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{{About
 
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| about = Italian bomber '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
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| other
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| link-1 = P.108A serie 2
 
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| usage-2 = the other bomber variant
 
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| link-2 = P.108B serie 2
 
 
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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
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The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a rank {{Specs|rank}} Italian bomber {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update 1.69 "Regia Aeronautica"]].
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The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a rank {{Specs|rank}} British fighter {{Battle-rating}}. This aircraft was introduced in [[Update 1.41]].
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The P.108B Serie 1 is a heavy bomber with a heavy bomb load and relatively weak defensive armament. When delivering the bombs to the targets, high altitudes are a must. The preferred targets of this bomber are stationary objects like pillboxes or slow moving vehicles such as ships (if you can time it well) and of course the bombing targets and airfields. Should an enemy fighter catch up with you, it is certain doom as your defensive guns have a low chance to kill it. To survive attacks, use your gunners to ward off the enemy aircraft until help comes. Stay away from combat as much as you can and do your job as a bomber.
 
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== General info ==
 
== General info ==
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=== Flight performance ===
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=== Flight Performance ===
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! colspan="8" | ''Stock''
 
! colspan="8" | ''Stock''
 
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! colspan="2" | Max Speed<br>(km/h at 3,900 m)
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! colspan="2" | Max Speed<br>(km/h at 7,927 m)
 
! rowspan="2" | Max altitude<br>(meters)
 
! rowspan="2" | Max altitude<br>(meters)
 
! colspan="2" | Turn time<br>(seconds)
 
! colspan="2" | Turn time<br>(seconds)
 
! colspan="2" | Rate of climb<br>(meters/second)
 
! colspan="2" | Rate of climb<br>(meters/second)
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! rowspan="2" | Take-off run<br>(meters)
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! rowspan="2" |Take-off run<br>(meters)
 
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! AB
 
! AB
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! RB
 
! RB
 
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| 401 || 388 || {{Specs|ceiling}} || 37.3 || 38.7 || 2.5 || 2.4 || 750
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| 684 || 663 || {{Specs|ceiling}} || 19.4 || 19.8 || 15.1 || 17.9 || 420
 
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! colspan="8" | ''Upgraded''
 
! colspan="8" | ''Upgraded''
 
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! colspan="2" | Max Speed<br>(km/h at 3,900 m)
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! colspan="2" | Max Speed<br>(km/h at 7,927 m)
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! rowspan="2" | Max altitude<br>(meters)
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! rowspan="2" |Max altitude (meters)
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! colspan="2" | Turn time<br>(seconds)
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! colspan="2" | Turn time (seconds)
 
! colspan="2" | Rate of climb<br>(meters/second)
 
! colspan="2" | Rate of climb<br>(meters/second)
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! AB
 
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! RB
 
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| 438 || 419 || {{Specs|ceiling}} || 34.8 || 36.0 || 6.5 || 4.3 || 750
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| 765 || 718 || {{Specs|ceiling}} || 17.4 || 18.1 || 35.8 || 23.3 || 420
 
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==== Details ====
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====Details====
 
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! colspan="5" | Features
 
! colspan="5" | Features
 
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! Combat flaps
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! Combat flap
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! Take-off flaps
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! Take-off flap
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! Landing flaps
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! Landing flap
 
! Air brakes
 
! Air brakes
 
! Arrestor gear
 
! Arrestor gear
 
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! rowspan="2" | Wing-break speed<br>(km/h)
 
! rowspan="2" | Wing-break speed<br>(km/h)
 
! rowspan="2" | Gear limit<br>(km/h)
 
! rowspan="2" | Gear limit<br>(km/h)
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! rowspan="2" | Combat flaps<br>(km/h)
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! rowspan="2" | Combat flap<br> (km/h)
 
! colspan="2" | Max Static G
 
! colspan="2" | Max Static G
 
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| {{Specs|destruction|constructions}} || {{Specs|destruction|chassis}} || 400 || ~3 || ~2
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| {{Specs|разрушение|конструкции}} || {{Specs|разрушение|шасси}} || N/A || ~13 || ~8
 
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! Radiator<br>(km/h)
 
! Radiator<br>(km/h)
 
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! WEP Engine power
 
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! Optimal altitude
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! 100% Engine power
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! WEP Engine power
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=== Survivability and armour ===
 
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* 6 mm Steel plate in front of engine above the propeller.
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* 12.7 mm Steel plate between fuel tanks.
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* 38 mm Bulletproof glass in front of the pilot.
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* 4 mm Steel plates behind the pilot, coupled with another 4-7 mm Steel plate behind that.
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* 3 mm Steel plates around ammunition.
  
