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| − | The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a rank {{Specs|rank}} German bomber {{Battle-rating}}. | + | The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a rank {{Specs|rank}} German bomber {{Battle-rating}}. This bomber was introduced in [[Update 1.29]]. |
== General info == | == General info == | ||
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* 8.5 mm steel - pilot's seat | * 8.5 mm steel - pilot's seat | ||
| − | * 8.5 mm steel - around dorsal gunner | + | * 8.5 mm steel - around the dorsal gunner |
* 8.5 mm steel - aft of ventral gunner | * 8.5 mm steel - aft of ventral gunner | ||
* 5 mm steel - below ventral gunner | * 5 mm steel - below ventral gunner | ||
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* Easy to land | * Easy to land | ||
* Always WEP when you have upgraded the engine parts | * Always WEP when you have upgraded the engine parts | ||
| − | * Can compete with some bombers at high altitudes, so after bombing you can search for bombers and stop them | + | * Can compete with some bombers at high altitudes, so after the bombing runs, you can search for bombers and stop them |
'''Cons:''' | '''Cons:''' | ||
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* Very loud engines | * Very loud engines | ||
* Flaps easily get damaged at +250 km/h. You will lose the landing flaps really easy | * Flaps easily get damaged at +250 km/h. You will lose the landing flaps really easy | ||
| − | * The gunners can easily be knocked out by enemy fire | + | * The gunners can easily be knocked out by the enemy fire |
* Oil leak and fuel leak for just a few shots (even with 12.7 mm bullets) | * Oil leak and fuel leak for just a few shots (even with 12.7 mm bullets) | ||
* The plane gets uncontrollable at high speeds | * The plane gets uncontrollable at high speeds | ||
| − | * Any damage to central area of the plane body will cause loss of speed | + | * Any damage to the central area of the plane body will cause loss of speed |
* Any damage to flaps makes the aircraft really hard to land | * Any damage to flaps makes the aircraft really hard to land | ||
* When stock, about 10s of WEP will cause overheating (may differ in altitudes) | * When stock, about 10s of WEP will cause overheating (may differ in altitudes) | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
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| + | === In-game description === | ||
| + | "Dornier Do 217 E-4 medium twin-engine bomber | ||
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| + | Late 1941 saw the start of production of Do 217 E-4 variant bombers, which differed from the E-2 mainly in their new BMW 801C engines, with a takeoff power of 1,560 hp, and in their wings' reinforced leading edge, which could cut through the cables of barrage balloons. In addition, the fixed Mauser MG 151/15 cannon was removed, and a mobile 20 mm Oerlikon/Ikaria MG FF drum-fed cannon with a total 240-round magazine capacity was installed instead. This cannon earned a reputation as a more effective weapon against surface targets. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Originally, all Do 217E planes were equipped with an umbrella-shaped dive brake located in the tail section and designed to reduce diving speed. However, since the brake was unreliable, every factory-produced machine was packaged with a removable tail cone fairing, placed in the bomb bay. After the aircraft reached the front lines, the mechanics would, as a rule, immediately remove the lattice umbrella and install the cone fairing instead. | ||
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| + | In this form, the Do 217E could only be used as a horizontal bomber. But since the dive brake control circuit remained in place, the possibility to convert it back to a dive bomber remained. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Beginning with the Do 217 E-4 variant, no dive brake was installed on the aircraft at all, since the Luftwaffe command eventually rejected the idea of turning the Do 217E into a dive bomber. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Initially, British cities and ships were top-priority targets for the Do 217Es. The KG 2 bomber squadron was given the task of striking cities, and the specially formed KG 40 was to carry out anti-ship missions. Both units were to be based on airfields in France and the Netherlands. | ||
| + | |||
| + | The Do 217E's combat début over Great Britain took place in the middle of July 1941, when KG 2 and KG 40 aircraft bombed London targets and factories in Birmingham. | ||
| + | |||
| + | In the spring of 1942, the Do 217Es of both squadrons participated in the so-called Baedeker Raids, a series of raids over provincial British cities with a large number of architectural monuments. This was a kind of revenge for the RAF's bombing of German cities. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Clear or moonlit nights were usually chosen for the raids, and the crews planned to fly out towards the target at about one o'clock a.m. The smaller cities without strategic importance had poor air defence systems, which allowed the bomber crews to drop their bomb load from a height of about 3,000 m, with comparatively high accuracy for horizontal bombers." | ||
== Media == | == Media == | ||
Revision as of 17:20, 17 May 2019
Contents
| This page is about the German bomber Do 217 E-4. For other uses, see Do 217 (Family). |
Description
The Do 217 E-4 is a rank III German bomber
with a battle rating of 5.0 (AB), 4.7 (RB), and 4.3 (SB). This bomber was introduced in Update 1.29.
