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== Description ==
 
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The '''Arado Ar 234 C-3''' is a Rank V German jet bomber with a battle rating of 6.7 (AB) and 7.0 (RB/SB). It was introduced in [[Update_1.49_"Weapons_of_Victory"|Update 1.70.1945 "Weapons of Victory"]].  
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The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a Rank {{Specs|rank}} German jet bomber {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update_1.49_"Weapons_of_Victory"|Update 1.70.1945 "Weapons of Victory"]].  
  
 
== General info ==
 
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=== Flight Performance ===
 
=== Flight Performance ===
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=== Survivability and armour ===
 
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== Armaments ==
 
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* 1 x 1000 kg SC1000L2 bomb (1,000 kg total)
 
* 1 x 1000 kg SC1000L2 bomb (1,000 kg total)
 
* 1 x 1000 kg SC1000L2 bomb + 2 x 250 kg SC250JA bombs (1,500 kg total)
 
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The standard bombs on the Ar 234 C-3 are 3 x 250 kg bombs and 3 x 500 kg bombs. You will have access to them even if your Arado is stock. Additionally, this variant of the Arado possesses 2 x 20 mm MG 151 cannons, so one of the best ways to use your Arado to ensure you can farm RP and SL for your modifications is:
 
The standard bombs on the Ar 234 C-3 are 3 x 250 kg bombs and 3 x 500 kg bombs. You will have access to them even if your Arado is stock. Additionally, this variant of the Arado possesses 2 x 20 mm MG 151 cannons, so one of the best ways to use your Arado to ensure you can farm RP and SL for your modifications is:
  
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When landing the Arado, decrease speed by turning before you reach the airfield (aim to be at 400 km/h or less) then align with the landing strip, activate your flaps and proceed with the landing. If using the landing gear, ensure that you are at extremely low speed before landing or that the landing strip is long enough to stop on. The Arado has extremely good energy retention and is very heavy, so it does take a long time to stop. You can land without gear, which, while obviously dangerous, offers a much better chance to stop in time on shorter landing strips. To do this, land flat on the belly and avoid allowing the wings to touch the ground before you stop moving.
 
When landing the Arado, decrease speed by turning before you reach the airfield (aim to be at 400 km/h or less) then align with the landing strip, activate your flaps and proceed with the landing. If using the landing gear, ensure that you are at extremely low speed before landing or that the landing strip is long enough to stop on. The Arado has extremely good energy retention and is very heavy, so it does take a long time to stop. You can land without gear, which, while obviously dangerous, offers a much better chance to stop in time on shorter landing strips. To do this, land flat on the belly and avoid allowing the wings to touch the ground before you stop moving.
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'''2.2 - Search for enemy targets'''<br>
 
'''2.2 - Search for enemy targets'''<br>
 
Once you have dropped your bombs, you can turn your sights to enemy aircraft; the Arado C-3 is quite capable as a fighter, especially in comparison to other German BR 7.0 jets. It doesn't suffer from the same issues as the Me 262, which lacks in power and once it loses energy, often struggles to regain it, or the Ho 229, which can rip its wings very easily in high-G manoeuvres. With the Arado, you won't encounter these kinds of problems, providing you don't attempt to turn fight. The Arado C-3 has the best climb rate of any BR 7.0 German jet. It also possesses a roll rate to rival the Me 262, so with your 4 powerful engines, you have everything you need to take on other jets. As such, once you've finished your bombing run, turn and climb towards the battlefield, and try to maintain altitude above other jets. Once you're reasonably high, pick vulnerable targets and dive in for a pass, taking a shot at them and then moving away to retain your energy. Avoid exceeding 750km/h when stock, as past that the dive can be hard to arrest. Once all modifications have been researched, however, the aircraft gains a reasonable amount of additional leeway before you encounter issues. If everything falls apart, and you gain fighters on your tail, try to keep accelerating if possible and try to bait the enemies near your own team so they can assist you.
 