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* 8 mm Steel - Cockpit armour - instrument panel, pilot's seat, co-pilot's seat and floor plate below pilot
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* Critical components located at the front of aircraft (fuel, pilot, engine, controls)
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* 8 mm Steel - Armour plate protecting ammo located in wings
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* More fuel tanks located in wings leading edge
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* 8 mm Steel - Side gunner armoured walls
 
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* 8 mm Steel - Ventral gunner position
 
  
 
== Armaments ==
 
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The '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' can be outfitted with the following ordnance:
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{{main|Hispano Mk.II (20 mm)|Browning M2 (12.7 mm)}}
  
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* 34 x 50 kg GP 50 bombs (1,700 kg total)
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* 34 x 100 kg GP 100 bombs (3,400 kg total)
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* 2 x 20 mm Hispano Mk.II cannon, wing-mounted (135 rpg = 270 total)
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* 2 x F200/450 torpedoes
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* 2 x 12.7 mm M2 Browning machine gun, wing-mounted (260 rpg = 520 total)
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* 3 x F200/450 torpedoes
 
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* 7 x 250 kg GP 250 bombs (1,750 kg total)
 
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* 7 x 500 kg GP 500 bombs (3,500 kg total)
 
  
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{{main|Breda-SAFAT (12.7 mm)|Breda-SAFAT (7.7 mm)}}
 
  
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* 1 x 12.7 mm Breda-SAFAT machine gun, nose turret (300 rpg)
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* 2 x 12.7 mm Breda-SAFAT machine guns, 2 x wing turrets (300 rpg = 600 total)
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* 1 x 12.7 mm Breda-SAFAT machine gun, ventral turret (450 rpg)
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* 2 x G.P. 250 lb Mk.IV bombs
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* 1 x 7.7 mm Breda-SAFAT machine gun, 2 x beam turrets (400 rpg)
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* 3 x G.P. 250 lb Mk.IV bombs
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* 1 x G.P. 500 lb Mk.IV bomb
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* 1 x G.P. 500 lb Mk.IV bomb + 2 x G.P. 250 lb Mk.IV bombs
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* 8 x RP-3 rockets
  
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=== Manual Engine Control ===
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===Manual Engine Control===
 
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! colspan="7" | MEC elements
 
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! rowspan="2" | Supercharger
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! rowspan="2" | Turbocharger
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! Oil
 
! Oil
 
! Water
 
! Water
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| Radiator
 
| Radiator
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| Turret 7 mm
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| MCSAP100
 
 
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| II
 
| II
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| Compressor
 
| Compressor
 
| Airframe
 
| Airframe
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| New 7 mm MGs (turret)
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| TBC-79
 
 
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| III
 
| III
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| Wings repair
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| Engine
 
| Engine
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| Turret 12 mm
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| MCGP250
 
 
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| IV
 
| IV
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| Engine injection
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| Engine Injection
 
| Cover
 
| Cover
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| New 12 mm MGs (turret)
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| MCRO500
 
 
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'''Pros:'''
 
'''Pros:'''
  
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* 2 turrets are placed on the distant engines allowing for more guns to face backward
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* Heavy payload available
 
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'''Cons:'''
  
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* Turrets on the engines cannot face forwards
 
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* Poor manoeuvrability and climb rate
 
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* Massive size
 
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* Relatively weak defensive firepower
 
  
 
== History ==
 
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Built in late 1939, the Piaggio's first operational mission was not until June, 1942, due to accidents and acclimatization. It was the only four-engine strategic bomber in Italian service. A total of 24 were built. It was used in a single long-range bomber squadron for raids on Allied forces in Gibraltar and Algeria.
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=== In-game description ===
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The Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVIII was a single engine single, seat fighter which served with the Royal Air Force during the early post war period. After the initial teething problems encountered with the introduction of the Rolls Royce Griffon engine to the Spitfire line, the Spitfire Mk.XIV had been used successfully in large numbers in the European Theatre of Operations. The Mk.XIV had seen notable modifications and transitions throughout its wartime service; the Spitfire Mk.XVIII built on this experience.
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The Spitfire Mk.XVIII was also equipped with a Rolls Royce Griffon 65 engine with two stage supercharger rated at 2050 hp, high visibility teardrop canopy and a Type E Wing with two Hispano 20mm cannon and two .50 caliber Browning machine guns or four 20mm cannons and externally was very similar to the later production Mk.XIV Spitfires. However, the Spitfire Mk.XVIII also featured a strengthened fuselage and an additional 31-gallon fuel tank in the rear fuselage.
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The Spitfire Mk.XVIII entered service with No.60 Squadron at Singapore in January 1947. The Mk.XVIII was used offensively against insurgents during the Malayan uprising. The Mk.XVIII was also involved in air-to-air combat during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War where in one famous incident, two Israeli Spitfire Mk.IXs flown by a Canadian and an American pilot shot down four RAF Spitfire Mk.XVIIIs of No.208 Squadron.
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Some 300 Spitfire Mk.XVIIIs were built with only the Royal Indian Air Force purchasing 20 as an export customer.
  
