yak3 yakovlev

[Vanyaaynav]

Good birdy

[666BirdOfPrey]

hey

remember that the yak-3 was faster at low altitude than its enemeys

just as the mig-3 was faster as top speed at high levels but at low levels where most of the eastern front fighting happend was slower than its enemey

so dont look at the specification figures as absolute reality

[YengStvol]

I love Normandia! I love Yak-3!

And Yakovlev was so handsome :) (i am not gay))))

[ComradeFlorian31]

@marcelo5252 Yak-3 was not only very manouevrable it was pretty fast as well with a 655 km/h top speed so your comparison with nimble Japanese fighters such as the Zero is not appropriate as the Zero never exceeded 550 km/h or so

[christof139]

@marcelo5252, Yeah, some of the German planes had more speed, but those that didn't were in trouble. US planes in the Pacific also kept their speed up as you say. However, pilot skill had much to do with dogfighting so ...

Early Mustang's with their Allison's were loved by their RAF crews in Europe due to the Allison's excellent low altitude performance & the high manueverability of the Mustang.

[lilian20ful]

Еще раз пересмотрел. Классный видеоролик. Не пафосный, правдивый, беспристрасный.

Я много читал и читю о авиации, поэтому могу авторитетно сказать что лишнего ничего не сказано в этом видео не преукрашено. Як 3 показан таким каким он и был в ВОВ.

Спасибо разместивнему ролик.

[christof139]

@marcelo5252, Hi, unfortunately no, but I read about the Yak-3 on the inet or in a book, perhaps a book concerning the French Normandie-Niemen Squadron. After the Soviets got the bugs out of the Yak-3 - tearing wing fabric etc. - the plane was so nimble that it was a real killer. German planes could not dogfight with it because it was so nimble & also was fast enough with great climb rate. Keep looking & you will find that Luft. order forbidding combat with it.

[christof139]

@marcelo5252, Yes, you could see the conspicous airscoops plainly on Yak-7 & 9, but the Yak 3 had none. From a distance, SOMETIMES this could be noticed, sometimes not. Once engaged the same applied. The fact is that German fighter pilots had orders to avoid the Yak-3.

[volodyyy]

this plane SHIT planes I know my grangpappy fall from sky in this garbage can

[lilian20ful]

Еще раз пересмотрел. Всетаки классно сделано. На мой взгляд можно считать образцом док-го кино. И о недостатках не забыли упомянуть и достоинства не скрыли. Не то что некоторые современные киношники-русофобы, в сто крат преувеличивают недостатки, вскользь упоминают достойнства, лишь бы какое-то "открытие" всучить зрителю.

[volodyyy]

This is SHIT plane

[GRATZIANI2002]

@volodyyy very agree!!..shit plane flied by shit pilots, using shit language!.. Chinese sounds better!!..lol..

[talkye1]

@volodyyy This fighter turned into crap German planes. In addition to swearing is nothing you can say that because you have no facts to confirm his words, and can not be.Эти пиндосы ничем не могут аргументировать свою похабщину,вот и ссут кипятком.

[lilian20ful]

Спасибо разместившему видео! Очень понравилось. Видео является образцом обьективности.

[kjsh987]

the russian air force was a powerfull one in ww2 but no body knows that because the americans and the british allways are the known. the russians must have the same respect because after all they defended their own country and took berlin.

[monsterzeroJr]

Yak-3 was a wickedly aggressive little plane but had a tiny fuel load permitting an endurance of only about 40 minutes before gas ran out. This meant you took off, flew out for about 20 minutes, fought a 5 minute air combat, and then had to run like hell back home on last drops of fuel.

[volodyyy]

Why????? Because I already say to you that only drunk russian can kill himself on wall. oh yes also they put tens of millions people in front of wall and then murder them. russian scum pit of world and world best liers

[lilian20ful]

@volodyyy Русофоб безмозглый!!!! В твоей тупой башке, обработанной пропагандой, хоть капля здравого смысла осталась?

[yur1x]

@volodyyy

You know nothing about Russia and about Russian. Your words =0. In them emptiness.

