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{{About
 
{{About
 
| about = French twin-engine fighter '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
 
| about = French twin-engine fighter '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
 
| usage = the other version
 
| usage = the other version
 
| link = VB.10C-1
 
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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
 
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Originally conceived as a single engine fighter-interceptor in 1937, development of the Arsenal VB.10 was halted following the German invasion of France in 1940. By the time of the liberation of France in 1944, progress in aircraft development has rendered the original VB.10 obsolete. As such, the design underwent major overhaul to keep up with advancing technology, most notably the addition of second engine behind the pilot's seat to power another set of contra-propellers to give the plane more thrust. The second prototype, designated {{PAGENAME}}, first flew after the war in September 1946. It features an increase in armament in the form of six .50 cal Browning machine guns to reinforce the already heavy armament of four Hispano autocannons. Unfortunately, the VB.10 suffered from fatal flaws of engine cooling and overheating problem, which results into the second prototype being destroyed by in-flight fire on January 1948. The advent of jet fighters and another hull loss resulted into the cancellation of the project in September that year.
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The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a rank {{Specs|rank}} French twin-engine fighter {{Battle-rating}}. This aircraft was introduced in [[Update 1.73 "Vive la France"]].
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Introduced in [[Update 1.73 "Vive la France"]]. The {{PAGENAME}} is an uparmed version of the [[VB.10C-1]] with an addition of six Browning machine guns, giving the plane devastating firepower against any aircraft. However, the {{PAGENAME}}'s flight performance is essentially the same as its predecessor, while being at a significantly higher BR. This means a {{PAGENAME}} pilot should be more passive in picking and engaging targets, as the plane would often struggle to keep up with delicated fighters in a dogfight.
 
  
 
== General info ==
 
== General info ==
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=== Flight performance ===
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=== Flight Performance ===
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''Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the most important characteristics of the vehicle.''
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The flight performance of the {{PAGENAME}} is almost the same as its predecessor, the [[VB.10C-1]]. With only negligible decrease in turn time and climb rate due to the addition of extra machine guns.
 
  
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Like its predecessor, the {{PAGENAME}} is a twin-engine fighter in disguise of a large superprop fighter, this mean its flight characteristic is compartible with some single engine attacker like the [[AD-4]]; more sluggish to handle at times, but generally outperforms most traditional twin-engine fighters and attackers in a dogfight. Though due to its size and weight, the {{PAGENAME}} has a mediocre flat acceleration and very poor roll rate. While its turn rate decent for its weight, especially at around 400-500 km/h speed range with flaps, it is still insufficient to keep up with most fighters. This means the {{PAGENAME}} would often struggle in a 1-on-1 dogfight against fighters. In addition, the unconventional engine configuration of the {{PAGENAME}} has a negative effect on its ventiliation, as the engines will overheat relatively quickly while on WEP, this neccesitate the pereodical cooling of the engines to prevent the damage.
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Being designed as an interceptor, the {{PAGENAME}} possess decent climb rate and excellent dive speed and acceleration of up to 820 km/h IAS. Combined with its good energy retention after a dive, this allows the plane to quickly gain an energy for zoom climbing to gain an altitude advantage and being able to perform boom-and-zoom tactics. A caveat worth noting about the dive characteristic is that the {{PAGENAME}}'s rudder will lose its effectiveness after exceeding 650 km/h in air speed, thus significantly reduces its horizontal handling and complicating the chase or evasion at high speed.
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! colspan="8" | ''Stock''
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! colspan="2" | Max Speed<br>(km/h at 7,000 m)
 
! colspan="2" | Max Speed<br>(km/h at 7,000 m)
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! rowspan="2" | Max altitude<br>(metres)
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! rowspan="2" | Max altitude<br>(meters)
 
! colspan="2" | Turn time<br>(seconds)
 
! colspan="2" | Turn time<br>(seconds)
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! colspan="2" | Rate of climb<br>(metres/second)
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! colspan="2" | Rate of climb<br>(meters/second)
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! rowspan="2" | Take-off run<br>(metres)
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! rowspan="2" | Take-off run<br>(meters)
 
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! AB !! RB !! AB !! RB !! AB !! RB
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! AB
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! RB
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! AB
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! RB
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! AB
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! RB
 
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! Stock
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| 679 || 660 || {{Specs|ceiling}} || 25.4 || 26.5 || 11.8 || 11.8 || 700
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| 679 || 660 || rowspan="2" | {{Specs|ceiling}} || 25.4 || 26.5 || 11.8 || 11.8 || rowspan="2" | 700
 
