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These Czech Avia S-199 fighters became the aircraft with which Israeli pilots achieved their first aerial victories.
Avia S-199, fighter, Israel. rank IV.
Features:
- Low max speed and climb rate
- High flutter threshold
Immediately after the end of World War II, Czechoslovakia began to form its own air force. Due to a shortage of aircraft in their possession at the time, Czechoslovakia decided to utilize the spare parts that remained after the war to initiate production on a series of Bf 109 G-10 fighters. The main production issue was caused by the power plant - the original German production run of the DB 605 engine was long over, and it was not profitable for the country to start producing new examples. After the first batch of fighters with DB 605 engines were completed, the decision was made to switch to Jumo 211 engines, as they were much more readily available. This engine was not incredibly suitable for fighters however - it was less powerful than the Daimler, and lacked a synchronizer for forward armament.
The Messerschmitt airframe had to be substantially modified to accommodate the new engine, complete with a new propeller. The resulting Czech fighter, named the S-199, was noticeably inferior in terms of performance to its German predecessor, regardless of this fact though, more than 500 units were produced in total. It soon became obvious that the S-199 was drastically outdated, and there was no country in Europe where the Czechs could sell their new fighter, due to all the leading forces of the world being equipped with much more powerful machines, with most in the process of already developing their own jet aircraft.
Even before the official proclamation of the State of Israel, the procurement commission of the future state signed a contract for 25 disassembled S-199s, and also finalized agreements for a training program for Israeli pilots. On May 28th, 1948, the first ever Israeli fighter group of four S-199s was formed under the leadership of several experienced veteran pilots. The future commander-in-chief of the Israeli Air Force and subsequently the country's president, Ezer Weizman was among these four pilots. The following day after formation, the group took off on their first combat mission to carry out an assault on Egyptian positions. This was the beginning of a short but brilliant career for these Czech-assembled German fighters operating out of Israel, where the plane received the nickname "Sakeen", Hebrew for "Knife"
TheS-199 fighter will be one of the first aircraft in the Israeli tech tree. It will appear in the hangars of the Israeli Air Force closed beta test pilots with the release of the ‘Winged Lions’ update at rank IV - additionally, rank IV marks the starting point for the Israeli air branch.
The Czech S-199, based on the German Bf 109 G-10, is drastically inferior to the latter in terms of combat effectiveness. The Jumo engine lacks the high power of the original DB 605 and is noticeably heavier. However, the well-designed airframe still retains a very high flutter threshold and makes this fighter to be very adept for "boom & zoom" tactics: where the aircraft dives to gain speed from high altitude on to an enemy below, followed by an upwards zoom to return to relative safety
The S-199 also differs from the Messerschmitt in terms of armament: the S-199 lacks a 20mm motor-cannon, but retains a pair of high caliber MG 131 machine guns and a couple of rifle caliber machine guns in the wings, which can (and should, at the earliest opportunity) be replaced with two classic underwing gunpods containing powerful 20 mm MG 151/20 cannons. The “Sakeen” can also be equipped with several types of small-caliber bombs, the Sd.50, Sd.70 and Sc.50, which are carried externally on several pylons.
This entry-level aircraft will arrive with the release of the ‘Winged Lions’ Major Update. Take part in the closed beta test of Israeli aviation to be among the first to fly and master the various aircraft of this new playable nation!
Access to the Israeli Air Forces CBT
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- Spitfire LF.Mk.IXe (Premium, Rank IV, Israel)
- 1000 Golden Eagles
- Premium account for 7 days
- Access to the Israeli Air Forces CBT
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- A-4E; (Premium, Rank VI, Israel)
- 2000 Golden Eagles;
- Premium account for 15 days.
- Access to the Israeli Air Forces CBT
Comments (105)
New props are great!! Please give more :)
It's a BF109 with a different engine. That's it.
xx7mo0od3690xx@psn, And look who came, a destroyer of fun and smile in children faces
My grandpa's plane :D
sheesh boi hard flex uwu
Even though the plane was not good, the pilots were the best!Hats off to him
This looks like a brand new 3D model, not just a modified 109 models we have in game. Will you update the existing 109 models since they are quite outdated?
Yep, don't let anyone tell you it's copy paste.
thunderdog1138, Except it's not. At all. As someone who has played from the beginning, this is a completely different model to any of the BF109's we have in the game. The only thing that's copy paste is your comment, which is copied from other people's...
Nice, a new prop! No matter how bad it is at least it is unique. Now give Germany more late war 109 variants such as the 109K6, 109K10 and 109K14 and I will be a very, very happy customer :D
F4U-5, F8F-2, Sabre Fury and Spiteful too ;)
Metrallaroja, You know it man ;)
What a significant piece of history. The first fighter aircraft of the world's only Jewish nation was originally designed for the Nazis. Such an ironic aircraft truly signifies the beginning of an era.
no
xx7mo0od3690xx@psn, Not 'no', 'yes' ;)
Those are some epic features
It's amazing what Israel was able to cobble together from just about every corner of the World in a very short time.
Dozer15, they didn't even make this plane.
Yes, very great but when will comes the french navy, or simply a french plane top tier, for example the MIRAGE F1, or the SUPER ETENDARD??
i agree french navy could be a good ad for a new update "la royale"
ShaKou_09, and a new top tier plane could also be good things
Copy paste, yeah right. Still a BF109 and ironic they used a plane of German origin. This new "tech tree" was most likely only added to appeal to people from that place.
Yugoslavia would've been a better choice. I know the country doesn't exist anymore but neither does the USSR and gaijin doesn't mind displaying that under the tree instead of Russia.
bruh relax you're level 3
Wow, a worse BF109. Why did add Israel instead of fixing already existing trees? Italy and France are still missing a LOT of WW2 planes. There are dozens of CAS suggestions for Italy, yet you still claim that it's hard to find them.
Shut up and dakka-dakka with pew-pews, comrade. o7
It's a cool addition but why are there so few camouflages available in the game? The S-199 could have a czech one, too. Hope for more in the future! :)
Might end up being a camo on the market like the Dutch skin fir the D.XXI.
Well, hope *does* spring eternal, as they say :)