Once you have dropped your bombs, you can turn your sights to enemy aircraft; the Arado C-3 is quite capable as a fighter, especially in comparison to other German BR 7.0 jets. It doesn't suffer from the same issues as the Me 262, which lacks in power and once it loses energy, often struggles to regain it, or the Ho 229, which can rip its wings very easily in high-G manoeuvres. With the Arado, you won't encounter these kinds of problems, providing you don't attempt to turn fight. The Arado C-3 has the best climb rate of any BR 7.0 German jet. It also possesses a roll rate to rival the Me 262, so with your 4 powerful engines, you have everything you need to take on other jets. As such, once you've finished your bombing run, turn and climb towards the battlefield, and try to maintain altitude above other jets. Once you're reasonably high, pick vulnerable targets and dive in for a pass, taking a shot at them and then moving away to retain your energy. Avoid exceeding 750km/h when stock, as past that the dive can be hard to arrest. Once all modifications have been researched, however, the aircraft gains a reasonable amount of additional leeway before you encounter issues. If everything falls apart, and you gain fighters on your tail, try to keep accelerating if possible and try to bait the enemies near your own team so they can assist you.
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===Manual Engine Control===
 
===Manual Engine Control===
 
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=== Pros and cons ===
 
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* Incredibly fast
 
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* Cannons provide decent air to air performance
 
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* While stock, is hard to recover from dives in speeds beyond 750 km/h
 
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* Can't carry many bombs, which means that you only can destroy 1 enemy base per bomb load
 
* Can't carry many bombs, which means that you only can destroy 1 enemy base per bomb load
 
* Doesn't have air brakes and combined with planes very good energy retention makes landing potentially very dangerous
 
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Revision as of 20:02, 30 March 2019

Rank VI USA | Premium | Golden Eagles
A-10A Thunderbolt (Early)
Ar 234 C-3
arado-234c-3.png
Ar 234 C-3
Germany flag.png Germany
V Rank
Battle rating:
AB RB SB
8.0 7.3 7.3
Class:
Research:48 000 Specs-Card-Exp.png
Purchase:270 000 Specs-Card-Lion.png
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This page is about the aircraft Ar 234 C-3. For the other version, see Ar 234 B-2.

Description

GarageImage Ar 234 C-3.jpg


The Ar 234 C-3 is a Rank V German jet bomber with a battle rating of 8.0 (AB) and 7.3 (RB/SB). It was introduced in Update 1.70.1945 "Weapons of Victory".

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 0 m - Sea level) 		Max altitude
(meters) 		Turn time
(seconds) 		Rate of climb
(meters/second) 		Take-off run
(meters)
AB RB AB RB AB RB
847 841 13,000 30.2 31.0 23.9 22.4 1,500
Upgraded
Max Speed
(km/h at ?,000 m) 		Max altitude (meters) Turn time (seconds) Rate of climb
(meters/second) 		Take-off run (meters)
AB RB AB RB AB RB
 ?  ? 13,000  ??.?  ??.?  ?.?  ?.? 1,500

Details

Features
Combat flap Take-off flap Landing flap Air brakes Arrestor gear
✓ ✓ ✓ X X
Limits
Wing-break speed
(km/h) 		Gear limit
(km/h) 		Combat flap
(km/h) 		Max Static G
+ - 1,000 400 550 ~11 ~5
Optimal velocities
Ailerons
(km/h) 		Rudder
(km/h) 		Elevators
(km/h) 		Radiator
(km/h)
< 500 < 500 < 650 > 250
Compressor (RB/SB)
Setting 1
Optimal altitude 100% Engine power WEP Engine power
0 m 910 kgf No WEP

Survivability and armour

Examine the survivability of the aircraft. Note how vulnerable the structure is and how secure the pilot is, whether the fuel tanks are armoured, etc. Describe the armour, if there is any, and also mention the vulnerability of other critical aircraft systems.

Armaments

Offensive armament

Main article: MG 151/20 (20 mm)

The Ar 234 C-3 is armed with:

  • 2 x 20 mm MG 151/20 cannon, chin-mounted (250 rpg = 500 total)

Suspended armament

Main articles: SC250JA (250 kg), SC500K (500 kg), SC1000L2 (1,000 kg)

The Ar 234 C-3 can be outfitted with the following ordinance:

  • 3 x 250 kg SC250JA bombs (750 kg total)
  • 3 x 500 kg SC500K bombs (1,500 kg total)
  • 1 x 1000 kg SC1000L2 bomb (1,000 kg total)
  • 1 x 1000 kg SC1000L2 bomb + 2 x 250 kg SC250JA bombs (1,500 kg total)

Usage in battles

The standard bombs on the Ar 234 C-3 are 3 x 250 kg bombs and 3 x 500 kg bombs. You will have access to them even if your Arado is stock. Additionally, this variant of the Arado possesses 2 x 20 mm MG 151 cannons, so one of the best ways to use your Arado to ensure you can farm RP and SL for your modifications is:

1- Equip the 3 x 500 kg bombs and start the match at the air spawn point.

2- On maps such as Berlin, move to one of the enemy bases and drop your 3 x 500 kg bombs. 1.5 tonnes worth of bombs are enough to destroy a base, so from there you have two options to choose from:

2.1 - Go back to the airfield and get new bombs
If you choose go back to the airfield to get new bombs, be aware that unfortunately, the Arado does not have any air brakes, which is a problem as it has particularly good energy retention and some pilots may find it hard to safely land.