[volodyyy]

I can't go kill myself on wall because DRUNK RUSSIAN in yaks already do this.

on you tube type drunk russian tank driver.... till this day the SCUM get drunk and still harms innocent peoples. Piss on stalin and his men

[volodyyy]

This plane is SHIT

[GanzRUS]

Go and kill yourself on wall...

[GanzRUS]

Why?

[Scharfschutzen1]

This plane was originally called the ZEKEovik. Built in Russian zone of Ukraine in town called Myronska. Voloddyy's papa flew on maiden voyage and landed in German occupied air field after disoriented and was taken prisoner. After war his son lived in U.S. and became an inspector for a municipality and has many models of the ZEKEovik in his flat. Son said his father feared the Messerschmitt. Plane was called the flying pierogie by the Pollocks.

[GOZR]

The Klimov V12 was a modified french Hispano Swissa..

[kjsh987]

u know which was the pilot who painted in his plane to siant george and the dragon and was condecorated as a soviet union heroe?

[Loxleiev]

noone thouyght about making ,with the porper plans, the Klimov V12 taht this marvellous aircraft used? it would be the coolest thing somone ever did :P i want to listen to it!!!!

[BaranovV]

At me in village ground clay and what that especial. Many ammunition do not suffer from corrosion. I for example can take gunpowder from dug out sleeve - and it(he) burns, as as if and has not passed so much many years. In trees cut on fire wood it is possible to find lead from bullets. Absolutely near to my rural house in meters 50-70 the German pillbox settled down. I have decided to dig out - so it(him) as that there I have found a sleeve of 1914, firm "Western":)

[christof139]

Yes, I know, Russia & USSR lost many, many people over many years of history . More people there and in other areas of the world where warfare occurred are aware of war's terrible cost. Last war here was US Civil War 1861-65, ~3.55% of population died.

Be careful digging so you don't accidently explode an old shell etc. At Verdun, there are still areas not cleared of unexploded arty. shells etc. People are not allowed in those areas. Even ordnance as old as WWI time period can still explode.

[BaranovV]

My liked (not church holiday) is day of a victory which is marked in Russia more widely and more seriously than in any country of the world. At me on field in village splinters though a field every year plough TILL NOW are dug out. All district is pitted by entrenchments, holes from explosions there would be no problems that to dig out from the ground patrons, the weapon.

[christof139]

Only German tanks & SPGs that were better gunned & armored than USA's were Panther, Tiger 1 & 2, Jagdpz. IV w/L70 gun, Jagdpanther, & Jagdtiger. Many times in France Panthers were beaten badly by long barrelled Sherman Easy Eights, M-10, M-18, & M-36 TDs. At close range, & there was much close range fighting in France due to the terrain, even the short barrelled Shermans were OK. Dmitriy Loza & others liked the Sherman more than they disliked it.

[BaranovV]

We have lost 14 million peace population. 1710 cities more than 70000 villages have been destroyed completely are erased from the person of the ground.

[christof139]

Seriously though, I have read of the East Front for ~40-years, since Junior High or Highschool. There is much info. here in the West, much from Soviet sources now & Soviet servicemen that fought in the war, as well as all the German records etc. Most people here & in USSR, Germany, etc. don't know much, & basic history classes in school & colleges are limited. We were never taught in school that USA won the war by itself, & Stalingrad is hailed as a great Allied victory. Stalingrad, Tunisgrad.

[BaranovV]

At us in Russia the second world war is perceived more sharply than in the USA. In Russia there is no such family at whom the relative would not be at war and not lost. At me all grandfathers and great-grandfathers were at war, many relatives were at war and lost. All my villages from which my grandfathers and grandmothers have been occupied by Germans, to me told native about war much.

[christof139]

Yes, of course the Sherman was the basic tank, like USSR T-34/76. Both good tanks. USA long 76mm was a good gun, especially with HVAP ammo. One USA tanker claims to have destroyed a Panther at 1,500m, so it had to have been a side shot. I beleive this was verified, not sure.

[christof139]

BTW, Another excellent prewar plane that didn't get mass produced was the I-17 Polikarpov. The few that were produced served in combat in the ealry days of the nazi invasion & they were good.

[christof139]

Sorry, Dmitriy Loza is the Guards tanker & Dmitriy Fedorovich is the interviewer.

