FFA P-16

Description

The FFA P-16 is a premium gift rank German jet fighter with a battle rating of (AB), (RB), and (SB). It was introduced in Update "Dance of Dragons". The FFA P-16 was originally designed and built in Switzerland.

General info

Flight performance

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Details

Engine performance

Survivability and armour

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Modifications and economy

Armaments

Ballistic Computer
CCIP (Guns)	CCIP (Rockets)	CCIP (Bombs)	CCRP (Bombs)	EEGS

Offensive armament

The FFA P-16 is armed with:

• 2 x 30 mm Hispano HS 825 cannons, nose-mounted (120 rpg = 240 total)

Suspended armament

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Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

• Has a good roll rate
• 2 x 30 mm cannons, with a rate of 1,000 shots per minute each and full tracer ammunition with a projectile speed of 1050 m/s, form an efficient armament for aerial combat
• Decent CAS options

Cons:

• Subsonic
• None of the armament have CCIP
• The main guns do not have ammunition suitable for CAS
• No countermeasures of any kind
• No RWR or radar

History

The FFA P-16 was a prototype plane designed as an air superiority fighter and built in Switzerland by FFA Altenrhein near lake Constance. The plan was to build more than 100 jets, but two of the five prototypes crashed in lake Constance during test flights. No one was harmed, but the Swiss government decided to shut down the project. One remaining plane stands in the Flieger Flab Museum in Zurich, the other two have been scrapped. The tail number is the same as one of the prototypes had, XHB-VAD, the X standing for experimental prototype.

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See also

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• reference to the series of the aircraft;
• links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

External links

• [Devblog] P-16: From The Mountain Tops!

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