 
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! Upgraded
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| 745 || 710 || 23.1 || 24.0 || 20.4 || 15.4
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! colspan="2" | Max Speed<br>(km/h at 7,000 m)
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! rowspan="2" | Max altitude<br>(meters)
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! colspan="2" | Turn time<br>(seconds)
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! colspan="2" | Rate of climb<br>(meters/second)
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! rowspan="2" | Take-off run<br>(meters)
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! AB
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! RB
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! AB
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! RB
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! AB
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|745||710|| {{Specs|ceiling}} ||23.1||24.0||20.4||15.4|| 700
 
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====Details====
 
====Details====
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! colspan="5" | Features
 
! colspan="5" | Features
 
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! Combat flaps !! Take-off flaps !! Landing flaps !! Air brakes !! Arrestor gear
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! Combat flaps
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! Take-off flaps
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! Landing flaps
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! Air brakes
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! Arrestor gear
 
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| ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || X || X    <!-- ✓ -->
 
| ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || X || X    <!-- ✓ -->
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! rowspan="2" | Wings (km/h)
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! rowspan="2" | Wing-break speed<br>(km/h)
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! rowspan="2" | Gear (km/h)
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! rowspan="2" | Gear limit<br>(km/h)
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! colspan="3" | Flaps (km/h)
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! rowspan="2" | Combat flaps<br> (km/h)
 
! colspan="2" | Max Static G
 
! colspan="2" | Max Static G
 
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! Combat !! Take-off !! Landing !! + !! -
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| {{Specs|destruction|body}} || {{Specs|destruction|gear}} || 498 || 469 || 320 || ~11 || ~6
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|820||450|| 520 || ~11 || ~6
 
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! colspan="4" | Optimal velocities (km/h)
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! Ailerons !! Rudder !! Elevators !! Radiator
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! Rudder<br>(km/h)
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! Elevators<br>(km/h)
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! Radiator<br>(km/h)
 
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| < 380 || < 380 || < 540 || > 340
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| < 380 || < 380 || < 440 || > 340
 
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! WEP Engine power
 
! 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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| 8,000 m || 1,120 hp || 1,433 hp
 
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=== Survivability and armour ===
 
=== Survivability and armour ===
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* 50 mm Bulletproof glass in front and rear of the cockpit.
 
* 50 mm Bulletproof glass in front and rear of the cockpit.
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Survivability of the {{PAGENAME}} is mixed. The plane's airframe can endure some beating, but its large size also makes it an easy target to hit. While the plane is capable of limping back to an airfield with one engine, the unconventional engine configuration also leaves the rear engine vulnerable to any chasing enemy, especially since the engines has a tendency to catch fire after being damaged.
 
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=== Modifications and economy ===
 
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Since improvements for the Hispano autocannons is at rank 3, your first priority is to get them as soon as possible to improve the damage output. Researching the belt options for the Browning MGs should be your first pick, as the stock belt is quite mediocre in effectiveness. Then after reaching rank 3, you should unlock the belt upgrade for the Hispano to pave the way for the "New 20 mm cannons" modification at rank 4 to finally fix the jamming problem of the Hispano. After this, you can freely choose the modifications to research at your own liking.
 
  
 
== Armaments ==
 
== Armaments ==
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{{Specs-Avia-Armaments}}
 
 
=== Offensive armament ===
 
=== Offensive armament ===
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{{main|Hispano 404 (20 mm)|Browning M2 (12.7 mm)}}
 
{{main|Hispano 404 (20 mm)|Browning M2 (12.7 mm)}}
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* 6 x 12.7 mm Browning M2 machine guns, wing-mounted (400 rpg = 2,400 total)
 
* 6 x 12.7 mm Browning M2 machine guns, wing-mounted (400 rpg = 2,400 total)
  
