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System Requirements
- For PC
- For MAC
- For Linux
Minimum
- OS: Windows 7 SP1/8/10 (64 bit)
- Processor: Dual-Core 2.2 GHz
- Memory: 4GB
- Video Card: DirectX 10.1 level video card: AMD Radeon 77XX / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660. The minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
Recommended
- OS: Windows 10/11 (64 bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i5 or Ryzen 5 3600 and better
- Memory: 16 GB and more
- Video Card: DirectX 11 level video card or higher and drivers: Nvidia GeForce 1060 and higher, Radeon RX 570 and higher
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
Minimum
- OS: Mac OS Big Sur 11.0 or newer
- Processor: Core i5, minimum 2.2GHz (Intel Xeon is not supported)
- Memory: 6 GB
- Video Card: Intel Iris Pro 5200 (Mac), or analog from AMD/Nvidia for Mac. Minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p with Metal support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
Recommended
- OS: Mac OS Big Sur 11.0 or newer
- Processor: Core i7 (Intel Xeon is not supported)
- Memory: 8 GB
- Video Card: Radeon Vega II or higher with Metal support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
Minimum
- OS: Most modern 64bit Linux distributions
- Processor: Dual-Core 2.4 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA 660 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months; the minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p) with Vulkan support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
Recommended
- OS: Ubuntu 20.04 64bit
- Processor: Intel Core i7
- Memory: 16 GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA 1060 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD (Radeon RX 570) with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) with Vulkan support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
Stories of Soviet Warriors: Lieutenant Bukchin
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Lieutenant Bukchin, Simeon Zinofeevich
Fighter Pilot, 129th Guards Fighter Regiment
I received a very cold welcome when I joined the regiment. Gulaev vehemently protested when he heard that I had been appointed his wingman, “Why did they give me a Jew!!!” Yes, and the regimental commander Bobrov himself called me “Abram” instead of my real name. But enough! Such antisemitism is on his conscience; maybe Smushkevich denied him a decoration in Spain? But I became real friends with Gulaev, and more than once we saved each other's life. By the way, he never let anything antisemitic slip in my presence. If you fight well, then it doesn't matter whether you are Jewish or Russian. But in the beginning... For me, the thought of Gulaev being shot down was worse than death. I could not justify to myself or to my comrades why I did not save the great ace. In combat, my responsibility was to cover Gulaev's back and not interfere with his “solo performance”.
One day we were fighting 12 German Ju-87 bombers accompanied by a flight of 6 Me-109s or as we called them “Leans”. Kolya plugged two of them, but a pair of “Leans” got on his tail and began shooting practically at point blank range. I rushed through the bullets to engage the lead plane. That gave Nikolai a few precious seconds, and climbing quickly he eluded his pursuers. Luckily for me, I managed to nurse my battered plane back to the airfield. Since then, Gulaev and I have been fast friends for many years. I didn't shoot down my first plane until December 1943. It was a reconnaissance FW-189 – hated by combat veterans as “The Frame”. The “Fokker” was covered by 4 Messers, we also had an element with us. Gulaev hit the “Frame”, and the German quickly fell with smoke starting to spew out of its rear. At that point, the fighter escort engaged us. Then Gulaev commanded me over the radio, “Simeon, take this b...” Cutting him off, I shot the plane down for my first group kill. After 2 days, fortune smiled on me again, and I shot down 2 “Hans” in one battle – a Ju-87 and an Me-109. I shot the “Lean” down in a frontal attack – he lost his nerve and turned away at the last second. In a word, I was lucky. Most Germans had nerves like steel cables. And that's how the real war started for me.
About the author:
Artyom Drabkin ( born 25.07.1971) — Russian public figure, leader of internet project «I remember», author of collections of memoirs of soviet veterans of World War II, series of veterans interviews «Soldiers' Diaries» and «Trench Truth». Script writer of documentary movie series.
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