian loved its tank killing ability! BriandKilby 14-May-14 19:54 john, if in tank to tank battle, such as a tiger wouldn't take damage from a 37mm gun tank, but would from a airacobra? is that because of a low top armor? John M Oshust 14-May-14 20:51 Makes sense. I know we sent many planes and the Russkies loved them for tank work. jerry campbell 15-May-14 10:48 Brian from the air the attack a/c attacked from the rear when ever possible. Also strikes would try to be made on the separation between the turret and body of the tank. Both of the above were the most vulnerable even on the Tiger of which there were very few in comparison to other armor. BriandKilby 15-May-14 12:56 thanks jerry. hjlittman 20-May-14 15:23 The US, Free French, and Italian Co-Belligerent air forces used the P-39 for ground attack. Our official history says that the Russians used them the same way. After the fall of the Soviet Union we gained access to pilot diaries and other information that was quite different. The Russians used them as "frontal fighters", because of their good low altitude performance, to maintain air superiority immediately over the battle front. It turns out that many of the top Soviet aces ran up most of their scores flying their "Cobrushkas". There is a book entitled "P-39 Aces of World War 2" that is very enlightening. Early in the war, US forces sent the Airacobra into combat with pilots that often had less than 25 hours in type, sometimes even no hours in type, with predictably disastrous results. On the Finnish Air Force web site I noticed a remark by a Brewster Buffalo pilot (another unfairly maligned fighter) that they could handle almost any Russian fighter in a dog fight, even the later types, but feared running into the "vastly superior Bell P-39". Doesn't exactly square with the official history, does it? David Duckett 20-May-14 17:03 Those of us who have been in war will vouch for the fact that history is often re-written. Please sign in to comment on this image.