General info
Flight Performance
Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the most important characteristics of the vehicle.
| Characteristics | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stock | |||||||
| Max Speed (km/h at 5,100 m) |
Max altitude (meters) |
Turn time (seconds) |
Rate of climb (meters/second) |
Take-off run (meters) | |||
| AB | RB | AB | RB | AB | RB | ||
| 465 | 448 | 7500 | 32.2 | 33.4 | 6.1 | 6 | 850 |
| Upgraded | |||||||
| Max Speed (km/h at 5,100 m) |
Max altitude (meters) |
Turn time (seconds) |
Rate of climb (meters/second) |
Take-off run (meters) | |||
| AB | RB | AB | RB | AB | RB | ||
| ??? | ??? | 7500 | ??.? | ??.? | ??.? | ??.? | 850 |
Details
| Features | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combat flaps | Take-off flaps | Landing flaps | Air brakes | Arrestor gear |
| X | ✓ | ✓ | X | X |
| Limits | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wing-break speed (km/h) |
Gear limit (km/h) |
Combat flaps (km/h) |
Max Static G | |
| + | - | |||
| 380 | ~6 | ~4 | ||
| Optimal velocities | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ailerons (km/h) |
Rudder (km/h) |
Elevators (km/h) |
Radiator (km/h) |
| < 290 | < 360 | < 360 | > 315 |
| Compressor (RB/SB) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Setting 1 | ||
| Optimal altitude | 100% Engine power | WEP Engine power |
| 1,000 m | 1,460 hp | 1,522 hp |
| Setting 2 | ||
| Optimal altitude | 100% Engine power | WEP Engine power |
| 4,200 m | 1,300 hp | 1,355 hp |
Survivability and armour
- 8.5 mm steel - pilot's seat
- 8.5 mm steel - around the dorsal gunner
- 8.5 mm steel - aft of ventral gunner
- 5 mm steel - below ventral gunner
Armaments
Offensive armament
The Do 217 E-4 is armed with:
- 1 x 20 mm MG 151/20 cannon, chin-mounted (250 rpg)
Suspended armament
The Do 217 E-4 can be outfitted with the following ordnance:
- 4 x 250 kg SC250JA bombs (1,000 kg total)
- 26 x 50 kg SC50JA bombs (1,300 kg total)
- 8 x 250 kg SC250JA bombs (2,000 kg total)
- 2 x 500 kg SC500K bombs + 2 x 250 kg SC250JA bombs (1,500 kg total)
- 4 x 500 kg SC500K bombs (2,000 kg total)
- 2 x 1,000 kg SC1000L2 bombs (2,000 kg total)
- 4 x 1,000 kg SC1000L2 bombs (4,000 kg total)
Defensive armament
The Do 217 E-4 is defended by:
- 1 x 20 mm MG FF/M cannon, nose turret (240 rpg)
- 1 x 13 mm MG 131 machine gun, dorsal turret (500 rpg)
- 1 x 13 mm MG 131 machine gun, ventral turret (1,000 rpg)
- 1 x 7.92 mm MG 15 machine gun, 2 x frontal beam turrets (500 rpg)
Usage in battles
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Manual Engine Control
| MEC elements | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mixer | Pitch | Radiator | Supercharger | Turbocharger | ||
| Oil | Water | Type | ||||
| Not controllable | Controllable Not auto controlled |
Not controllable Not auto controlled |
Controllable Not auto controlled |
Combined | Not controllable 2 gears |
Not controllable |
Modules
| Tier | Flight performance | Survivability | Weaponry | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | Fuselage repair | Radiator | Turret 7 mm | Turret 13 mm | ||
| II | Compressor | Airframe | New 7 mm MGs (turret) | New 13 mm MGs (turret) | ITC PVC I | |
| III | Wings repair | Engine | Turret 20 mm | Offensive 20 mm | ITC PVC II | |
| IV | Engine injection | Cover | New 20 mm cannons (turret) | New 20 mm cannons | ETC 2000/XII | |
Pros and cons
Pros:
- Good and accurate defensive armament
- Having an offensive 20 mm autocannon is really good
- Good max speed and acceleration
- Engines rarely overheat when upgraded
- Very nice climb rate and turn rate
- Can carry up to 4 x 1000 kg bombs, which can be used to destroy 3 bases
- Easy to land
- Always WEP when you have upgraded the engine parts
- Can compete with some bombers at high altitudes, so after the bombing runs, you can search for bombers and stop them
Cons:
- Very loud engines
- Flaps easily get damaged at +250 km/h. You will lose the landing flaps really easy
- The gunners can easily be knocked out by the enemy fire
- Oil leak and fuel leak for just a few shots (even with 12.7 mm bullets)
- The plane gets uncontrollable at high speeds
- Any damage to the central area of the plane body will cause loss of speed
- Any damage to flaps makes the aircraft really hard to land
- When stock, about 10s of WEP will cause overheating (may differ in altitudes)
History
Describe the history of the creation and combat usage of the aircraft in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the vehicle and adding a block "/ History" (example: https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Vehicle-name)/History) and add a link to it here using the main template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <ref></ref>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <references />. This section may also include the vehicle's dev blog entry (if applicable) and the in-game encyclopedia description (under === Encyclopedia Info ===, also if applicable).