[christof139]

- On the one hand this rubber-coated track was a big plus. In the first place, this track had a service life approximately twice that of steel track. I might be mistaken, but I believe that the service life of the T-34 track was 2500 kilometers. The service life of the Sherman track was in excess of 5000 kilometers. Secondly, The Sherman drove like a car on hard surfaces, and our T-34 made so much noise that only the devil knows how many kilometers away it could be heard.

[BaranovV]

Yes, I read Dmitry Lozy's memoirs, the Soviet tankman struggled on M4A3. I did not speak, that it is nonsense. At шермана and T-34 there are merits and demerits. I studied these tanks. My opinion such, that these tanks are equivalent, in view of advantages of their qualities (in what that T-34 surpassed M4A3 and on the contrary). However tank armies of Americans conceded as a whole Soviet and German. And T-34 it not the unique tank of the Soviet union. At the USA the basic tank was M4A3

[christof139]

Dmitriy Fedorovich: My unit switched over to American Shermans at the end of 1943. After the Kishinev Operation our corps became the 9th Guards Mechanized Corps. Of these 3 British tanks, the best was the Valentine produced in Canada. Its armor was streamlined but more importantly, it featured a long-barreled 57mm main gun.

[christof139]

Dmitriy Fedorovich, I briefly remind you that the army consisted of two corps: 5th Guards Tank Stalingrad Corps on our own T-34s and 5th Mechanized Corps, in which I fought. For the first time this corps had British Matildas, Valentines, and Churchills. After 1943 we largely declined British tanks because they had significant deficiencies. In particular, they had 12-14 h.p. per ton of weight at a time when good tanks had 18-20 h.p. per ton.

[christof139]

Dmitriy Fedorovich, 6th Guards Tank Army, on which American tanks did you fight? - "On Shermans. We called them "Emchas", from M4. Initially they had the short main gun, & later they began to arrive with the long gun & muzzle brake. The main gun was quite long. Overall, this was a good vehicle but, as with any tank, it had its pluses and minuses. When someone says to me that this was a bad tank, I respond, Excuse me! One cannot say that this was a bad tank. Bad as compared to what?"

[christof139]

Sherman also used British gyro stabilizer allowing it to fire a bit more accurately while on the move. USA 90mm was equivalent of the USSR 122mm & the German 88mm, & the USA Super 90mm was better. You just simply go on & on, & refuse to learn anything that does not conform to your preset view. IS-II & IS-III were great tanks, especuially IS-3. During 2nd Vietnam War USA M-41 Light Tank crewec by ARVN with 76mm knocked out T-54/55's without a problem, M-48/90mm destroyed them at 2000m.

[christof139]

BaranovV, Here is a good example to define what you are speaking of: Over confident & arrogant German pilots in the earlier days of the war slowed down to dogfight USSR I-15 & I-16 fighters, and that error frequently resulted in Bf-109s being shot down since those USSR fighters were more manueverable at slower speeds than the German Bf-109. See, I am not the 'dumb, rude, etc. cuckoo capitalist', you think I am. Ha ha ha!! Well, maybe I am somewhat since the world is and has been nuts.

[BaranovV]

"Anti-plane planes"it is not flying tank on wings. At the USSR were special reserved planes for impacts by the ground Il-2 and others. For "anti-plane planes" the basic qualities - it a maneuverability. I DO NOT SPEAK THAT the AMERICAN PLANES were bad. I SPEAK ONLY THAT Soviet and German "anti plane planes" surpassed American on a maneuverability and a bend. THAT'S ALL - OR YOU is not ABLE TO READ???

[christof139]

BaranovV, the Yak-3, Yak-7-9, Mig-3, La-5, & La-7 were great planes, but as every plane they had weak points, just as USA planes & every plane has weak points as well as strong points. Yes, I agreed the USSR fighters we speak of could OUT-TURN USA planes but the P-51, P-38 Lightning, & P-47N could match or excedd the rate of climb, acceleration & speed of the USS fighters.

[BaranovV]

The American planes were good, not that that the American tanks in the second world war. Simply I to you tried to tell as they had for lack of - at last that you of them have recognized.

[christof139]

Baranovv, USA tanks & TDs did just fine, & with 2,000 Pershings & more Jumbo Shermans that could have been committed ...

