Cobras, Mustangs, Thunderbolts, Eastern vs Western front, Franek vs ...

[kalender1973]

Originally Posted by Franek Grabowski

Indeed, I recall another high ranked German ace who considered Cobra a good aircraft which changed situation on the Eastern Front, and he explained his points in some length.

Franek, could you provide a link?

And may you can explain, how the plane that was delivered in relative few number(in compare with other types) could changed the situation? P-39 did not play any role in most important battles over Stalingrad and Kursk.
Only over Kuban brige use VVS this type intensive but e.g. Grislawsky mean Cobra was no more dangerous as other soviet type

And on the 1.7.1943 the VVS has only 183 Cobras on the from 3690 figthers total

Originally Posted by Franek Grabowski

Also Soviet themselves were quite enthusiastic about the aircraft following tests at NIIVVS, and interestingly, Soviet opinions about Spitfire Vs following use of the type on Kuban were enthusiastic as well.

Really? Some NIIVVS test pilots crash to death with P-39 due motor failure and tailspin. I would say enthusiasm was really limited.

Engineers standards, any technical solution, techology culture, that was really point of interest of soviet engineers and constructors.