Two new aircraft have joined the list of Great Battles long line of available types. Yak-1 Series 23 and Yak-3 Series 9 are now available for owners of the IL-2 Sturmovik: Odessa and Leningrad – Siege and Liberation. There are also a few notable fixes too.
Two Yak’s ready for flight
IL-2 Sturmovik: Odessa and Leningrad – Siege and Liberation has quite the interesting aircraft mix. Combining early and late war aircraft into the same set probably wouldn’t work except as a kind of bookend to the series filling in some gaps from the Eastern Front aircraft set. And that’s exactly what we have with these next two fighters.
Yak-1 Series 23 represents an earlier model than the Series 69 that we’ve had in the series since 2013. It’ll slot in nicely for the 1941 part of the campaign for this module while also being useful for Battle of Moscow. Speaking of which, we now have an answer that career mode updates for Battle of Moscow to add in the older aircraft types will “probably be done next year.”
Meanwhile, we also have the Yak-3 Series 9 which represents one of the later models of the Yak series. The Yak-3 sports a smaller wing, aerodynamic refinement, reduced weight, and slightly enhanced firepower all in one package. The type was regarded by the Luftwaffe as a highly dangerous airplane to fight against. It should be interesting to fly.
Meanwhile, the update also comes with a small number of added features and bug fixes. There are several smaller tweaks to the Odessa map including the addition of the 180 mm B-1-P coastal battery gun. AI aircraft can now use rockets for attacking aerial targets. The I-153 and Hurricane Mark II also now have Finnish Air Force paint schemes and tactical markings. A variety of other smaller bugs have been sorted out too.
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