Look up on gun/armor/ammo type penetration charts & compare USSR 85mm with USA long 76mm firing their best HVAP rounds, & you will see the USA 76mm is better, & even the Soviets said this. In Korea this 76mm had the upper hand against post war T-34's with thicker armor. In WWII Shermans had thicker armor than T-34s & were more mechanically reliable.

[christof139]

You're speaking of acceleration & climb rate, P-51, P-38, & late model P-47-N were very good. USSR & German fighters could out turn these USA planes though, but this was compensated for by good acceleration, speed, climb rate, & pilot skill.

[christof139]

A very important advantage of USA planes is that they were constructed of dura-aluminum, & they could take more punishment than USSR palnes. USSR could not produce dura-aluminum unitl very late in the war. You simply claim that the USSR produced the best of everyhting & won the war by itself, which is incredibly false.

[christof139]

Also, I have continually stated that the Yak-3 was one of the best dogfighters of the war, & that the La-5 & La-7 were also among the best planes produced during WWII, as were the P-47, P-51, P-38, Corsair, P-39-63 below ~15,000ft.

[christof139]

GOZR, BTW, if one pushes the wrong button then one may start a nuclear war. Therefore, all buttons should be banned & converted to switches, since switches are more diificult to turn or flip than buttons are to push. Someday the world will regared my words as great wisdom. BTW, I made error as I thought a few P-51H were in combat, but of the 500+ made none were committed in combat.

[BaranovV]

Quickly to fly upwards, this property of a rocket. The plane should maneuver well. You are so ridiculous in the position. Take calculations of a bend and maneuver of different planes, they are in интеренете, you will understand that the American planes утупали in this component Soviet and German.

[christof139]

BaranovV, Every plane has unique properties, read more & you will find that only a stupid pilot slows down to dogfight a slower yet more manueverable plane. FYI, the P-51 was indeed a very good dogfighter, many planes could out turn it yet it had very good speed.

[christof139]

Yak-3 entered service in July, 1944, therefore it was as new as the 9U, so, the nazis hadn't known of the Yak-3's capabilities in comparison to the 9U because the Yak-9U was also new & introduced in April, 1944 which was earlier than the introduction of the Yak-3 by ~3months!!!!.

[christof139]

Yak-9U: Service Date: April 1944, Ext Fuel Capacity: none, Int Fuel Capacity: 749 lbs (340 kg), Maximum Speeds: 415 mph (668 kph) at 16,400 ft (5,000 m), Ceiling: 34,000 ft (10,363 m). Weaknesses: Lightly armed, incapable of absorbing much combat damage, thirsty engine & short range. Overall, performance and handling were considered to be on par with the American P-51D Mustang.

[christof139]

No, Luftwaffe order was to avoid the Yak-3, the Yak without the "conspicuous air scoop" as stated in the Luftwaffe order.

[GOZR]

The enemy became painfully aware of the Yak9U capabilities. The lost pilot of a storch liaison landed on Soviet airfield at Sedy north-western Lithuania by mistake said at interrogation, The order was to ovoid combat with the Yak fighters having no antenna mast.. The Yak3 was already known and ovoided at low altitude.

[christof139]

@GOZR, BTW, I am right & you are wrong. The Luftwaffe order was to avoid the Yak-3, the fighter without the conspicuous oil cooling air scoop. Watch your smart ass attitude yourself.

[GOZR]

Now be smart and polite of i will have to press the lock/spam button.

[christof139]

GOZR, BTW, read what I have previously written before running your mouth.

[christof139]

GOZR, Like I said, you fantasize a lot.

[GOZR]

Christof watch your attitude and you may have some good answers. Believe what you want to believe it's your problem, if you want to argue there are plenty of forums for this.

[christof139]

GOZR, Well actually i do have a lot of experience on flying the Yak9 ;) in real.

Ha ha ha!! You do!??! Where, in the USA where you live!??! Seems you fantasize & play Flight Sim games a lot. You also repeated what I said earlier about pilot experience & training & the good manueverability at lower altitudes of the La-5-7 & Yaks & other planes such as the P-39-63.

