Bf 110 G-4

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This page is about the German strike aircraft Bf 110 G-4. For other versions, see Bf 110 (Family).
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Bf 110 G-4
AB RB SB
3.7 3.7 3.7
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Description

The Bf 110 G-4 is a rank III German strike aircraft with a battle rating of 3.7 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update "New Power".

General info

Flight performance

Max speed
at 6 200 m591 km/h
Turn time25 s
Max altitude10 700 m
Engine2 х Daimler-Benz DB-605B
TypeInline
Cooling systemWater
Take-off weight9 t
Characteristics Max Speed
(km/h at 6,200 m)
Max altitude
(metres)
Turn time
(seconds)
Rate of climb
(metres/second)
Take-off run
(metres)
AB RB AB RB AB RB
Stock 569 552 10700 26.2 27.2 9.3 9.3 450
Upgraded 615 591 23.8 25.0 16.5 12.5

Details

Features
Combat flaps Take-off flaps Landing flaps Air brakes Arrestor gear
X X
Limits
Wings (km/h) Gear (km/h) Flaps (km/h) Max Static G
Combat Take-off Landing + -
745 320 467 438 290 ~12 ~5
Optimal velocities (km/h)
Ailerons Rudder Elevators Radiator
< 360 < 350 < 370 > 715

Survivability and armour

Crew3 people
Speed of destruction
Structural0 km/h
Gear320 km/h
  • 5 mm steel underneath pilot
  • 6 mm steel underneath gunner
  • 6 mm steel above and below liquid cooling systems
  • 6 mm steel in front of engines
  • 8.5 mm steel in front of gunner (note that the gunner is rear-facing)
  • 8.5 mm steel in front of radar equipment in cockpit
  • 8.5 mm steel between radar antennae and nose-mounted cannon ammunition
  • 10.5 mm steel beside and in front of pilot's controls
  • 10.5 mm steel behind pilot's head
  • 58 mm bulletproof glass in front of pilot
  • Self-sealing fuel tanks (2 in each wing)

Modifications and economy

Repair costBasic → Reference
AB900 → 1 161 Sl icon.png
RB1 424 → 1 838 Sl icon.png
SB3 120 → 4 027 Sl icon.png
Total cost of modifications24 530 Rp icon.png
44 400 Sl icon.png
Talisman cost1 100 Ge icon.png
Crew training22 000 Sl icon.png
Experts76 000 Sl icon.png
Aces500 Ge icon.png
Research Aces320 000 Rp icon.png
Reward for battleAB / RB / SB
60 / 120 / 240 % Sl icon.png
142 / 142 / 142 % Rp icon.png
Modifications
Flight performance Survivability Weaponry
Mods aerodinamic fuse.png
Fuselage repair
Research:
990 Rp icon.png
Cost:
1 800 Sl icon.png
125 Ge icon.png
Mods radiator.png
Radiator
Research:
990 Rp icon.png
Cost:
1 800 Sl icon.png
125 Ge icon.png
Mods armor frame.png
Airframe
Research:
930 Rp icon.png
Cost:
1 700 Sl icon.png
120 Ge icon.png
Mods compressor.png
Compressor
Research:
930 Rp icon.png
Cost:
1 700 Sl icon.png
120 Ge icon.png
Mods aerodinamic wing.png
Wings repair
Research:
1 500 Rp icon.png
Cost:
2 700 Sl icon.png
190 Ge icon.png
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Engine
Research:
1 500 Rp icon.png
Cost:
2 700 Sl icon.png
190 Ge icon.png
Mods armor cover.png
Cover
Research:
2 000 Rp icon.png
Cost:
3 600 Sl icon.png
260 Ge icon.png
Mods metanol.png
Engine injection
Research:
2 000 Rp icon.png
Cost:
3 600 Sl icon.png
260 Ge icon.png
Mods ammo.png
mg15120_belt_pack
Research:
990 Rp icon.png
Cost:
1 800 Sl icon.png
125 Ge icon.png
Mod arrow 0.png
Mods ammo.png
mg_turret_belt_pack
Research:
990 Rp icon.png
Cost:
1 800 Sl icon.png
125 Ge icon.png
Mod arrow 0.png
Mods napalm fire bomb.png
Flamm C 250
Research:
990 Rp icon.png
Cost:
1 800 Sl icon.png
125 Ge icon.png
Mod arrow 0.png
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mg15120_new_gun
Research:
930 Rp icon.png
Cost:
1 700 Sl icon.png
120 Ge icon.png
Mods turret gun.png
mg81_turret_new_gun
Research:
930 Rp icon.png
Cost:
1 700 Sl icon.png
120 Ge icon.png
Mods napalm fire bomb.png
Flamm C 500
Research:
930 Rp icon.png
Cost:
1 700 Sl icon.png
120 Ge icon.png
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WB 151
Research:
930 Rp icon.png
Cost:
1 700 Sl icon.png
120 Ge icon.png
Mods ammo.png
mk108_belt_pack
Research:
1 500 Rp icon.png
Cost:
2 700 Sl icon.png
190 Ge icon.png
Mod arrow 0.png
Mods pilon bomb.png
SC 250
Research:
1 500 Rp icon.png
Cost:
2 700 Sl icon.png
190 Ge icon.png
Mod arrow 0.png
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mk108_new_gun
Research:
2 000 Rp icon.png
Cost:
3 600 Sl icon.png
260 Ge icon.png
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R6 modification
Research:
2 000 Rp icon.png
Cost:
3 600 Sl icon.png
260 Ge icon.png