 
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Rank VI USSR | Premium | Golden Eagles
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Spitfire F Mk XVIIIe
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Spitfire F Mk XVIIIe
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IV Rank
Battle rating:
AB RB SB
5.0 5.7 5.3
Class:
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This page is about the British fighter Spitfire F Mk XVIIIe. For other uses, see Spitfire (Family).

Description

GarageImage Spitfire F Mk XVIIIe.jpg


The Spitfire F Mk XVIIIe is a rank IV British fighter with a battle rating of 5.0 (AB), 5.7 (RB), and 5.3 (SB). This aircraft was introduced in Update 1.41.

General info

Flight Performance

Characteristics
Stock
Max Speed
(km/h at 7,927 m) 		Max altitude
(meters) 		Turn time
(seconds) 		Rate of climb
(meters/second) 		Take-off run
(meters)
AB RB AB RB AB RB
684 663 12000 19.4 19.8 15.1 17.9 420
Upgraded
Max Speed
(km/h at 7,927 m) 		Max altitude (meters) Turn time (seconds) Rate of climb
(meters/second) 		Take-off run (meters)
AB RB AB RB AB RB
765 718 12000 17.4 18.1 35.8 23.3 420

Details

Features
Combat flap Take-off flap Landing flap Air brakes Arrestor gear
X X ✓ X X
Limits
Wing-break speed
(km/h) 		Gear limit
(km/h) 		Combat flap
(km/h) 		Max Static G
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798 260 N/A ~13 ~8
Optimal velocities
Ailerons
(km/h) 		Rudder
(km/h) 		Elevators
(km/h) 		Radiator
(km/h)
< 321 < 400 < 470 > 250
Compressor (RB/SB)
Setting 1
Optimal altitude 100% Engine power WEP Engine power
4,600 m 1,510 hp 2,129 hp
Setting 2
Optimal altitude 100% Engine power WEP Engine power
8,600 m 1,320 hp 1,824 hp

Survivability and armour

  • 6 mm Steel plate in front of engine above the propeller.
  • 12.7 mm Steel plate between fuel tanks.
  • 38 mm Bulletproof glass in front of the pilot.
  • 4 mm Steel plates behind the pilot, coupled with another 4-7 mm Steel plate behind that.
  • 3 mm Steel plates around ammunition.
  • Critical components located at the front of aircraft (fuel, pilot, engine, controls)
  • More fuel tanks located in wings leading edge

Armaments

Offensive armament

Main articles: Hispano Mk.II (20 mm), Browning M2 (12.7 mm)

The Spitfire F Mk XVIIIe is armed with:

  • 2 x 20 mm Hispano Mk.II cannon, wing-mounted (135 rpg = 270 total)
  • 2 x 12.7 mm M2 Browning machine gun, wing-mounted (260 rpg = 520 total)

Suspended armament

Main article: Suspended armaments

The Spitfire F Mk XVIIIe can be outfitted with the following ordinance:

  • Without Load
  • 2 x G.P. 250 lb Mk.IV bombs
  • 3 x G.P. 250 lb Mk.IV bombs
  • 1 x G.P. 500 lb Mk.IV bomb
  • 1 x G.P. 500 lb Mk.IV bomb + 2 x G.P. 250 lb Mk.IV bombs
  • 8 x RP-3 rockets

Usage in the battles

Manual Engine Control

MEC elements
Mixer Pitch Radiator Supercharger Turbocharger
Oil Water Type
Controllable Controllable Not controllable Controllable Combined Controllable Not controllable

Modules

Tier Flight performance Survivability Weaponry
I Fuselage Repair Radiator
II Compressor Airframe
III Wings Repair Engine
IV Engine Injection Cover

Pros and cons

Pros:

Cons:

History

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In-game description

The Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVIII was a single engine single, seat fighter which served with the Royal Air Force during the early post war period. After the initial teething problems encountered with the introduction of the Rolls Royce Griffon engine to the Spitfire line, the Spitfire Mk.XIV had been used successfully in large numbers in the European Theatre of Operations. The Mk.XIV had seen notable modifications and transitions throughout its wartime service; the Spitfire Mk.XVIII built on this experience.

