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Seafire LF Mk.III
III
Rank
AB
5.0
RB
5.0
SB
5.0
Battle rating
Great Britain
Game nation
Fighter
Main role
26,000
RP
Research
38,000
SL
Purchase
General information

The Seafire LF Mk.III was a British WWII carrier-based fighter based on the Spitfire Mk Vc. It was the first version of the navalized Spitfire that featured manually folding wings, allowing for easier storage and accommodating of more fighters in the hangar bay and on the deck of an aircraft carrier. A more powerful engine was also installed, namely the Merlin 55 for the F MK III or Merlin 55M for L Mk III. A slim Aero-Vee air filter and six stack ejector type exhausts were fitted to the plane as well. The Mk III was the most produced variant of a Seafire with 1,220 built: 870 by Westland and 350 by Cunliffe Owen. In 1947, 12 Seafire Mk IIIs were stripped of naval equipment such as arresting hooks and handed over to the Irish Air Corps.

The Seafire was introduced in Update "Winged Lions". The Seafire shares main flight characteristics with its brother, the Spitfire Mk Vc, which it was developed from. It is armed with a pair of Hispano Mk.II 20 mm cannons with 120 rpg and four 7.7 mm Browning machine guns with 350 rpg all mounted in the wings. The climb rate and speed of the Mk III is subpar when compared to its contemporary enemies such as the Bf 109 G-6 or Fw-190 A-5. One of the few advantages sporting against these planes is the superb manoeuvrability of the Seafire coupled with great energy retention during manoeuvres. Effectively it could also be called a "jack of all trades, but master of none".


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Flight performance
Max speed
at 3,963 m 592541627561 km/h
Rate of Climb 19.514.626.914.6 m/s
Turn time 16.217.915.317.2 s
Max altitude 10,500 m
Takeoff Run 340 m

Combat
flaps
Take-off
flaps
Landing
flaps
Air
brake
General characteristics
Crew 1 person
Gross weight 3.2 t
Engine Rolls-Royce Merlin-55M
Length 9.1 m
Wingspan 11.2 m

Limits:
Max Speed Limit (IAS) 760 km/h
Mach Number Limit 1
Flap Speed Limit (IAS) 230 km/h
Gear Speed Limit (IAS) 270 km/h
Offensive armament
2 × 20 mm Hispano Mk.II cannon
Ammunition 240 rounds
Fire rate 600 shots/min

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4 × 7.7 mm Browning machine gun
Ammunition 1,400 rounds
Fire rate 1,000 shots/min

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Economy
Repair cost Basic → Reference
AB 1,063 → 1,376 SL
RB 2,485 → 3,216 SL
SB 3,704 → 4,793 SL
Crew training 22,000 SL
Experts 76,000 SL
Aces 500 GE
Research Aces 320,000 RP
Reward multiplier AB / RB / SB
60 / 140 / 300 % SL
142 % RP
Total cost of modifications 24,800 RP
44,900 SL
Talisman cost 1,100 GE

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Flight performance
Survivability
Weaponry
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