Armaments

Offensive armament

The Bf 110 G-4 is armed with:

  • 2 x 30 mm MK 108 cannons, nose-mounted (120 rpg left + 135 rpg right = 255 total)
  • 2 x 20 mm MG 151 cannons, chin-mounted (400 rpg left + 350 rpg right = 750 total)
  • 2 x 20 mm MG FF/M cannons, Schräge Musik-style in front of gunner (240 rpg = 480 total)

Suspended armament

The Bf 110 G-4 can be outfitted with the following ordnance:

1 2 3 4 5
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20 mm MG 151 cannons (200 rpg) 2*
50 kg SC50JA bombs 2 4* 4* 2
250 kg SC250JA bombs 1* 1*
500 kg SC500K bombs 1* 1*
1,000 kg SC1000L2 bombs 1*
Flam C 250 incendiary bombs 1* 1*
Flam C 500 incendiary bombs 1* 1*
Wfr.Gr.21 rockets 2 2
* Under-belly cannon pod cannot be equipped with ordnance in adjacent hardpoints
1,000 kg bomb cannot be equipped with marked ordnance on hardpoint 2
Default weapon presets
  • Without load
  • 4 x Wfr.Gr.21 rockets
  • 12 x 50 kg SC50JA bombs (600 kg total)
  • 2 x 250 kg SC250JA bombs (500 kg total)
  • 2 x 500 kg SC500K bombs (1,000 kg total)
  • 1 x 1,000 kg SC1000L2 bomb (1,000 kg total)
  • 2 x Flam C 250 incendiary bombs
  • 2 x Flam C 500 incendiary bombs
  • 2 x 20 mm MG 151 cannon (200 rpg)

Defensive armament

Main article: MG 81 (7.92 mm)

The Bf 110 G-4 is defended by:

  • 2 x 7.92 mm MG 81 machine guns, dorsal turret (750 rpg = 1,500 total)

Usage in battles

This plane plays mostly like its predecessor, but it has the added bonus of a search radar and a pair of upwards firing MG FF/M cannons. This plane is also slightly slower and climbs worse due to the drag of the search radar and the extra radar operator. A strategy for experienced pilots is to turn the plane upside down and use the upwards firing guns to strafe ground targets, just remember to pull up in time! This plane is like a fusion between the Bf 110 G-2 and the Do 217 N-2. You can use strategies used on both planes on this aircraft but less effectively. Watch out for enemies that can out-turn you, have a better climb than you, or if there are a horde of them.

Radars

Main article: FuG-220

The Bf 110 G-4 is equipped with a FuG-220 search radar, located in the nose of the aircraft; a control box which is part of the radar damage model is located behind the pilot.

