Just a poll for fun -- What is the ultimate tier IV biplane?
Tier II
Boeing P-26 Peashooter (03/1932) -- U.S., China -- P-26B (06/1935); P-26 delivery 02/1936; Model 281 export to China 12/1935-01/1936
Dewoitine D.500 (06/1932) -- France -- first production flight 11/1934; entered service 05/1935
Curtiss XP-31 Swift (07/1932) -- U.S.
Grumman F2F (10/1933)
Tier III
Avia B-534 (~06/1934) -- Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Germany, more -- ordered 07/1934; 445 ordered total
Avia Bk-534 (~06/1934) -- Czechoslovakia; 54 ordered total
Dewoitine D.510 (08/1934) -- France -- entered service 1937; 381 built (88 for France)
Grumman F3F (03/1935) -- U.S.
Curtiss Hawk 75M (05/1935) -- U.S., China
Tier IV
Fairey Fantôme (06/1935) -- U.K. -- 4 built
Seversky P-35 (08/1935) -- U.S.
Morane-Saulnier MS.405 (08/1935) -- France -- operational testing 05/1938; 16 built
Hawker Hurricane (10/1935) -- introduced 12/1937
Messerschmitt Bf 109 -- mockup inspection 10/1934; first public appearance 08/1936
Gloster Gladiator (01/1937) -- U.K., Sweden, Finland, China -- introduced U.K. 02/1937; Sea Gladiator U.K. 12/1938+
Blériot-SPAD S.710 (04/1937) -- France -- 1 built; competed against D.513, LN 160/161, Bloch 150, Loire 250, MS.405
Arado Ar 197 (early 1937) -- Germany -- 3 built
Polikarpov I-153 (1937) -- U.S.S.R., China, Finland
Bloch MB.150 (09/1937) -- France -- first flight attempted 07/1937 but failed to leave the ground; 1 in service by 04/1939
Morane-Saulnier MS.406 (05/1938) -- France, Germany, Finland, more -- first production flight 01/1939
Fiat CR.42 Falco (05/1938) -- Italy -- from CR.40-41 1934-1937; delivered 04/1939+; 1782 built
Canadian Car and Foundry FDB-1 (12/1938) -- 1 built -- Canada
Polikarpov I-170 (cancelled 1939) -- 0 built -- U.S.S.R.
Polikarpov I-190 (12/1939) -- at least 1 built -- U.S.S.R.
Polikarpov I-195 (project 1940) -- 0 built -- U.S.S.R.
Polikarpov I-153 DM-4 (10/1940) -- U.S.S.R.
Nikitin-Shevchenko IS (11/1940) -- 2 built -- U.S.S.R.
Borovkov-Florov I-207/4 (1941) -- U.S.S.R.
Fiat CR.42B (early 1941) -- Italy
Fiat CR.42 A.S. (01/1942) -- Italy
something else -- post below
Tier V
Arsenal-Delanne AD 10C2 (10/1941) -- France -- prototype completed 06/1940; tandem-wing configuration
Which of these would you like to see in game?
Edited by J311yfish, 04 August 2019 - 09:15 PM.