Comments by "Jim Mcneal" (@jimmcneal5292) on "Which Country had the Most Effective Fighter Planes in World War 2?" video.

  1. We need to always clarify, what do we mean by saying "best". There are 2 different definitions -- best as a part of war machine or best individually. From that second perspective there are lot of mistakes in this video. 1)A6m was outdated by the end of the war. Japan had 3 fighters that were capable of putting up a fight to any modern fighter at the end of the war -- Ki-84, N1K and J2M. 2)Yak planes were actually only good because of how cheap and easy to pilot they were. Their characteristics(aside from agility, which still was inferior to Japanese designs and Spitfire) we quite mediocre compared to best fighters from respective countries. If we are talking about best SU dogfighter, it definitely was La-5(later La-7). The other plane that Soviet Union had that could rival La-5 and 7 was P-39(later P-63) Aircobra(build in US, but mostly used by SU)
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