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Old March 12th, 2021, 04:47 PM
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This new icons are probably not worth much because they represents trainers meaby except Ethiopian P-24. But if you looked inside OOB there were aircraft used in normal combat.
Especially in my opinion worth to consider P-7/P-11/P-24 in Romanian service in ground attack role in early Barbarossa and then in 1944 they have their own P-11b/IAR P-11f/IAR P-24E and most of ex-Polish aircraft which wasn't destroyed in 1939 P-7a/P-11c.
Turkey aircraft in Blue/Green OOB that was standard fighter in this country 1937-1942 in three version. They have also only version of aircraft with 20mm & bombs
Greece I made more precise versions and change of painting after Italian invasion from silver to Green-Brown also without Greek roundels on top of wings like in soviets aircraft's after German invasion probably not applied an all aircraft's. And also is covered fact that there were not enough spare parts to 20mm canons and this variant were rearmed to MG only close to the end of Greece defensive war.
Bulgaria has two variants one with 20mm guns and second with MG that was main fighter of this country 1938-1941. Bulgarians fighters saw no major fights until 1944 when they were obsolete and used in ground attack role against communists partisans similar to usage by Romanians.

BTW P-24 was most widely exported and used Polish aircraft in pre-war times and that is why try to fine-tune data about versions and onboard weapons.

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