Tornado IDS WTD61 (Germany)

◄Tornado IDS WTD61

◄Tornado IDS WTD61

Germany

VII Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
11.0	11.3	11.3

Class:

PREMIUM

Strike aircraft

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Description

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 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.

General info

Flight performance

Max speed

at 11 582 m2 308 km/h

Turn time29 s

Max altitude13 000 m

EngineTurbo-Union RB199-34R Mk.103

Type

Cooling systemAir

Take-off weight0 t

Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the most important characteristics of the vehicle.

Characteristics	Max speed (km/h at 11,582 m)		Max altitude (metres)	Turn time (seconds)		Rate of climb (metres/second)		Take-off run (metres)
	AB	RB		AB	RB	AB	RB
Stock	___	___	13000	__._	__._	__._	__._	800
Upgraded	2,342	2,308		28.6	29.0	220.6	195.0

Details

Features
Combat flaps	Take-off flaps	Landing flaps	Air brakes	Arrestor gear	Drogue chute	Thrust reversal
✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	X	✓

Limits	Wings (km/h)	Gear (km/h)	Flaps (km/h)			Max Static G
			Combat	Take-off	Landing	+	-
Min sweep	972	520	972	552	440	~__	~__
Max sweep	1,555		N/A	N/A	N/A	~__	~__

Optimal velocities (km/h)
Ailerons	Rudder	Elevators	Radiator
< 670	< 650	< 700	-

Engine performance

Engine			Aircraft mass
Engine name		Number	Basic mass			Wing loading (full fuel)
Turbo-Union RB199-34R Mk.103		2	14,709 kg			___ kg/m2
Engine characteristics			Mass with fuel (no weapons load)					Max Gross Weight
Weight (each)	Type		16m fuel	20m fuel	30m fuel	45m fuel	56m fuel
968 kg	Afterburning low-bypass turbofan		16,236 kg	16,523 kg	17,429 kg	18,789 kg	19,799 kg	25,254 kg
Maximum engine thrust @ 0 m (RB/SB)			Thrust to weight ratio @ 0 m (WEP)
Condition	100%	WEP	16m fuel	20m fuel	30m fuel	45m fuel	56m fuel	MGW
Stationary	3,777 kgf	7,293 kgf	0.90	0.88	0.84	0.78	0.74	0.58
Optimal	4,192 kgf (1,400 km/h)	8,155 kgf (1,400 km/h)	1.00	0.99	0.94	0.87	0.82	0.65

Survivability and armour

Flares/Chaff

Aircraft countermeasures to distract IR and radar-guided missiles and also AA radar

Crew2 people

Speed of destruction

Structural0 km/h

Gear0 km/h

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Modifications and economy

Repair cost

AB2 441

RB5 738

SB7 318

Crew training10 000

Experts1 350 000

Aces3 000

Research Aces2 280 000

Reward for battleAB / RB / SB

2 × 80 / 320 / 600 %

2 × 238 / 238 / 238 %

Modifications

Flight performance	Survivability	Weaponry
Compressor New boosters Wings repair Engine	Fuselage repair Airframe Cover	Flares/Chaff bk_27_belt_pack Mk83 G-suit bk_27_new_gun EFS

Armaments

Ballistic Computer
CCIP (Guns)	CCIP (Rockets)	CCIP (Bombs)	CCRP (Bombs)	Lead indicator

Offensive armament

The Tornado IDS WTD61 (Germany) is armed with:

• 2 x 27 mm Mauser BK27 cannons, chin-mounted (180 rpg = 360 total)

Suspended armament

The Tornado IDS WTD61 (Germany) can be outfitted with the following ordnance:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1,000 lb LDGP Mk 83 bombs			1, 2	1, 2*	1, 2*	1*	1, 2*	1, 2*	1, 2
6,000 lb Mk 83 AIR bombs			1, 2	1, 2*	1, 2*	1*	1, 2*	1, 2*	1, 2
AIM-9L Sidewinder missiles		1								1
Large calibre countermeasures	28										28
1,500 l drop tanks			1						1
* Bombs on hardpoint 6 cannot be equipped with dual bomb mounts on hardpoints 4-8

Default weapon presets
2 x 1,500 l drop tanks 56 x large calibre countermeasures 2 x AIM-9L Sidewinder missiles 7 x 1,000 lb LDGP Mk 83 bombs (7,000 lb total) 12 x 1,000 lb LDGP Mk 83 bombs (12,000 lb total) 7 x 1,000 lb Mk 83 AIR bombs (7,000 lb total) 12 x 1,000 lb Mk 83 AIR bombs (12,000 lb total) 4 x 1,000 lb LDGP Mk 83 bombs (4,000 lb total)

Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

• Variable wing sweep aircraft - can be used as a fighter after bombing, if required
• Has radar gun assist with its tracking radar
• Favorable matchmaking area where it will not frequently see most of the next-generation fighters, which means less uptiers, where the Tornado will have a hard time to be competitive
• Grants more RP and SL per action due to premium status

Cons:

• Requires special procedures and speed control to work well as a fighter
• Full bombing loadout will severely limit its maximum speed to 1.05 MACH
• Most basic loadout of all Tornado bombers - only dumb bombs
  • Has anti-ship search radar, but no special equipment to capitalize on it
• Radar gun assist has shorter range than other Tornado planes by 300 m (at 1.2km) which is getting way too close for comfort in head-on fights
• Cannons deal low damage to planes unless the target was set on fire

History

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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

Other jet planes with variable sweep wings

• MiG-23 (Family)
• Su-17/22 (Family)
• F14 (Family)
• F-111A

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