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Seafire FR 47
IV
Rank
AB
5.7
RB
5.7
SB
6.0
Battle rating
Great Britain
Game nation
Fighter
Main role
27,000
RP
Research
185,000
SL
Purchase
General information

The Seafire FR 47 is a British fighter. It was introduced in Update 1.49 "Weapons of Victory".

Unlike the previous Seafire Mk XVII which is a low altitude fighter, the Seafire FR 47 has excellent high altitude performance, and you will perform most competitively above 6-7 km. It is good for engaging other fighters and bombers up to 12 km due to a 2nd supercharger gear that peaks in power at 8.4 km.

It has has a rather versatile selection of secondary armaments. You can take two 250 lb bombs or two 500 lb bombs. Whilst the first will result in marginally better performance, the latter is preferred for attacking ground vehicles and for pillboxes. The fact that you can carry rockets is even better. You have a choice of either 4 x RP-3 rockets or 8 x RP-3 rockets. It is more advisable to take 8 x rockets as having only 4 will means both your salvoes have to be dead-on the target. This isn't helped by the fact that rockets utilized are woefully inaccurate. When strafing a group of AI light tanks, it is at this point when utilizing 4 rockets make a bit more sense as you are almost guaranteed to take out some of the AI vehicles. If in a mixed RB battle, you should probably not even be carrying rockets and should just stick with bombs, however, if you are attacking vehicles with exposed crew members like the 8.8 cm Flak 37 you can benefit a bit more by using the rockets.



Flight performance
Max speed
at 7,467 m 744665796688 km/h
Rate of Climb 25.618.23518.2 m/s
Turn time 20.123.51922.5 s
Max altitude 13,000 m
Takeoff Run 500 m

Combat
flaps
Take-off
flaps
Landing
flaps
Air
brake
General characteristics
Crew 1 person
Gross weight 4.7 t
Engine Rolls-Royce Griffon-88
Length 10 m
Wingspan 11.3 m

Limits:
Max Speed Limit (IAS) 890 km/h
Mach Number Limit 1
Flap Speed Limit (IAS) 370 km/h
Gear Speed Limit (IAS) 330 km/h
Offensive armament
4 × 20 mm Hispano Mk.V cannon
Ammunition 496 rounds
Fire rate 750 shots/min

BeltBelt fillingArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
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Suspended armament
Setup 1 2 × G.P. 250 lb Mk.IV bomb
Setup 2 2 × G.P. 500 lb Mk.IV bomb
Setup 3 4 × RP-3 rockets
Setup 4 4 × RP-3 rockets
4 × RP-3 rockets
Economy
Repair cost Basic → Reference
AB 2,561 → 3,278 SL
RB 5,963 → 7,633 SL
SB 9,156 → 11,720 SL
Crew training 52,000 SL
Experts 480,000 SL
Aces 940 GE
Research Aces 185,000 RP
Reward multiplier AB / RB / SB
90 / 210 / 460 % SL
166 % RP
Total cost of modifications 46,500 RP
84,300 SL
Talisman cost 1,500 GE

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