[christof139]

Pilot experience & training mean a lot, & that is why the F-86 had a 7 to 1 kill ratio over MIG-15's in Korea, a ratio not disputed by Soviet sources. In the Vietnam War ratio of MIG kills dropped to ~1.5 to ~2.0 in USA's favor due to better training of Vietnamese pilots, Soviet pilots being present as they were in Korea, & the fact that many Vietnamese aces served a long time in combat & gained great experience.

[GOZR]

Well actually i do have a lot of experience on flying the Yak9 ;) in real. Also i have to correct you about the Luftwaffe order to ovoid yak3, It wasn't for the Yak3 but for the 9U since the later could climb and fly very well at high altitude, a German aircraft would be in real trouble.

[GOZR]

Every German pilot would know to be extremely careful fighting a later Russian aircraft at lower altitude it was obvious. Like i said every planes had very different way to fly and purposes.

[GOZR]

The power of the Yak wasn't necessary the top end speed but the faculty to sustain full throttle in a digfight for quite some time.. and today the same aircraft have the same quality.

[GOZR]

You see many things depend of many different factors for any aircraft, the example Korea is a typical one, giving metal yaks9 to un- experimented pilots is very scary..

~S

[christof139]

BTW, some of you here should quit basing your 'great knowledge' on the IL-2 Flight Sim. FYI, that game is not comparable to military training flight sims eithe, much less to speak of actual performance in the RW & the great importance of pilot experience & training.

[christof139]

Yak-9's were not that fast, manueverable yes, but it didn't compensate for their slower speeds & lesser armament, & Luftwaffe had no problem with any of them, & they didn't perform well in Korea. Yak-9U & Yak-9P had good armament.

[christof139]

I don't know, because the Yak-3 was the only fighter that the Luftwaffe High Command ordered its pilots to avoid, & many experts rate it as the best or nearly the best dogfighter & superior to La-5 & La-7. P-51 was indeed a great dogfighter, but the later models didn't need to dogfight as they could use their speed. Every plane has its pros & cons. Luftwaffe successfully engaged La-5-7, & was never ordered to avoid them as it was the Yak-3.

[christof139]

You can repeat all you wnant, but you do not know your butt from a hole in the ground. You sound like a silly parrot politrook Bolshevik idiot. Admit that the P-51 was an excellent dogfighter, & could & did perform at all altitudes exteremly well, especially the very long range P-51D & H models. La-7 produced to much heat & the heta in the cockpit was bad. Still it was a great plane, but couldn't take much punishment & wasn't as fast & manueverable as you seem to believe.

[GOZR]

Well actually the Mustang was a good airplane but not an exceptional aircraft for dog fights, those aircraft are very different for very different task.

the Mustang is a very heavy aircraft and it should be use as it was intended to be.

The Yak-3 wasn't the most maneuverable USSR fighter it all depend the situation and which maneuver.

If i had to pick an aircraft to be on i would pick the Yak9U for sure.

[christof139]

Typos: 'startegic' should = 'strategic'. So sorry.

[BaranovV]

I once again repeat, the American planes were good bombers and impacts on the ground purposes. But against planes (I have in view of not against few maneuverable bombers) they were of little use for air fights. The Soviet and German planes surpassed the American planes in this component - is simple RECOGNIZE it.

[christof139]

No, you're wrong, USA P-51 was one of the most manueverable fighters of the war, it was a great dogfighter at any altitude, just as the Spitfire was. Even the P-47 Thunderbolt could pull some dogfighting tricks. The earlier P-40 was also quite manueverable, not as much as the Bf-109 E, F but still quite good. The P-39 & P-63 were also very manueverable. The Yak-3 was the most manueverable USSR fighter, La-5 & La-7 were good too, but no great difference in comparison to other good dogfighters.

[christof139]

You fail to realize that the USSR did not have many startegic bombers, so having planes that were able to perform well at higher altitudes was not of primary importance. Western high altitude fighters also performed extremely well at low altitudes. La-5 & La-7, etc. had very respectable considerably high altitude performance, but they could not match Western or German fighters at high altitudes.

[christof139]

Game IL-2 is just that A GAME. It doesn't cover all marks/models of planes either. Game does not = reality.

Speed of P-51H at 30,000ft or 9,143.55m was ~486mph or ~782.46km/hr.

