Red V Green...

Here's another nice full-scale Red Team airplane! Not entirely finished, though...

The P-48A Pursuer, the world's weirdest combo of a P-47, A6M, Bf-109, and F4F.

It was gonna be for Christiant2's 1930-40s challenge, but I ran out of energy and motivation, and the P-48A has just been in my folders since. However, it's pretty much complete aside from relatively miniscule details, so I decided to finally let him see the sunlight.

Basics

The P-48A Pursuer is a Red Team fighter-bomber. It was originally designed to be a medium-pursuit aircraft to fight along the P-30A (which was considered a light fighter). It would serve well as a fighter, but the brunt of its service life would be spent on CAS and bombing missions.

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The P-48A might not look like much, but if you know what you're doing it can wreak havoc. Albeit it only has two guns, these are 20mm cannons which can deal pretty sizable damage to most air targets. But of course, you're gonna need to know how to fly to do that!

Pros:
-Good armor
-Decently agile (but only decently)
-Heavy guns
-Strong engine
-Great visibility

Cons:
-Not as agile as most fighters
-Weak landing gear
-Highly prone to propellerstrikes

Tips:
-Utilize your speed and skill, there are few fighters you can out-turn, so you'll need it
-This plane has pretty good armor, so there are very few cases where you will want to back out of a head-on fight
-The 20mm cannons have very good RoF and damage, use that in all cases
-You will rarely, but if you have a choice to fight ground or air targets, choose wisely; if your target is something fast and agile like a P-30A or P-2D, choose the ground targets, as you can almost always conquer units that way. If it's something bigger or slower though, like a B-31B or BR9A2, then take the air target. Slow, unmaneuverable aircraft will be easy targets for you, but fast and agile targets can make quick work of you no matter how weak their armor may be.

Prime example of the P-48A's incredible air-to-surface performance.

Story

As the arms race of the Red V Green War got bigger and bigger, Red Team decided that they needed a fighter that could not only fight opponents, but also take a hit. It took many designs, some good, some bad, they even researched some similar aircraft like the IL-2 or P-47. After some time though, they settled on one design that stuck out.

Nicknamed "Pursuer," the P-48 was an aircraft designed to fight planes, tanks, troops and more all the same. The first prototype was completed in just two months of the design being approved, but the Pursuer had notable agility issues. It could turn well, in truth, but it wouldn't match up to the high turn rates of the planes it would actually go against, such as P-2s, P-05s, and more.

However, who can resist twin 20mm cannons? The P-48A was put into service, but it often served as an effective attack aircraft rather than a fighter. The P-48A made a name for itself during the early war, but struggled during the era of Blue and Purple. However, the P-48 would later get upgrades, with the P-48E being the most successful of the Pursuer family.

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That's all, Good Luck and Happy Hunting!