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The {{PAGENAME}} features four Hispano 404 autocannons and six .50 Browning machine guns as the main armaments. The six machine guns and four cannons are arranged in bundles of three and two respectively when mounted in each wing. With ten guns in total, the {{PAGENAME}} is capable of obliterating any target it hits. However, due to the wide gun placement on the wings, this will make actually hitting somewhat challenging, especially during turns or head-ons engagements.
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The six machine guns and four cannons are arranged in bundles of three and two respectively when mounted in each wing. Each of the cannons contains the same number of rounds and each of the machine guns respectively contains the same number of rounds, however, if fired continuously, the cannons will run out of ammunition before the machine guns will.
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While powerful, the stock Hispano 404 cannons still retains its notorious tendency to jam in a rapid burst. This, combined with the fact that the "New 20 mm cannons" is a rank 4 modification, will limit the damage output of the plane until the modification is unlocked. In addition, the Hispano 404 also has a rather mediocre selection of belts available, as only the default stock belt and the stealth belt has the best ratio of the HEI shell, while the other rounds is either a rather mediocre SAP-I, an AP shell with no incendiary properties, or a near-useless practice shell. Nevertheless, with four cannons, the Hispano still offers quite a punch against anything hit by it.
 
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Although the {{PAGENAME}} Browning MGs only has an access to the mid-war belts and thus no access to the dreaded API-T belts, the large ammo pool of 2,400 rounds is more than enough against aerial and soft ground targets, especially when used in combination with the Hispanos. The universal belt with the best ratio of API rounds should be your main pick, as it is the closest alternative to the API-T rounds and is still capable of lighting enemy planes on fire.
 
  
 
== Usage in battles ==
 
== Usage in battles ==
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Like most heavy fighters, the {{PAGENAME}} does well with a somewhat passive playstyle. Poor manoeuvrability means that dogfights against single engine fighters are generally a bad idea, and boom and zoom tactics should be used instead. Due to the {{PAGENAME}}'s high dive speed and great energy retention after a dive, the plane performs excellently as an air defence fighter, capable exploiting a group of dogfighting enemies by diving into a preoccupied enemy to attack them and leave unharmed. As such, maintaining altitude advantage and situational awareness is a key of success. While the plane is lacking in armour, the excellent armament does allow you to win head-ons more often than not.
 
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Your biggest threats are G55s and G-series Bf 109s, as they can outperform you in every aspect other than diving speed and burst mass. Due to the mediocre flatline climb speed and a fairly low altitude air spawn, most single engine fighters will climb to 4-5 km before you, so side-climbing and zoom-climbing is recommended. Alternatively, you can simply avoid an engagement with these planes and wait for them to come down to engage your teammates, so that you can attack them while they are unprepared.
 
  
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Because of the large amount of ammo available, the {{PAGENAME}} can also be played as a ground attacker, capable of raking a large number of kills against small pillboxes, artillery, and AI aircrafts. Though due to the plane's relative poor agility, it is best to do the ground attack either in the late game where only few enemies are left, otherwise this would leave you an easy target.
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Like most heavy fighters, the VB. 10-02 does well with a somewhat passive playstyle. Poor maneuverability means that dogfights against single engined fighters are generally a bad idea, and boom and zoom tactics should be used instead. Your biggest threats are G55s and G-series Bf109s, as they can outperform you in every aspect other than diving speed. Due to the mediocre climb speed and a fairly low altitude air spawn, most single engined fighters will climb to 4-5 kilometers before you, so side-climbing is recommended. While the plane is lacking in armor, the excellent armament does allow you to win headons more often than not.  
  
 
===Manual Engine Control===
 
===Manual Engine Control===
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| Controllable || rowspan="2" | Controllable<br>Not auto controlled || rowspan="2" | Controllable<br>Not auto controlled || rowspan="2" | Controllable<br>Not auto controlled || rowspan="2" | Separate || rowspan="2" | Controllable<br>2 gears || rowspan="2" | Not controllable
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| Fuselage repair
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| Radiator
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| Offensive 12 mm
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| Compressor
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| Airframe
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| III
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| Wings repair
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| Engine
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| New 12 mm MGs
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| Offensive 20 mm
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| Engine injection
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| Cover
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| New 20 mm cannons
 
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'''Pros:'''
 
'''Pros:'''
  
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* Four Hispano autocannons and six Browning MGs offers excellent firepower
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* Excellent firepower
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* Very good ammunition capacity, especially on the Browning MGs, capable of attacking soft ground targets
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* Has an air spawn
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* Great diving characteristic; fast diving acceleration, very high wing rip speed, and good energy retention after a dive, good at zoom climbing
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* Elevator doesn't lock up much at high speed
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* Decent turn rate at medium-to-high speed (~400 - 500 km/h), especially with combat flaps
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* Very good ammunition capacity, especially on the 50cal machineguns
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* Can fly under one engine, thus increasing the chance of surviving the flight back to the airfield
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* Great acceleration in a dive, high wing rip speed
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* Maintains speed well after a dive, even if the maximum level flight speed is exceeded
  
