Good all around visibility except immediately over the nose.Extremely agile with a high roll rate and good turn rate.Available 20mm cannon modification makes the I-16 a heavy hitter and its agility and diminutive size allow it to punch above its weight. By 1941, the I-16 was obsolete, bested by a generation of new fighters on both sides… yet, the I-16 remained popular and available in numbers. Both the I-16 and I-15 designs were extremely successful and considered world beating designs of that inter-war period. Short and stubby fuselage and wings typified the 1930s design of Russian aircraft designer Nikolai Polikarpov. In the skies over Moscow of 1941 and early 1942, a mix of late 1930s and early 1940s era aircraft fought for control. A bitter fought battle against time, the elements and each other resulted in a halt of the German offensive on the capital and eventually a gradual retreat away. In autumn of 1941, German forces were on the doorstep of the Soviet capital of Moscow.
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