FuG-220 - Target Detection Radar
Maximum
Detection
Range
Guaranteed
Detection
Range
Max Azimuth
Scan Angle
Max Elevation
Scan Angle
5,000 m 5,000 m ±35° -55°/+20°

Manual Engine Control

MEC elements
Mixer Pitch Radiator Supercharger Turbocharger
Oil Water Type
Not controllable Controllable
Auto control available
Controllable
Auto control available
Controllable
Auto control available
Separate Not controllable
1 gear
Not controllable

Pros and cons

Pros:

  • Great variety of payload options of bombs, gunpods, and rockets
  • Very powerful standard armament
  • Has Schräge Musik cannons for varied gameplay
  • Can carry powerful Wfr.Gr.21 rockets
  • Can carry the large SC1000L2 bomb, useful in tank RB
  • Has radar capability, an advantage in night battles, cloudy airspace and simulator
  • Greyish camo is effective in most city, cloudy or winter maps

Cons:

  • Not very manoeuvrable
  • Rockets are hard to aim (they fire in an upwards arc meaning you will have to fire them at ground targets while shallow diving)
  • Third crew member radar operator means slightly more weight than other Bf 110s
  • Has the same DB 605 engine as its predecessor, meaning it is slower and climbs slower due to the extra drag and weight
  • Low roll rate
  • Defensive MG has 0 degrees depression, cannot shoot at the chaser sometimes
  • Radar has a low range which makes it less effective in air RB: by the time the radar picks anything up its marker will also appear soon, giving you little advantage to sneak on the raget unsuspected

History

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Media

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Videos

See also

Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:

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

External links


Bavarian Aircraft Corporation (BFW*)
Bf 109  Flegel's Bf 109 A · Bf 109 B-1 · Bf 109 C-1 · Bf 109 E-1 · Bf 109 E-3 · Bf 109 E-4 · Bf 109 E-7/U2
  Bf 109 F-1 · Bf 109 F-2 · Bf 109 F-4 · Bf 109 F-4/trop · Bf 109 G-2/trop · Bf 109 G-6 · Bf 109 K-4 · Bf 109 G-10 · Bf 109 G-14 · Bf 109 Z-1
Bf 110  Bf 110 C-6 · Bf 110 C-7 · Bf 110 F-2 · Bf 110 G-2 · Bf 110 G-4
Me 410  Me 410 A-1 · Me 410 A-1/U2 · Me 410 A-1/U4 · Me 410 B-1 · Me 410 B-1/U2 · Me 410 B-2/U4 · Me 410 B-6/R3
Bombers  Me 264
Jet Fighters  Me 163 B · Me 163 B-0 · Me 262 A-1a · Me 262 A-1a/Jabo · Me 262 A-1a/U1 · Me 262 A-1/U4 · Me 262 A-2a · Me 262 C-1a · Me 262 C-2b
Export  ▅Bf 109 E-7 · ▄Bf 109 G-14/AS · ◐Bf 109 F-4 · ◐Bf 109 G-2 · Bf 109 G-2 · ▄Bf 109 G-2 · ▄Bf 109 G-6 · ▄Bf 109 G-6 Erla · ◐Bf 110 G-4
Captured  ▃Bf 109 F-4
  * BFW was later renamed Messerschmitt Aktiengesellschaft (AG) on 11 July 1938. All aircraft currently in production at this time retained the designation Bf while those developed after this date had the designation Me.

Germany strike aircraft
Messerschmitt 
Bf 110  Bf 110 C-6 · Bf 110 C-7 · Bf 110 F-2 · Bf 110 G-2 · Bf 110 G-4
Me 410  Me 410 A-1 · Me 410 A-1/U4 · Me 410 B-1 · Me 410 B-2/U4 · Me 410 B-6/R3
Dornier 
Do 335  Do 335 A-0 · Do 335 A-1 · Do 335 B-2
Focke-Wulf 
Fw 190  Fw 190 F-8
Heinkel 
He 219  He 219 A-7
Henschel 
Hs 129  Hs 129 B-2 · Hs 129 B-2 (Romania) · Hs 129 B-3
Junkers 
Ju 87  Ju 87 G-1 · Ju 87 G-2
  Foreign:
USSR  ▀IL-2 (1942)