 
'''Cons:'''
 
'''Cons:'''
  
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* Large and heavy plane, resulting into mediocre flatline acceleration, poor roll rate, and very poor manoeverabilty at lower speed
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* Below average climb rate and acceleration
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* Rudder is unresponsive at high speeds, hampering the horizontal manoevers
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* Poor roll rate
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* Stock Hispano autocannons jam very quickly
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* Stock 20mm guns jam very quickly
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* Wide gun convergence can make lining up shot difficult, especially while turning or head-ons
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* Below average turn rate
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* Engines and fuel tanks are highly vulenerable to fire damage, the hidden rear-mounted engine can be hit by a chasing enemy
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* Poor rudder effectiveness at high speeds
 
* Engines overheat quickly under WEP
 
* Engines overheat quickly under WEP
  
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Due to waning interest and the use of allied planes in the interim, the French Air Force ultimately cancelled its initial order for the 200 VB.10-02 aircraft in September 1948, after the fourth production aircraft had been delivered. As a result, only six VB.10 aircraft were produced: the two initial prototype models, and the four production models.
 
Due to waning interest and the use of allied planes in the interim, the French Air Force ultimately cancelled its initial order for the 200 VB.10-02 aircraft in September 1948, after the fourth production aircraft had been delivered. As a result, only six VB.10 aircraft were produced: the two initial prototype models, and the four production models.
  
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''- From [[wt:en/news/5189-development-arsenal-vb-10-02-professional-striker-en|Devblog]]''
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''- From [https://warthunder.com/en/news/5189-development-arsenal-vb-10-02-professional-striker-en Devblog]''
  
 
== Media ==
 
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{{Youtube-gallery|UXaIKX58Rd4|'''The Shooting Range #70''' - ''Special'' section at 04:26 compares the VB.10-02 and the P-47N-15.|NuacwZrhw3M|'''The Shooting Range #159''' - ''Pages of History'' section at 04:28 discusses the VB.10.}}
  
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== See also ==
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* [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicle=vb_10_02 Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]
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{{Youtube-gallery|NuacwZrhw3M|'''The Shooting Range #159''' - ''Pages of History'' section at 04:28 discusses the VB.10.|UXaIKX58Rd4|'''The Shooting Range #70''' - ''Special'' section at 04:26 compares the VB.10-02 and the P-47N-15.}}
 
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== See also ==
 
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* [[VB.10C-1]]
 
  
 
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* [[wt:en/news/5189-development-arsenal-vb-10-02-professional-striker-en|[Devblog] Arsenal VB.10-02: Professional Striker]]
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* [https://warthunder.com/en/news/5189-development-arsenal-vb-10-02-professional-striker-en [Devblog<nowiki>]</nowiki> Arsenal VB.10-02: Professional Striker]
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* [https://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/385704-vb-10c-1/ Official data sheet - more details about the performance]
 
  
 
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Revision as of 11:52, 12 September 2020

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VB.10-02
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VB.10-02
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III Rank
Battle rating:
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This page is about the French twin-engine fighter VB.10-02. For the other version, see VB.10C-1.

Description

GarageImage VB.10-02.jpg


The VB.10-02 is a rank III French twin-engine fighter with a battle rating of 4.3 (AB), 4.7 (RB), and 4.0 (SB). This aircraft was introduced in Update 1.73 "Vive la France".

General info

Flight Performance

Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the most important characteristics of the vehicle.

Characteristics
Stock
Max Speed
(km/h at 7,000 m) 		Max altitude
(meters) 		Turn time
(seconds) 		Rate of climb
(meters/second) 		Take-off run
(meters)
AB RB AB RB AB RB
679 660 11000 25.4 26.5 11.8 11.8 700
Upgraded
Max Speed
(km/h at 7,000 m) 		Max altitude
(meters) 		Turn time
(seconds) 		Rate of climb
(meters/second) 		Take-off run
(meters)
AB RB AB RB AB RB
745 710 11000 23.1 24.0 20.4 15.4 700

Details

Features
Combat flaps Take-off flaps Landing flaps Air brakes Arrestor gear
✓ ✓ ✓ X X
Limits
Wing-break speed
(km/h) 		Gear limit
(km/h) 		Combat flaps
(km/h) 		Max Static G
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820 450 520 ~11 ~6
Optimal velocities
Ailerons
(km/h) 		Rudder
(km/h) 		Elevators
(km/h) 		Radiator
(km/h)
< 380 < 380 < 440 > 340
Compressor (RB/SB)
Setting 1
Optimal altitude 100% Engine power WEP Engine power
3,000 m 1,200 hp 1,536 hp
Setting 2
Optimal altitude 100% Engine power WEP Engine power
8,000 m 1,120 hp 1,433 hp

Survivability and armour

  • 50 mm Bulletproof glass in front and rear of the cockpit.

