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Вопрос, скорее, не к вирпилам, а к знатокам авиации WW2. Чем отличались МС.202 седьмой и двенадцатой серии? Отличия первой серии от седьмой понятны - на VII серии появились крыльевые пулемёты. А что изменилось в серии XII? Во всех справочниках пишут, что двигатель оставался тем же самым, в кокпитах изменений вроде нет, визуальных отличий тоже.
Series VII
Covered 100 machines (M.M.9023-9122) manufactured between April and July 1942 by Macchi. Aircraft of this series started to be fitted as standard with two additional 0.303 in. Breda-SAFAT machine guns in the wings5 (with 500 rounds per gun). This increased the fire power of the fighter and this solution was sporadically used in machines manufactured earlier. It proved, however, that the additional guns were insufficient, and that they affected the flying characteristics of the Folgore (take-off weight rose from 2,930kg to 3,069 kg). Therefore the wing-mounted machine guns were usually removed in combat units. In theory, from Series VII on it was standard to fit the air¬craft with bomb carriers under the wings. These could carry two 50-150kg bombs or additional 100-1501 fuel tanks. In practice this option was seldom used. It is sometimes said that the aircraft with the bomb carriers fitted were designated C.202CB - Caccia Bombardiers (Fighter Bomber).
Other important changes included: central armoured glass panel in the windscreen, armour plate aft of the pilot's seat, and rear-view mirror above the windscreen. From mid-1942 new type "D" tail wheel was fitted and its forward fairing was reshaped. At about the same time the Folgore started to be fitted with the Italian Alfa Romeo R.A. 1000 R.C. 41 -I Monsone (monsoon) engine. The machines with this power plant featured two small additional bulges in the upper engine cowling (one on each side of the cowling).
Similar modifications to those in Series VII machines could be seen in late Series V. Series VI-X, and early Series XI aircraft.
пардон 12 серия
Series XII
The machines built by Breda between May and August 1943. This Series comprised 150 aircraft (M.M.91803-91952). Last machines were assembled in September 1943, under German control. The fighters were similar to the C.202 Series XI (late)*.
*Series XI
Series of 150 aircraft (M.M.9602-9753) built by Breda from November 1942 until April 1943. Late Series XI aircraft featured the following modi¬fications:
new horizontal tail,
hot air outlet on the starboard side of the engine cowling,
two additional circular inspection hatches in the fuselage armament bay covers, to facilitate re-arming,
changed shape of the oil cooler outlet,
some aircraft were fitted with the Bg.42 radio direction finder aerials on the bottom of the fuselage.
the venturi was relocated from the bottom to the starboard side of the fuselage, below the cockpit.6
А вааще странно... Бронестекла в "Ил-2" начиная с 7-й серии нет (хотя оно везде упоминается:
http://www.airpages.ru/cgi-bin/pg.pl...t00&page=mc202
http://www.navylabs.ru/avia/castoldi/), ни бомб, ни подвесного бака, и отличий визуальных между 7-й и 12-й серией тоже (хотя мелкие различия должны быть). Зачем тогда сделали в игре 12-ю серию, если и моделька, и расшивка абсолютно идентичны? Да и ФМ должна быть одинаковой. "Шобы було"?