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- Processor: Dual-Core 2.2 GHz
- Memory: 4GB
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- Processor: Intel Core i5 or Ryzen 5 3600 and better
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- Memory: 6 GB
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- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
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- Processor: Core i7 (Intel Xeon is not supported)
- Memory: 8 GB
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- Hard Drive: 95 GB
- 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
- 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
The Italian attacker aircraft was named after the lynx, it entered service in the initial stages of the Second World War. This vehicle’s actual combat history is pitifully meagre, although the Ba.88 could have shown itself to better advantage under different circumstances.
The Ba.88 Lince (“lynx”) is an Italian attacker aircraft produced by the well-known Breda company. The Lynx’s first flight took place in October of 1936, and serial production began in 1939.
Initially, the aircraft was intended as a heavy fighter aircraft, but after equipping the prototype with the armament, it was clear that the structure was overloaded and that the Lynx had serious maneuverability problems.
Its first taste of combat was on June 16, in an attack on several French airfields. After extremely brief combat operations against France, the squadrons furnished with Ba.88s were sent to the scorching deserts of Libya. The aircraft’s Piaggio P.XI-RC40 radial engines were not built to deal with the dry and dusty climate, and so all attempts to use the Ba.88 in battle ended in failure.
After the fiasco in Libya, the remaining Ba.88s were no longer used in combat, and efforts to modernize them also came to nothing. Between 1939 and 1940, a total of 147 Ba.88 attackers were produced, 25 of which were later modified into Ba.88Ms. The Ba.88M did not reach full combat readiness until the day before the Armistice of Cassibile was signed.
However, in the game, the Ba.88 Lince will certainly put in a better showing, because there won’t only be novices at the controls, but also battle-seasoned veterans of online aerial battles! What’s more, under the game conditions, the historic unreliability of the Lynx engines won’t be a factor, allowing the pilots to focus entirely on their objectives.
The armament of the new attacker consists of three 12.7 mm Breda-SAFAT frontal machine guns and one 7.7 mm Breda-SAFAT defensive machine gun located on the rear turret. It should be noted that few aircraft of this class are fitted with defensive weaponry, which means that the Lynx’s chances of survival on the battlefield are much higher. The Ba.88 can also carry bombs when necessary: three 50 kg, three 100 kg, or two 250 kg bombs, making this new attacker a welcome addition to the Battles in War Thunder.
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Its primary shortcomings include its historically overloaded construction, which will unlikely let you make it to the airfield with a single working engine. So, take care of your motors!
The Italian Ba.88 Lince attacker will appear in update 1.69 Regia Aeronautica and will take its place in the first rank of the Italian aviation tech tree. History may have been cruel to this wildcat, but above the fields of War Thunder, the Lynx will get its long-awaited chance for redemption.
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Comments (127)
I hope the 12.7mms will be effective, because the american 12.7s are currently almost useless in the game. Even the english 7.7s do more damage now than the .50 cals.
Will the dev server be open soon?
Lol all these comments about the bad Breda 50 cals when they were, in fact, the worst 50 cals of all nations outside of the Japanese ones. The best 50 cals are already in game, the M2/M3, but they're worthless currently. I certainly hope that if the Breda's get buffed, the M2s do as well.
can .50s in general get a buff? they are just way way too weak...stop nerfing stuff that doesent need a nerf like german aircraft and start nerfing stuff that actually need it like the spitfires, those things are ufos even in rb...anyway, i cant wait to see what the italian tree has in it
When will 1.69 come out? Please give a release date if there is one.
YAY!
cool looking plane and would we get the Piaggio P 108 with that 102mm? i really hope it will be added :)
Pathetic - the main contribution of this aircraft was to act as a decoy sitting around on airfields. WT is supposed to be somewhat "realistic" - touting this as a worthwhile addition is an admission that you've been wasting your time and our money! :(
This would be true if WT was given value to the historical reality (the Ba 88 is perhaps the worst Italian plane), but as we have Buffaloos with a higher climb speed than Zero ... everything is possible in game
Wait, what happened to the Breda Ba.65? It was the Italian counterpart to the Su-2 for all we care and it was just about good enough in the ground attack role (and it was exported to Chile, Portugal, and the Kingdom of Iraq). Sadly the plane got chewed up by British fighters because there were no escorts... Did I mess up?
Wrong Luchs, Gaijin. Wrooong. Luchs.
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