fighter Royal Hellenic Air Force PZL P.24

[Alexandros11 100]

Given how much of a fight Greece gave in WW2 they need more recognition in war thunder, and I think this would be a perfect aircraft as a Tier I premium in the British Tech Tree (although I wouldn't say to a Hellenic Air Force Hurricane skin!!). This beauty put an incredible fight against the Italians and the brave pilots kept fighting in this (by then outdated) aircraft even as the Luftwaffe closed in. In game I see this a cool addition because of it's (for the time) pretty impressive armament and engine - able to outrun most biplanes but being able to outturn most monoplanes, this is a jack of all trades but a master of none - all it needs is a shot or two and the twin 20mm Oerlikon FF cannons (and twin 7.92mm LK32s) can devastate any target. It could also load up 2 50kg bombs and provide support to ground troops, maybe even take out some light tanks.

 

Greece was the largest user of the P.24, and the Polish fighter would see by far the majority of its combat in the hands of Greek pilots. From October 1940 to April 1941 the Hellenic P.24s battled CR.42s, G.50s, and later 109s and Stukas before the last were destroyed by a Luftwaffe strafing run in April 1941. None survived the war, the Greeks fighting to the last aircraft, but we should have one in game. I suggest in Britain because Greece and Britain had the closest relationship, and during the Greco-Italian war the Royal Hellenic Air Force and the RAF fought closely together.

 

The variant the Greeks purchased was the P.24F which was the version with the upgraded Gnome-Rhône engine pushing out 20HP more power than it's predecessor and was armed with the upgraded armament of cannon and machine guns (as well as the optional bombs). It likely would have been fairly durable to light and even heavy machine gun fire as it was made with an all-metal construction.

 

Engine: Gnome-Rhône 14N-07 (970HP) (some models were upgraded during the Greco-Italian war to a 1,050HP engine in an attempt to offset the advantage from faster monoplanes like the Macchi MC.200 and the Fiat G.50 it was often fighting against)

Armament: 2 x 7,92 mm LK32 Machine Guns (500 rpg), 2 x 20 mm Oerlikon FF Cannon, (90 rpg) (Optional) 2x 50kg bombs

Maximum speed: 410 km/h at 4,500 m - 365 km/h at sea level

Landing speed: 110 km/h 

Range: 700 km

Service ceiling: 9,000 m

Time to altitude: 5,000 m in 6 minutes

Wing loading: 105.6 kg/m2 (21.6 lb/sq ft)

Power/mass: 0.38 kW/kg (0.23 hp/lb)

Take-off run: 100 m (328 ft)

Landing run: 275 m (902 ft)

 

Here are some images of this beautiful aircraft:

 

I hope you agree that this would be a great addition to the game, provide an interesting aircraft and give the Greeks some real recognition for the incredible courage shown in WW2.

 

 

 

sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PZL_P.24

https://www.ww2wrecks.com/portfolio/the-story-of-the-greek-pzl-p24-fighter-aircraft-1940-41/

Edited March 21, 2023 by Alexandros11

[leroyonly 4,311]

Open for discussion. 

[Milocat 4,857]

Definitely +1 from me, I'm sold.

[yoyolast 1,710]

+1, looks like a very fun low tier machine.

[KaiZar_II 1]

+1 but it think it should be added as the Romanian P.24E as an Italian premium instead

Edited August 19, 2022 by KaiZar_II

[Alexandros11 100]

On 19/08/2022 at 02:15, KaiZar_II said:

+1 but it think it should be added as the Romanian P.24E as an Italian premium instead

I disagree, Romania already has aircraft, Greece does not - so I think Greece should get it. Maybe a Romanian one could also be added as a BP or premium or something

[CubicSquare 156]

How about this plane goes to a Polish TT instead?

[Alexandros11 100]

5 hours ago, CubicSquare said:

How about this plane goes to a Polish TT instead?

It could do that as well but Greece should get one of it's own, as it was the largest user of the P.24.

[Eldaaran25393 3]

I'd love to see the PZL P.24B initially as a premium vehicle.  They can mod-up more advanced versions of the model later for bonus event vehicles.  I'm open on which tech tree, but I'd love to see the different skins for it, like they did with the American P-26 for the  Philippines, and potentially even the community could contribute those.

[Alexandros11 100]

On 19/03/2023 at 00:59, Eldaaran25393 said:

I'd love to see the PZL P.24B initially as a premium vehicle.  They can mod-up more advanced versions of the model later for bonus event vehicles.  I'm open on which tech tree, but I'd love to see the different skins for it, like they did with the American P-26 for the  Philippines, and potentially even the community could contribute those.

The B? Seems weird to have the others be event vehicles when the F/G variant used by Greeks were one of the most common. It should probably be the other way around

[KnightSkeemo 23]

Dope!

+1