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War Thunder: MiG-3-34, Tier-2 / Rank-2 Review

3,760 views · Published 1 September 2014 · 33:40 · Indexed 8 November 2026

Channel: Angry Nerd Gaming · 2014 · Gaming

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In this War Thunder video tutorial, I fly the Tier-2 / Rank-2, Russian MiG-3-34.
The MiG-3 was a Soviet fighter aircraft used during World War II. It was a design improvement of the MiG-1 to remedy problems that had been found during the MiG-1's development and operations.  It replaced the MiG-1 on the production line at Factory No. 1 on 20 December 1940 and was built in large numbers during 1941, before Factory No. 1 was converted to build the Ilyushin Il-2.
MiG-3s were delivered to front-line fighter regiments beginning in the spring of 1941 and proved to be a handful for pilots accustomed to the lower-performance and docile  I-152 and I-153 biplanes and the  I-16 monoplane.  Many fighter regiments were not diligent in training their pilots to handle the MiG as it flew very differently than the older fighters and the rapid pace of deliveries aggravated things so that many units had more MiGs than they had trained pilots to fly them by the time of Operation Barbarossa.  On 1 June 1941, frount line units were equiped with 1,029 MIG-3s, but there were only 494 trained pilots.  In contrast to the untrained pilots of the 31st Fighter Regiment, the trained pilots of the 4th Fighter Regiment were able to claim three German high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft before the war broke out in June 1941. However high-altitude combat of this sort was to prove to be uncommon on the Eastern Front where most air-to-air engagements were at altitudes well below 5,000 metres (16,000 ft). At these lower altitudes the MiG-3 was outclassed by the Bf 109 in all respects, but also by other modern Soviet fighters like the Yakovlev Yak-1. Furthermore the shortage of ground-attack aircraft in 1941 forced the MiG into that role as well, for which it was totally unsuited.  
To improve the low-level performance of the MiG-3, one aircraft was tested with the AM-38 engine used by the Il-2 in July 1941. It proved to be 14 km/h (8.7 mph) faster than the normal MiG-3 at sea level and was more maneuverable as well. It was recommended for production after passing  State acceptance trials in September, provided that a cure for the engine's tendency to overheat in ambient temperatures above 16 °C (61 °F) was found.  However the sole prototype was shot down on 5 October during flight tests and it was decided not to proceed with the idea as all AM-38 engine production was allocated to the Il-2. Ironically, later in the war, about 80  MiG-3s were reequipped with AM-38s to make them airworthy again. Many of these were rearmed with two 20 mm ShVAK cannons as well. Please Like the Video and Subscribe ( it really helps ), leave some comments and let me know how I’m doing.
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