In-game description
"Dornier Do 217 E-4 medium twin-engine bomber
Late 1941 saw the start of production of Do 217 E-4 variant bombers, which differed from the E-2 mainly in their new BMW 801C engines, with a takeoff power of 1,560 hp, and in their wings' reinforced leading edge, which could cut through the cables of barrage balloons. In addition, the fixed Mauser MG 151/15 cannon was removed, and a mobile 20 mm Oerlikon/Ikaria MG FF drum-fed cannon with a total 240-round magazine capacity was installed instead. This cannon earned a reputation as a more effective weapon against surface targets.
Originally, all Do 217E planes were equipped with an umbrella-shaped dive brake located in the tail section and designed to reduce diving speed. However, since the brake was unreliable, every factory-produced machine was packaged with a removable tail cone fairing, placed in the bomb bay. After the aircraft reached the front lines, the mechanics would, as a rule, immediately remove the lattice umbrella and install the cone fairing instead.
In this form, the Do 217E could only be used as a horizontal bomber. But since the dive brake control circuit remained in place, the possibility to convert it back to a dive bomber remained.
Beginning with the Do 217 E-4 variant, no dive brake was installed on the aircraft at all, since the Luftwaffe command eventually rejected the idea of turning the Do 217E into a dive bomber.
Initially, British cities and ships were top-priority targets for the Do 217Es. The KG 2 bomber squadron was given the task of striking cities, and the specially formed KG 40 was to carry out anti-ship missions. Both units were to be based on airfields in France and the Netherlands.
The Do 217E's combat début over Great Britain took place in the middle of July 1941, when KG 2 and KG 40 aircraft bombed London targets and factories in Birmingham.
In the spring of 1942, the Do 217Es of both squadrons participated in the so-called Baedeker Raids, a series of raids over provincial British cities with a large number of architectural monuments. This was a kind of revenge for the RAF's bombing of German cities.
Clear or moonlit nights were usually chosen for the raids, and the crews planned to fly out towards the target at about one o'clock a.m. The smaller cities without strategic importance had poor air defence systems, which allowed the bomber crews to drop their bomb load from a height of about 3,000 m, with comparatively high accuracy for horizontal bombers."
Media
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See also
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- reference to the series of the aircraft;
- links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.
External links
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- topic on the official game forum;
- encyclopedia page on the aircraft;
- other literature.
| Germany bombers | |
|---|---|
| Arado | Ar 196 A-3 |
| Blohm & Voss | BV 138 C-1 · BV 238 |
| Dornier | Do 17 E-1 · Do 17 Z-2 · Do 217 E-2 · Do 217 E-4 · Do 217 K-1 · Do 217 M-1 |
| Focke-Wulf | Fw 189 A-1 · Fw 200 C-1 |
| Henschel | Hs 123 A-1 |
| Heinkel | He 111 H-3 · He 111 H-6 · He 111 H-16 · He 115 C-1 · He 177 A-3 · He 177 A-5 |
| Junkers | Ju 87 B-2 · Ju 87 R-2 · Ju 87 R-2 Libya · Ju 87 D-3 · Ju 87 D-5 · Ju 88 A-1 · Ju 88 A-4 · Ju 188 A-2 · Ju 288 C |
| Messerschmitt | Me 264 |
| Savoia-Marchetti | ▀S.M.79 serie 1 · ▀S.M.79 B · ▀S.M.79 serie 4 · ▀S.M.79 serie 8 |
| ▀S.M.79 AS · ▀S.M.79 bis/N · ▀S.M.79 bis/T.M | |
| Trophies | ▀Wellington Mk Ic |