Armaments

Offensive armament

Main articles: Hispano 404 (20 mm), Browning M2 (12.7 mm)

The VB.10-02 is armed with:

  • 4 x 20 mm Hispano 404 cannons, wing-mounted (150 rpg = 600 total)
  • 6 x 12.7 mm Browning M2 machine guns, wing-mounted (400 rpg = 2,400 total)

The six machine guns and four cannons are arranged in bundles of three and two respectively when mounted in each wing. Each of the cannons contains the same number of rounds and each of the machine guns respectively contains the same number of rounds, however, if fired continuously, the cannons will run out of ammunition before the machine guns will.

Usage in battles

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Like most heavy fighters, the VB. 10-02 does well with a somewhat passive playstyle. Poor maneuverability means that dogfights against single engined fighters are generally a bad idea, and boom and zoom tactics should be used instead. Your biggest threats are G55s and G-series Bf109s, as they can outperform you in every aspect other than diving speed. Due to the mediocre climb speed and a fairly low altitude air spawn, most single engined fighters will climb to 4-5 kilometers before you, so side-climbing is recommended. While the plane is lacking in armor, the excellent armament does allow you to win headons more often than not.

Manual Engine Control

MEC elements
Mixer Pitch Radiator Supercharger Turbocharger
Oil Water Type
Controllable Controllable
Not auto controlled 		Controllable
Not auto controlled 		Controllable
Not auto controlled 		Separate Controllable
2 gears 		Not controllable

Modules

Tier Flight performance Survivability Weaponry
I Fuselage repair Radiator Offensive 12 mm
II Compressor Airframe
III Wings repair Engine New 12 mm MGs Offensive 20 mm
IV Engine injection Cover New 20 mm cannons

Pros and cons

Pros:

  • Excellent firepower
  • Has an air spawn
  • Elevator doesn't lock up much at high speed
  • Very good ammunition capacity, especially on the 50cal machineguns
  • Great acceleration in a dive, high wing rip speed
  • Maintains speed well after a dive, even if the maximum level flight speed is exceeded

Cons:

  • Below average climb rate and acceleration
  • Poor roll rate
  • Stock 20mm guns jam very quickly
  • Below average turn rate
  • Poor rudder effectiveness at high speeds
  • Engines overheat quickly under WEP

History

Arsenal first replaced the dual Hispano-Suiza 12Y-31 860 hp engines with the new 12Z-12/13 version, which increased the VB.10-02 horsepower to 1150. The cockpit canopy was also redesigned into a teardrop shape, and weapons were added to it.

Even before the second prototype was tested, the French government, already impressed by projected performance figures, ordered 200 of the aircraft. Unfortunately, because jet propulsion was increasingly seen as the future of fighter planes, interest in piston-engine fighters steadily dropped thereafter. In addition, while the French air force was establishing their own fleet of jet aircraft, they used American and British piston engine fighters as transitional equipment.

Due to waning interest and the use of allied planes in the interim, the French Air Force ultimately cancelled its initial order for the 200 VB.10-02 aircraft in September 1948, after the fourth production aircraft had been delivered. As a result, only six VB.10 aircraft were produced: the two initial prototype models, and the four production models.

- From Devblog

Media

The Shooting Range #70 - Special section at 04:26 compares the VB.10-02 and the P-47N-15.
The Shooting Range #159 - Pages of History section at 04:28 discusses the VB.10.

See also

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External links


Arsenal Aeronautical (Arsenal de l'Aéronautique)
Fighters  VB.10-02 · VB.10C-1
  V.G.33C-1

France twin-engine fighters and strike aircraft
Twin-engine fighters  Potez 630 · Potez 631 · VB.10C-1 · VB.10-02
Strike aircraft  Br.693AB2 · ▄AD-4 · ▄AD-4NA

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