The Spitfire Mk.XVIII was also equipped with a Rolls Royce Griffon 65 engine with two stage supercharger rated at 2050 hp, high visibility teardrop canopy and a Type E Wing with two Hispano 20mm cannon and two .50 caliber Browning machine guns or four 20mm cannons and externally was very similar to the later production Mk.XIV Spitfires. However, the Spitfire Mk.XVIII also featured a strengthened fuselage and an additional 31-gallon fuel tank in the rear fuselage.

The Spitfire Mk.XVIII entered service with No.60 Squadron at Singapore in January 1947. The Mk.XVIII was used offensively against insurgents during the Malayan uprising. The Mk.XVIII was also involved in air-to-air combat during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War where in one famous incident, two Israeli Spitfire Mk.IXs flown by a Canadian and an American pilot shot down four RAF Spitfire Mk.XVIIIs of No.208 Squadron. Some 300 Spitfire Mk.XVIIIs were built with only the Royal Indian Air Force purchasing 20 as an export customer.

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Supermarine
Spitfires 
Merlin engine  Spitfire Mk Ia · Spitfire Mk IIa · Spitfire Mk.IIa Venture I · Spitfire Mk IIb
  Spitfire Mk Vb · Spitfire Mk Vb/trop · Spitfire Mk Vc · Spitfire Mk Vc/trop
  Spitfire F Mk IX · Spitfire F Mk IXc · Spitfire F Mk XVI
  Spitfire LF Mk IX · Plagis' Spitfire LF Mk IXc
Griffon engine  Spitfire F Mk XIVc · Spitfire F Mk XIVe · Prendergast's Spitfire FR Mk XIVe · Spitfire F Mk XVIIIe · Spitfire F Mk 22 · Spitfire F Mk 24
Export  ▄Spitfire Mk Vb/trop · ▃Spitfire LF Mk IXc · ▂Spitfire Mk IXc · Spitfire Mk IXc · Spitfire Mk.IX (CW) · Spitfire LF Mk.IXe Weizman's
Seafires  Seafire LF Mk.III · Seafire F Mk XVII · Seafire FR 47
Export  ▄Seafire LF Mk.III
Jet fighters  Attacker FB 1 · Attacker FB.2 · Scimitar F Mk.1 · Swift F.1 · Swift F.7
Hydroplanes  Walrus Mk.I

Britain fighters
Fury  Fury Mk I · Fury Mk II
Nimrod  Nimrod Mk I · Nimrod Mk II
Gladiator  Gladiator Mk II · Tuck's Gladiator Mk II · Gladiator Mk IIF · Gladiator Mk IIS
Sea Gladiator  Sea Gladiator Mk I
Hurricane  Hurricane Mk I/L · Hurricane Mk.I/L FAA M · Hurricane Mk IIB/Trop
Sea Hurricane  Sea Hurricane Mk IB · Sea Hurricane Mk IC
Martin-Baker  MB.5
Spitfire (early-Merlin)  Spitfire Mk Ia · Spitfire Mk IIa · Spitfire Mk.IIa Venture I · Spitfire Mk IIb · Spitfire Mk Vb/trop · Spitfire Mk Vb · Spitfire Mk Vc/trop · Spitfire Mk Vc
Spitfire (late-Merlin)  Spitfire F Mk IX · Spitfire LF Mk IX · Spitfire F Mk IXc · Plagis' Spitfire LF Mk IXc · Spitfire F Mk XVI
Spitfire (Griffon)  Spitfire F Mk XIVc · Spitfire F Mk XIVe · Prendergast's Spitfire FR Mk XIVe · Spitfire F Mk XVIIIe · Spitfire F Mk 22 · Spitfire F Mk 24
Seafire  Seafire LF Mk.III · Seafire F Mk XVII · Seafire FR 47
Typhoon  Typhoon Mk Ia · Typhoon Mk Ib · Typhoon Mk Ib/L
Tempest  Tempest Mk II · Tempest Mk V
Sea Fury  Sea Fury FB 11
Twin-engine fighters  Hornet Mk.I · Hornet Mk.III · Whirlwind Mk I · Whirlwind P.9
  Foreign:
Australia  ▄Boomerang Mk I · ▄Boomerang Mk II
France  ▄D.520 · ▄D.521
USA  ▄Martlet Mk IV · ▄Corsair F Mk II · ▄Hellcat Mk II · ▄Thunderbolt Mk.1 · ▄Mustang Mk IA

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