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We are pleased to present to you the Royal Air Force successor of the well-known Bristol Beaufighter
The Bristol Brigand that will arrive in Update 1.63 Desert Hunters in the designated B.1 bomber variant.
We are pleased to present to you the Royal Air Force successor of the well-known Bristol Beaufighter - the Bristol Brigand that will arrive in Update 1.63 Desert Hunters in the designated B.1 bomber variant. The Bristol Brigand was the successor to the aging Bristol Beaufighter - a heavy 2 engine fighter that was able to step into a wide range of combat roles - from Night Fighter, Ground Attack aircraft to Naval torpedo bomber. The Brigand was developed during World War 2, but came too late to see service or to have any meaningful impact on the outcome of the war. It was later deployed during the Malayan Emergency.
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The main idea behind producing a new type of multi-role heavy fighter was to simplify the production and logistics (the new Brigand reconstructed the tail of the existing “Buckingham” medium bomber), while aiming for higher speed and incorporating the implementation of newer technologies. The Brigand B.1 bomber variant was powered by two Bristol Centaurus 57 powerplants, each generating a maximum continuous power of 2,165 hp which allowed the aircraft to reach a maximum speed of 357 mph (574 km/h) at 16,500 feet (5,030 m). The weight of the empty aircraft was slightly over 11 tons and it was operated by a 3 man crew.
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Its main armament consisted of four forward-facing 20mm Hispano Mk.V cannons under the nose and it could mount up to 2 000 lb of bombs or 16x unguided RP-3 rockets in different configurations. A total of 147 Brigands were built. The aircraft was decommissioned in 1958 and eventually replaced by both the de Havilland Hornet and the English Electric Canberra.
The Bristol Brigand B.1 will serve as a stately replacement for the Bristol Beaufighter in your lineup. It will be located at the Tier 4 of the British heavy fighter line right after the Mosquito and will be researchable for all players in the game.
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As in the history - our players will be able to utilize the full potential of this aircraft. Either for close ground support, as a dive bomber, heavy attacker or very soon - against Naval forces. While its maximum top speed and maneuverability might not be suited to battle designated fighter aircraft, it is a good all-rounder and will serve you well in combined ground battles.
The Bristol Brigand does not resemble any unique design that wasn't already seen elsewhere and did not play any pivotal role during the War, but rather cleared the path for implementation of more advanced technologies and is a worthy replacement for the Beaufighter for Tier 4 combined battles. Enjoy!
The War Thunder Team!
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Comments (114)
Another really nice twin engine aircraft for Britain, Still waiting for the Mosquito Bomber variant though. ;)
I hope that a mossie bomber variant doesn't get heavy fighter bomb reload times. Pe-3 gets bomber reload times, but other attackers/heavy fighters get fighter reload timers of 3-5 minutes on bomb loads like the A36 or Bf110.
suchusername_wow, The Mosquito bomber has no guns, it's a pure dedicated bomber unlike the A36 and Bf110 which are still competent fighters. So there really is no chance of a long bomb reload on it.
Does this mean we will have missions where we need to bomb/rocket structures? not just bases/vehicles?
That would be sweet, like the bridge objectives on some maps.... :) More variety Gaijin, +1 from me with that if it's true. :)
No. Gaijin hasn't changed air gameplay since 2 years ago.
it doesnt have cockpit. Why?
yeah - it will be equally useless in SB as Beufighter - it's really annoying to fly fighter without cockpit. In bombers it's bad but in fighter when you do not have point of reference while not looking straight forward it makes fighting much harder. GJ - make cockpits at least for fighters, etc.
It has a very complex cockpit that requires lots of time and research. Rather than delay the whole aircraft, the cockpit was.
Lovely modeling too :)
It looks really nice during flight :)
Why AFTER the Mosquito? Isn't it about 50 mph slower than the Wooden Wonder?
The aircraft is superior to the Mosquito in many respects. You will be able to see why for yourself :)
Eh higher bomb load, mk V hispanos, and more maneuverable? Seems like after the mossie is a good idea. Those mkVs have so much firepower.
Beautiful as always! Can't wait to get her into my lineup. Thanks.
Oh and will she have air breaks or do we get the wires shut post production modification?
Teovo, *wired shut
Stona, GREAT addition but I would like to make a request for the British tech tree. Could Gaijin designate Beaufighters and Mosquitos (Brigand as well) as attacker aircraft PRETTY PLEASE? British lack those completely making the related tasks difficult or impossible to complete for those that dont play Soviets. Thank you, keep adding stuff :)
You think Britain doesn't have competent attackers? What about the hurricane(twin 40mm AP) typhoons(twin 47mm AP) and mosquito (single 57mm AP)?
FanOfGermany, They are all designated as fighters...
nice
Will you guys ever add in Australian servers, im always on 200+ ping all the time. :(
200+ is okay for video game standards, 300+ isn't. From memory they didn't do Australian server due to lack of people who would benefit from it and leaving us at 200+ was okay.
Nice adition. How about the Westland Whirlwind? That would be a very interesting twin engine fighter.
Didn't you watch the Shooting Range? They said that the Whirlwind was in the works! And its addition not adition lol.
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