When landing the Arado, decrease speed by turning before you reach the airfield (aim to be at 400 km/h or less) then align with the landing strip, activate your flaps and proceed with the landing. If using the landing gear, ensure that you are at extremely low speed before landing or that the landing strip is long enough to stop on. The Arado has extremely good energy retention and is very heavy, so it does take a long time to stop. You can land without gear, which, while obviously dangerous, offers a much better chance to stop in time on shorter landing strips. To do this, land flat on the belly and avoid allowing the wings to touch the ground before you stop moving.

2.2 - Search for enemy targets
Once you have dropped your bombs, you can turn your sights to enemy aircraft; the Arado C-3 is quite capable as a fighter, especially in comparison to other German BR 7.0 jets. It doesn't suffer from the same issues as the Me 262, which lacks in power and once it loses energy, often struggles to regain it, or the Ho 229, which can rip its wings very easily in high-G manoeuvres. With the Arado, you won't encounter these kinds of problems, providing you don't attempt to turn fight. The Arado C-3 has the best climb rate of any BR 7.0 German jet. It also possesses a roll rate to rival the Me 262, so with your 4 powerful engines, you have everything you need to take on other jets. As such, once you've finished your bombing run, turn and climb towards the battlefield, and try to maintain altitude above other jets. Once you're reasonably high, pick vulnerable targets and dive in for a pass, taking a shot at them and then moving away to retain your energy. Avoid exceeding 750km/h when stock, as past that the dive can be hard to arrest. Once all modifications have been researched, however, the aircraft gains a reasonable amount of additional leeway before you encounter issues. If everything falls apart, and you gain fighters on your tail, try to keep accelerating if possible and try to bait the enemies near your own team so they can assist you.

Manual Engine Control

MEC elements
Mixer Pitch Radiator Supercharger Turbocharger
Oil Water Type
Controllable Not controllable Not controllable Not controllable Separate Not controllable Not controllable

Modules

Tier Flight performance Survivability Weaponry
I Fuselage Repair, Compressor
II Airframe ETC 1001 I
III Wing Repair, Engine Offensive 20 mm
IV Cover New 20 mm Cannons

Pros and cons

Pros:

  • Incredibly fast
  • Very good at destroying individual ground units in AB
  • Cannons provide decent air to air performance
  • Very good climb rate
  • Four engines provides the much-needed speed increase from the previous model.
  • Good acceleration
  • Stock payload is very versatile
  • Air spawn at 3,500 meters
  • Very good energy retention

Cons:

  • While stock, is hard to recover from dives in speeds beyond 750 km/h
  • Pilot is usually easily knocked out
  • Can't carry many bombs, which means that you only can destroy 1 enemy base per bomb load
  • Doesn't have air brakes and combined with planes very good energy retention makes landing potentially very dangerous
  • No gunsight in the cockpit, you have to rely on perception to aim
  • Worse turn rate than the previous model

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 big, 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>, as well as adding them at the end of the article. 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).

Media

Excellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.

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

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  • topic on the official game forum;
  • encyclopedia page on the aircraft;
  • other literature.


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He 162  He 162 A-1 · He 162 A-2
Me 163  Me 163 B · Me 163 B-0
Ho 229  Ho 229 V3
Ar 234  Ar 234 B-2 · Ar 234 C-3
Me 262  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
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Fighters  ◊MiG-15bis · ◊Lim-5P · ◊MiG-19S
  ◊MiG-21MF · ◊MiG-21bis-SAU · ◊MiG-21 "Lazur-M"
  ◊MiG-29
Attackers  ◊MiG-23BN · ◊MiG-23MF · ◊MiG-23MLA
  ◊Su-22UM3K · ◊Su-22M4
  ◊IL-28
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F-84  ◄F-84F
F-86  ◄CL-13A Mk 5 · ◄CL-13B Mk.6 · ◄F-86K
F-104  ◄F-104G
F-4  ◄F-4F Early · ◄F-4F · ◄F-4F KWS LV
G.91  ◄G.91 R/3 · ◄G.91 R/4
Tornado  ◄Tornado IDS WTD61 · ◄Tornado IDS MFG · ◄Tornado IDS ASSTA1
Other  Alpha Jet A · ◄Sea Hawk Mk.100
Ex-LSK  ◄MiG-21 SPS-K · ◄MiG-29G · ◄Su-22M4 WTD61
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  ◌Hunter F.58 · FFA P-16

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