Wehrtechnische Dienststelle 61, or the Bundeswehr Technical Center for Aircraft and Aeronautical Equipment and Airworthiness Center for Aircraft, is a special testing center for the task of testing and evaluating of military aircraft and aerial weapon systems. One of the many aircraft they operate include a small selection of Tornado IDS aircraft, for future weapon systems on the Tornado airframe. WTD 61 was responsible for testing the integration of the upgraded avionics and ordnance later fitted on German Tornado IDS aircraft through the ASSTA standard, while also tinkering with and testing various other experimental systems, including the more famous laser-guided Sidewinder missile.

The Tornado IDS WTD61 (Germany) is a premium pack top tier German strike aircraft introduced in Update "Air Superiority". It is almost identical to the event Tornado IDS Marineflieger, with the only difference being the lack of AS.34 Kormoran anti-ship missiles. As such, it is almost completely identical in gameplay as well, being outclassed by most aircraft it faces in dedicated air battles, and also having somewhat underwhelming CAS capability at its battle rating in mixed battles due to the lack of guided ordnance. All in all, the Tornado IDS WTD 61 serves best in the role of a frontline bomber-interdictor for grinding silver lions and research points, due to its respectable top speed and bomb load plus its premium bonuses. One must always avoid direct engagement against enemy aircraft when flying the Tornado IDS, as its small air-to-air loadout of two AIM-9Ls is further reduced in effectiveness due to the poor handling and heavy weight of the Tornado family of aircraft.