[BaranovV]

Once again, what long to not speak. 85 % of battles in air fell to height not above 3000 meters. I emphasize that Americanly bends and a maneuverability had planes is worse than at Soviet and German. (Look time of bends of different models of planes)

[christof139]

Sorry, air battles in the West over Britain, France, Germany etc. generally occurred well over 3000m. Allied startegic bombers flew at altitudes much higher than that on their bombing runs, & Allied fighters protecting them flew both above & below them as did intercepting German fighters. MOST air combat was below 3000m only on the Eastern Front, occurring much less in the West & the Pacific. Dogfights below 3,000m did occur in the West & the Pacific, but not nearly as much as in Russia.

[christof139]

The wood used in construction of USSR planes made them easier to shoot down. USA planes were aluminum, as were most British planes except Mosquito & early Hurricanes (not sure about the Hurricane, but the Hurricane was also an excellent dogfighter). I am very familiar with the metric system, & it is not hard to convert back & forth between metric and USA/Brit. units of linear measurement. Converters are available on the inet. 1km = ~0.62miles, 1mile = ~1.61km, 1ft = ~0.3048m, 1m = ~1.318.ft

[christof139]

Ha ha ha!! USA P-47 Thunderbolt & P-51 were very good. P-47 was fast, semi-armored, & hard to shoot down, & its firepower was very powerful. The P-47 was the plane that was mainly responsible for sweeping the skies over France clear of German fighters, & it helped the Spitfires & early P-51s greatly. German FW could & did successfully fight Lag 5 & 7, it was the Yak-3 that was the best dogfighter, and German High Command issued orders to its pilots to avoid the Yak-3.

[christof139]

Rate of fire of the P-51 wan't slow, & neither was the rate of fire of the P-39 although its 37mm fire was of course slower but still deadly, & it is one reason Soviet pilots liked it. Its 37mm did have jamming problem though, but it had enough other MGs on it to compensate.

[christof139]

Altitude limit, or service celing, was only 25,197ft on the Yak-3 compared to the 41,600ft of the P-51H. Yak-3 is one of my favorites because it was a great dog fighter at lower altitudes.

Have you yet determined why many of the greatest Soviet aces flew & liked the USA P-39 Airacobra & P-63 King Cobras yet? The P-39 was not a high altitude fighter as were Spifires, Fw-190's, Bf-109's, P-51's, P-47's, P-38's, etc., but the P-39 was very good below 15,000ft, + it had a 37mm cannon in its nose.

[BaranovV]

The American planes conceded Soviet on a maneuverability and bends. The MAJORITY of RUSSIAN EXPERTS was AT WAR BY the SOVIET PLANES. Your American planes easily forced down easy Japanese planes. Once again I shall repeat that the American planes are good for impacts by the ground but not in war in air.

[christof139]

No, our early planes had a very hard time against the Japanese Zero type fighter. The Zero type, both navy & army versions, was probably the most manueverable fighter of the war. The Yak-3 was very manueverable, though lightly armed, but good Soviet & French pilots knew how to use it. Yak-3 was one of the greatest dogfighters of the war.

[BaranovV]

Tell cristof139 you played computer game "IL-2"? It is a total simulator of planes of the second world war. There there are almost all models of planes of the second world war, is taken into account(discounted) absolutely all - speed, a maneuverability, arms and so on. Very interesting I game - recommend you to play.

[BaranovV]

By the way at the Soviet planes the arms was too very good. As to 37 mm of a gun in a nose at the plane I to you shall tell that she(it) was good only in a dive in impact on the ground purposes with the big speed. At shooting from it(her) the plane tested very big feedback and it(him) shaked, except for that she(it) was низкоскорострельной. At shooting on bends from it(her) the plane very much was frequently dumped in a corkscrew.

[BaranovV]

Низкоскорострельной-

Rate of its(her) shooting was slow

[christof139]

Also you don't know anything about USA planes & the P-51H Mustang: A new version of the Packard/Merlin, incorporating water injection, delivered over 2000 hp. These changes resulted in the finest American fighter of the war. Speed was 486 m.p.h. at 30,000 ft. best climb rate was 5,350 ft./min. at 5,000 ft. Service ceiling was 41,600 ft. Not any Soviet plane approached this jigh altitude performance, and only 1 high altitude model of the FW did. Occasionally, P-51D & H shot down Me-262's.

