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Me 264
III
Rank
AB
4.3
RB
5.0
SB
5.0
Battle rating
Germany
Game nation
Bomber
Main role
18,000
RP
Research
47,000
SL
Purchase
General information

The Me 264 was Messerschmitt's submission to the German Air Ministry's specification for a long-range heavy bomber. Hitler reportedly boasted to Mussolini that Germany would have bombers that could fly all the way to the east coast of the United States by 1941. Messerschmitt had thought of creating a long-range aircraft before and finally saw the Amerika Bomber project as a way to design and produce them. Messerschmitt had tough competition like Junkers and Dornier who had an immense amount of experience building bombers. The final design included four engines and had a range of around 7,000 miles (11,265 km). Eventually, the Me 264 failed to compete with the performance of competition like the Junkers 390, Junkers' proposal with six engines. The Kriegsmarine expressed interest in the project and planned to repurpose the Me 264 as a reconnaissance aircraft for the U-boats. However, Doenitz saw the failures of the program and managed to talk Hitler out of it. Finally, after the prototypes were damaged by the Allied bombing campaigns and constant setbacks, Hermann Göring ordered work be stopped on the Me 264.

Introduced in Update 1.89 "Imperial Navy", the Me 264 is a powerful and strong heavy bomber. It features an excellent bomb load of up to two 1,800 kg bombs and three 250 kg bombs totalling 4,350 kg. It also has strong defensive capabilities, with two 13 mm turrets and three 20 mm turrets. Combined with the very high altitude bomber air spawn, the Me 264 is a very difficult aircraft for opponents to attack. It's also quite fast for a bomber with an impressive top speed of 519 km/h (324 mph). Players will be satisfied with its performance and capability against both ground targets and enemy aircraft.


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Flight performance
Max speed
at 6,000 m 519482543496 km/h
Rate of Climb 3.51.36.51.3 m/s
Turn time 3739.635.738.4 s
Max altitude 10,000 m
Takeoff Run 900 m

Combat
flaps
Take-off
flaps
Landing
flaps
Air
brake
General characteristics
Crew 9 persons
Gross weight 44.8 t
Engine 4 x Junkers Jumo 213E
Length 20.9 m
Wingspan 39 m

Limits:
Max Speed Limit (IAS) 609 km/h
Mach Number Limit 1
Flap Speed Limit (IAS) 290 km/h
Gear Speed Limit (IAS) 309 km/h
Defensive armament
3 × Turret — 20 mm MG 151 cannon
Ammunition 1,650 rounds
Fire rate 750 shots/min

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3 × Turret — 13 mm MG 131 machine gun
Ammunition 1,750 rounds
Fire rate 900 shots/min

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Suspended armament
Max weight 5,200 kg

NameWeightSlot
3 × 750 kg
3 × 1,500 kg
2 × 2,000 kg
2 × 1,976 kg
2 × 3,664 kg
2 × 3,200 kg
Economy
Repair cost Basic → Reference
AB 939 → 1,282 SL
RB 2,341 → 3,195 SL
SB 3,972 → 5,422 SL
Crew training 13,000 SL
Experts 47,000 SL
Aces 400 GE
Research Aces 280,000 RP
Reward multiplier AB / RB / SB
70 / 160 / 310 % SL
136 % RP
Total cost of modifications 19,560 RP
32,000 SL
Talisman cost 980 GE

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Survivability
Weaponry
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