Talk:Fw 190T Kai/@comment-26904848-20151118174845/@comment-24.68.116.24-20151119031810

Actually I think the game is heavily biased in favour of German planes, the Bf109 was roughly comparable to the Spitfire, which was defeated rather handily in the early days by Japanese Zeroes. The Fw190 itself isn't a completely better aircraft then the BF109, but following a different doctrine, favouring heavy armament and durability in exchange for maneauverability. The Japanese Zero could easily outmanuever both of them and have the firepower to destroy either, but has absolutely no durability or armour to protect itself. Given excellent pilots the Zero is likely to come out on top, while given roughly trained pilots the Zero will be easily whipped.

The biggest issue with Japanese aviation was that they didnt have the industry available to constantly build larger engines for aircraft as the other major powers were doing, hence why they had to import German engine designs for the Shiden kai (ni). So while latewar Spitfires and Fw109s remained competitive, the Zero increasingly lost ground, in addition to the lack of trained pilots that can fully utilise their advantage in mobility.