[BaranovV]

When write comments write please measures the following are long: kilometers, meters and so on. At us in Russia foots and miles are not distributed. German planes fw at Germans were frequently used for shooting on ground by the purposes in general they were less suitable for action against other planes.

[christof139]

Yak-3 was the only Soviet plane that the Luftwaffe high command orderedits pilots to avoid. Yak-3 was a little killer.

[BaranovV]

"La 5 " ."La- 7" "Lag", "mig"(all modificatino) were planes which were at war better German FW and Bf(all modification). As I want to note that the American planes were good as bombers, shutrmovics. But "anti-planes" planes at America were worse Soviet and German.

[christof139]

BaranovV, You are one of the most ignorant people I have ever met. Soviet planes were good & I never said they weren't. However, you are very wrong about the La-5, La-7 & Yak-9 being better than every German model of the Bf-109 & Fw-190's. Soviet fighters were not very good at high altitudes but good at lower altitudes & the same for the USA P-39 & P-63 Bell models that some of the USSR's greatest aces flew.

[BaranovV]

Do not build of itself the clever man. I as did not meet more unaware person as you. 80 % of fights in air in the second world war passed at height not over 3000 meters. Study the basic characteristics plane - then write the comments. Besides for war at the big height the Soviet union had special updatings planes.

[golfprobro4eagles]

Yak was like the zero but had sealed gas tanks. French loved it. At the end of the war there were given there planes took them home with them.

[yakovlev3a]

yea the yak weighed about the same as the zero but its wing loading was almost twice as high which explains the yak's better dive and zoom performance and the zeke's better turn performance. In terms of handling I would say the yak was more like a spitfire with slightly less turning capability but better high speed performance

[duBourgapierre]

frepi

Too bad I can't understand russian.

- The guy passed his fraternal "hello" to you))

What about Yak-3 and other Yakovlev planes, their main disadvantage was the lack of durability due to the use of the mixed construction (metal framing and wooden covering). This big problem was solved only in the very end of the war and immediately after the war, when Yak-3 and Yak-9U construction became all-metal. Before that, Yak-9 had better durability qualities but poorer flying characteristics.

[Baal616]

Russians are Iron tough and they build good machines. Invading Russia is never a sane idea.

The Nazis were deeply delusional.

(The MiG-3 wasn't as good as the Yak, but I like it.)

[syntaxerror9]

Klimov 12 Y engine made from a french Hispano suisa§

Yak 3: the plane of the pilots of the french sqadron "Normandie-Niemen" in USSR during WW 2!

[SFDPSFDP]

Great video , simply the best aircraft of the Eastern front , nothing come close for low to medium altitude performances , thank you Russia to remember NN , we remember your great sacrifice in this war , almost everday i think about Soviet people who died as Heroes in this terrible war

[jmb765]

What I think about when I watch this video is how strong their people are. Yakolev created the design for this aircraft to be top of the line, and with minimal pay at that. After all, it was a communist society. You did what you were told. It's because the Russians cared about their families they built these planes so well without incentive. It's hard to make a man do something without incentive, sometimes even if you threaten his life. They broke through it though.

[yakovlev3a]

yea one might even say that keeping the russian flag flying over moscow and not nazi germany's was a strong enough incentive for them

[su27forserbia]

otlichno bratskiy privet

[frepi]

Too bad I can't understand russian.

[Diablothejd]

Yak-3 is the best fighter of WWII

[jcfebles2081]

In my opinion is The LA-7

[Diablothejd]

agree, La-7 isn't worst

[terminator363]

I think that the Bf-109 was.............I dont know it was because it was so light and manuverabel

[bjhisham]

awesome one.... great movie thankyou

[sebsauv]

Thank you very much for sharing this video, I Highly Recommend this books: "La soif de l'air" et "Un du Normandie-Niémen" by the most prestigious pilot of the WWII: the lieutenant Roger SAUVAGE

[maque93]

thank you to remember the French guys of Normadie -Niemen...

[UaFalcon]

Yakovlev Thank you.