Buzzard Plane

The **Buzzard Plane** is a vehicle in Ravenfield.

## Characteristics

The Buzzard is a light fighter/attacker propeller plane. It carries only one person - The Pilot. It has 550 health and is classified as light armor. It is both an extremely agile dogfighter and potent Air-to-ground interceptor, and can react to or chase down emerging threats with ease.

The Pilot has full access to the vehicle's weapons: a 50-round capacity set of cannons, and 16 mini-rockets. Approaching land while decelerating will automatically deploy the plane's landing gear.

The plane's #1 armament is a set of wing-mounted machine guns with blistering fire rate and fast reload. They deal 22 direct damage and an additional 15 splash splash damage to light and medium vehicles (37 per hit total) , and deal 22 / 30 to infantry (55 total). They converge at roughly 300m range, and posses no noticeable degree of scatter. They can penetrate canopy glass.

The Buzzard's #2 armament are the mini-rockets. Each rocket deals 350 damage and has a relatively small splash radius. Like the guns, they converge at about 300m, and they have almost no bullet drop. If wielded correctly, they can thoroughly saturate an area, and even destroy heavily armored targets in a single pass (though this depends heavily on pilot accuracy). It is largely thanks to these rockets that the Buzzard can maintain a substantial offensive presence on large battlefields. They have a long 10-second reload time.

## Advantages

The Buzzard is a commonly-available ground-attack option and the go-to option for areal interception. It's main role lies in knocking down enemy aircraft, a role which it fulfills with ease provided it keeps the enemy off its tail. Capable of crossing the largest battlefields in a matter of seconds, it can effectively protect its troops from roaming bombers and helicopters before these even become a threat.

Against ground targets, the Buzzard compensates for its lower firepower with extreme agility, deftly ducking behind mountains and tightly turning to re-engage. Its high speed renders it largely invulnerable to most ground threats, allowing it to swoop in and out of danger zones generally unscathed.

The Buzzards guns offer respectable power when used to mop up infantry stragglers, but the mini-rockets are considerably more versatile, and will likely see more use in battles with scant air resistance. It even rivals the Cassowary as a ground attacker, succeeding where the larger plane fails at pure interception speed and adaptability.

## Weaknesses

The Attack Plane has an extremely low amount of health and is vulnerable to many sources of damage, allowing most weapons to easily destroy it. Dangerous examples include the AA , SLAMRs and the Scalpel. It is also possible to penetrate its canopy and kill the pilot instantly with high-caliber weapons such as the cannons from other attack planes, and snipers (or just about any other weapon with the "penetrating" tag).

Strafing with the plane can also be difficult due to its steep learning curve, as it is often not possible to completely eradicate a target in one pass – especially with the Rockets' wide launching points causing them to often land to the sides of their intended target. Careful planning and minimap usage is needed to be effective in the Buzzard, otherwise it can be generally upstaged by even the common infantry squad.

## Gallery

A Buzzard in FlightA Buzzard's retractible landing gear in actionAn Eagle Buzzard under attackA Buzzard striking an APC with RocketsClose-up view of the rocketsAn Eagle Buzzard performing an evasive Manoeuvre while being pursued by a Raven BuzzardThe real Westland Wyvern.HUDThe Buzzard Plane's appearance in EA23's update art.InteriorThe cockpit's left sideThe right side of the cockpitEagle Attack Plane (Old Model)Eagle Attack PlaneRaven Attack Plane (Old Model)Raven Attack PlaneOld model

## Trivia

* The Attack Plane is based the Westland Wyvern.
* It is currently unclear what unit of measurement the HUD Speedometer uses; The number displayed is far too low to be in either Km/h or Knots.

### Changes in Updates

#### EA23

* Model has been updated to the new model.