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Description
Role: Fighter
National Origin: USSR
Manufacturer: Moscow Air Company
Primary Users:
Voyenno-vozdushnyye sily (VVS)

First Flight: AD 1944
Service: 1945-1953

-History
  Throughout its history as a hostile and hated neighbor of the Catholic nations of Europe, when it hadn't faced off against the Roman Empire it waged a war in the shadows through the KGB, it's intelligence agency. Spies were used and sent as far as Rome, to spy on government and military figures. An ongoing war of espionage and assassination would come between the KGB and the secret operation units of the Teutonic and Templar orders.

  Despite the best efforts of the knights of the shadows, some clever KGB agents would acquire research papers and material regarding highly important technology within the Holy Roman Empire. The technology that would come to develop the K-200 prototype Motorjet and eventually the K-260 Fighter-Interceptor. Along with that some of the research used to create the mighty and feared HimmelSchiff.

The first project to be developed would be through Soviet Scientists and the Moscow Air Company would be the the Mak-10, Mother Russia's first Motorjet. With what the Holy Roman Empire Learned, the Mak-10 Perepelyatnik (Sparrowhawk) was developed more quickly. It wasn't long before the aircraft was cleared for mass production.

With a plane that could easily outrun all but one other plane in the world, the USSR had it's sights on one foe that had proven a challenge and threat for the Soviets. Taking the Mak-10 to the skies over the northern Khanate lands, the turret fighters would soon face a plane too fast for even the best gunners to easily hit.

The goal was to gain air superiority, and to cut down as many Khanate planes as possible. A massacre of Khanate planes would ensue, as an outnumbered group of VVS planes used their speed to outrun and avoid the TM-2's guns. All the while even the unique construction of the planes couldn't withstand the 37mm guns that they employed. Without a single loss to the Soviets, over a dozen Khanate aircraft would be lost in the first battle.

With air superiority beginning to crumble, the Soviet union would employ the rest of its war machine to carve a path of destruction through the northern territories of of the Khanate, and soon the territories bordering the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires. The Soviet Union would grow in land and power, while the Khanate scrambled its air forces to try and reclaim the skies.

It would prove no use, with few Mak-10's lost to many TM series aircraft lost. Burning wreckage would litter the battlefields, killing the morale of those on the ground. By the year 1950 the North of Asia would be under the Hammer and Sickle of the Union, while the Khanate would be driven further and further into their homeland. The threat of being surrounded by the USSR and People's Republic of China Looming, while the now Isolated Khanate Land in North America would ultimately split and form the Inuit Khanate.

-Design

Influenced from the K-200 was apparent, given the powerplant was based very closely on it. However the aircraft was built in a very different manner. With speed in mind, the plane was built heavily out of wood in many areas. This would prove to be somewhat hazardous in the event of fuel fires, but that was not seen as a major issue. Speed was the intention, and it allowed the Mak-10 to surpass the K-200 in top speed even with its heavier armament.

Powerplant consisted of a standard V12 Engine powering a compressor to run a powerful Motorjet system running from the entry though the engine inlet to the combustion chamber just below both the cockpit and short tail section. The Engine would also power a propeller to act as secondary thrust, though later models removed the prop.

Though decent in its Aerobatics, The Mak-10 would prove more vulnerable to airframe strain and even breaking on high G maneuvers. This was mainly due to the mass production friendly nature of the design, meant to keep costs low and production high.

-Performance

According to information the the spies gave of the K-200's top speed, the Mak-10 had managed to steal it's place as fastest aircraft. This was due to the larger and more powerful motorjet system, enabling a superior top speed. However with an inferior Piston engine powering the compressor the aircraft's acceleration was limited.

  Though it could turn well and had decent energy retention, it was highly vulnerable when caught in low energy making boom and zoom tactics most advised. One saving grace was it's superior climb rate to the K-200, allowing the altitude advantage to be quickly acquired.

-Armament

Part of what made the Mak-10 so deadly was it's armament. A single 37mm Autocannon mounted in the nose and through the prop hub. Found capable of downing any aircraft it encountered in a single hit, though proving a more challenging gun to use due to low velocity and fire rate. Two 20mm autocannons mounted in the wings would act as secondary armaments, having more ammunition and proving easier to use.

A strike fighter variant was developed which removed the 37mm to allow for a higher bomb load. It proved less effective, and the development of a Motorjet bomber was ultimately decided instead.

