Well, I am reporting yet ANOTHER painting change to the An-2V, plus a name change to WPZL (Wolno Polskie Zaklady Lotnicze, translates (roughly) to Free Poland Aircraft Factory) Wp.20NW (Nocny Wodolot, or Night Seaplane) "Szczur" (Rat). The upper surface is staying OD, while the lower surfaces have been changed to Flat Black, and now it looks completely AWESOME!!!!!!!! Still have to add defensive MGs though. I have also written a (supposedly) brief history of the use of the Wp.20 series:
Developed under complete secrecy and of the tightest possible security in Nazi-occupied Poland, the Wp.20 series of attack biplanes made up the bulk of the Polish Resistance's air power. Armed with 2 30mm cannons with a whopping 875 rounds each, plus a possible 1000 lb. bombload (800 in the W versions), or 12 rockets(10 in the W versions), or 500lbs.(300 in the W versions) of bombs and 6 rockets, it soon became the biggest headache of Nazi planners. Power was provided by captured German BMW 811 (fictional engine)18 cylinder radials, producing 2175 hp, and propleling the Wp.20 to a max of 612 km/h (382 mph)(586 km/h (364 mph) in the W versions). The 30mm cannons could together throw out 90 lbs. of lead in 6 seconds, with the firing rate being 10 rounds a second, which would make each shell 15lbs. in weight. Even E-100's crumbled when pounded by a Wp.20. And the Wp.20 was everything but easy to soot down. With two 20mm Hispanos on either side of the fuselage peeking out from the mid-section windows, and a roll and turn rate beyond anything that the German fighters could achieve, a German pilot would have only miliseconds on the Wp.20's tail before the pilot turned and gave the gunners in the mid- section the chance to pop shots at the attacker. And they were no pushovers. The gunners on the Wp.20 were of the best marksmen the Polish Resistance. They would then procede to tear up the attacker's engine, fuel tanks and cockpit, with a certain chance of fire breaking out and the attacker either plummteing to the ground or blowing up. Due to this, any German pilot proven to bring down a Wp.20 would recieve an Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves and Swords. Even flak gunners had trouble with these, having to worry again about the marksmen and their Hispanos, using the to rake German AA defences. And they had around 84% assurance that their shots hit the Flak guns. One Wp.20 being enough to topple German defences in their chosen area, Wp.20s usually flew in flights of 10-15 a/c, being able to saturate areas 20-30 sq. miles with various ordnance and inordnance. Poland pretty soon regained independance, and used their Wp.20s to hold the line whil the built up thier depleted ground forces. After this, the Poles stormed into Germany, and then proceded to annex it into their territory. After this, they moved right and re took territory the Russia stole after September 17.Having established themselves in Europe and the world, Poland then proceded to free the remaining countries left under Nazi and Imperial Japanese rule. Russia, however, still wasn't trusted by Poland (after all the invasions and annexions Russia aimed at Poland throughout history, why should they?), and got incorporated into Poland. So Hitler still wouldn't have gotten his 1000 year Reich if he won WW2, if things went according to my plans. And Stalin wouldn't have been there to meddle with plans to bring Germany down!!! Well, time to do some more maps.