Description
Role: Fighter
National Origin: USSR
Manufacturer: Moscow Air Company
Primary Users:
Voyenno-vozdushnyye sily (VVS)

First Flight: AD 1944
Service: 1945-1953

-History
  Throughout its history as a hostile and hated neighbor of the Catholic nations of Europe, when it hadn't faced off against the Roman Empire it waged a war in the shadows through the KGB, it's intelligence agency. Spies were used and sent as far as Rome, to spy on government and military figures. An ongoing war of espionage and assassination would come between the KGB and the secret operation units of the Teutonic and Templar orders.

  Despite the best efforts of the knights of the shadows, some clever KGB agents would acquire research papers and material regarding highly important technology within the Holy Roman Empire. The technology that would come to develop the K-200 prototype Motorjet and eventually the K-260 Fighter-Interceptor. Along with that some of the research used to create the mighty and feared HimmelSchiff.

The first project to be developed would be through Soviet Scientists and the Moscow Air Company would be the the Mak-10, Mother Russia's first Motorjet. With what the Holy Roman Empire Learned, the Mak-10 Perepelyatnik (Sparrowhawk) was developed more quickly. It wasn't long before the aircraft was cleared for mass production.

With a plane that could easily outrun all but one other plane in the world, the USSR had it's sights on one foe that had proven a challenge and threat for the Soviets. Taking the Mak-10 to the skies over the northern Khanate lands, the turret fighters would soon face a plane too fast for even the best gunners to easily hit.

The goal was to gain air superiority, and to cut down as many Khanate planes as possible. A massacre of Khanate planes would ensue, as an outnumbered group of VVS planes used their speed to outrun and avoid the TM-2's guns. All the while even the unique construction of the planes couldn't withstand the 37mm guns that they employed. Without a single loss to the Soviets, over a dozen Khanate aircraft would be lost in the first battle.

With air superiority beginning to crumble, the Soviet union would employ the rest of its war machine to carve a path of destruction through the northern territories of of the Khanate, and soon the territories bordering the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires. The Soviet Union would grow in land and power, while the Khanate scrambled its air forces to try and reclaim the skies.

It would prove no use, with few Mak-10's lost to many TM series aircraft lost. Burning wreckage would litter the battlefields, killing the morale of those on the ground. By the year 1950 the North of Asia would be under the Hammer and Sickle of the Union, while the Khanate would be driven further and further into their homeland. The threat of being surrounded by the USSR and People's Republic of China Looming, while the now Isolated Khanate Land in North America would ultimately split and form the Inuit Khanate.

-Design

Influenced from the K-200 was apparent, given the powerplant was based very closely on it. However the aircraft was built in a very different manner. With speed in mind, the plane was built heavily out of wood in many areas. This would prove to be somewhat hazardous in the event of fuel fires, but that was not seen as a major issue. Speed was the intention, and it allowed the Mak-10 to surpass the K-200 in top speed even with its heavier armament.

Powerplant consisted of a standard V12 Engine powering a compressor to run a powerful Motorjet system running from the entry though the engine inlet to the combustion chamber just below both the cockpit and short tail section. The Engine would also power a propeller to act as secondary thrust, though later models removed the prop.

Though decent in its Aerobatics, The Mak-10 would prove more vulnerable to airframe strain and even breaking on high G maneuvers. This was mainly due to the mass production friendly nature of the design, meant to keep costs low and production high.

-Performance

According to information the the spies gave of the K-200's top speed, the Mak-10 had managed to steal it's place as fastest aircraft. This was due to the larger and more powerful motorjet system, enabling a superior top speed. However with an inferior Piston engine powering the compressor the aircraft's acceleration was limited.

  Though it could turn well and had decent energy retention, it was highly vulnerable when caught in low energy making boom and zoom tactics most advised. One saving grace was it's superior climb rate to the K-200, allowing the altitude advantage to be quickly acquired.

-Armament

Part of what made the Mak-10 so deadly was it's armament. A single 37mm Autocannon mounted in the nose and through the prop hub. Found capable of downing any aircraft it encountered in a single hit, though proving a more challenging gun to use due to low velocity and fire rate. Two 20mm autocannons mounted in the wings would act as secondary armaments, having more ammunition and proving easier to use.

A strike fighter variant was developed which removed the 37mm to allow for a higher bomb load. It proved less effective, and the development of a Motorjet bomber was ultimately decided instead.