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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
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The '''Do 17 Z-7''' is a Rank I German twin-engine fighter with a battle rating of 1.7 (AB/SB) and 1.3 (RB). It was introduced in [[Update_1.53_-_Fire_Storm|Update 1.53 "Firestorm"]].
  
 
== General info ==
 
== General info ==
 
=== Flight Performance ===
 
=== Flight Performance ===
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''Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Maximum speed, maneuverability, speed and allowable loads - these are the most important characteristics of the vehicle.''
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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|-
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! colspan="8" | Characteristics
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|-
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! colspan="8" | ''Stock''
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|-
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! colspan="2" | Max Speed<br>(km/h at 5,000 m)
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! rowspan="2" | Max altitude<br>(meters)
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! colspan="2" | Turn time<br>(seconds)
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! colspan="2" | Rate of climb<br>(meters/second)
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! rowspan="2" |Take-off run<br>(meters)
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|-
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! AB
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! RB
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! AB
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! RB
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! AB
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! RB
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|-
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| 416 || 410 || 8,500 || 36.0 || 37.2 || 5.0 || 6.4 || 350
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|-
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! colspan="8" | ''Upgraded''
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|-
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! colspan="2" | Max Speed<br>(km/h at 5,000 m)
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! rowspan="2" |Max altitude (meters)
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! colspan="2" | Turn time (seconds)
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! colspan="2" | Rate of climb<br>(meters/second)
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! rowspan="2" |Take-off run (meters)
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|-
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! AB
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! RB
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! AB
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! RB
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! AB
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! RB
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|-
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| 482 || 448 || 8,500 || 32.1 || 34.0 || 18.2 || 10.0 || 350
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|-
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|}
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====Details====
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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|-
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! colspan="5" | Features
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|-
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! Combat flap
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! Take-off flap
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! Landing flap
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! Air brakes
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! Arrestor gear
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|-
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| ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || X || X    <!-- ✓ -->
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|-
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|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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|-
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! colspan="5" | Limits
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|-
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! rowspan="2" | Wing-break speed<br>(km/h)
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! rowspan="2" | Gear limit<br>(km/h)
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! rowspan="2" | Combat flap<br> (km/h)
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! colspan="2" | Max Static G
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|-
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! +
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! -
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|-
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| 620 || 350 || 500 || ~3 || ~1
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|-
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|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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|-
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! colspan="4" | Optimal velocities
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|-
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! Ailerons<br>(km/h)
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! Rudder<br>(km/h)
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! Elevators<br>(km/h)
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! Radiator<br>(km/h)
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|-
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| < 290 || < 300 || < 300 || > 140
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|-
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|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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|-
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! colspan="3" | Compressor (RB/SB)
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|-
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! colspan="3" | Setting 1
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|-
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! Optimal altitude
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! 100% Engine power
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! WEP Engine power
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|-
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| 1,600 m || 1,630 hp || 2,236 hp
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|-
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! colspan="3" | Setting 2
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|-
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! Optimal altitude
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! 100% Engine power
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! WEP Engine power
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|-
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| 4,300 m || 1,560 hp || 2,140 hp
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|-
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<!--! colspan="3" | Setting 3
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|-
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! Optimal altitude
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! 100% Engine power
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! WEP Engine power
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|-
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| ?,??? m || ?,??? hp || ?,??? hp
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|- -->
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|}
  
 
=== Survivability and armour ===
 
=== Survivability and armour ===
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* No armour plating
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* No armour glazing
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* Critical components located at front of aircraft (fuel, pilot, engine, controls)
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* More fuel tanks located in wings near fuselage
  
 
== Armaments ==
 
== Armaments ==
 
=== Offensive armament ===
 
=== Offensive armament ===
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{{main|MG 151/20 (20 mm)|MG 17 (7.92 mm)}}
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The Do 17 Z-7 is armed with:
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* 1 x 20 mm MG 151 cannon, nose-mounted (400 rpg)
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* 3 x 7.92 mm MG 17, nose-mounted (1,000 rpg = 3,000 total)
  
 
=== Suspended armament ===
 
=== Suspended armament ===
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{{main|Bombs}}
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The Do 17 Z-7 can be outfitted with the following ordinance:
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* 10 x 50 kg SC50JA bombs (2,500 kg total)
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* 1 x 250 kg SC250JA bomb (250 kg total)
  
 
=== Defensive armament ===
 
=== Defensive armament ===
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{{main|MG 17 (7.92 mm)}}
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The Do 17 Z-7 is defended by:
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* 1 x 7.92 mm MG 17 machine gun, dorsal turret (750 rpg)
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* 1 x 7.92 mm MG 17 machine gun, ventral turret (375 rpg)
  
 
== Usage in the battles ==
 
== Usage in the battles ==
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The Do 17 Z-7 is the first twin-engine heavy fighter that is unlocked in a long line of German "Zerstörer" (''German for "Heavy fighter"'') aircraft. Like all of it's successors, the Do 17 Z-7 is a full-bred Boom & Zoom fighter, through and through. This means you should, under any circumstance always strive to maintain an altitude advantage over enemy aircraft. Utilize the potential energy to dive on them and make a high speed pass while firing, then quickly make an escape. There is however, a couple of caveats for the Do 17 Z-7 that is worth considering when flying it. For starters, it's energy retention and climb rate is bad and mediocre at best. So begin to climb to altitude immediately making a 2nd pass will generally be a bad idea, as it will attract a lot planes with ample opportunity to return fire. Instead, utilize the high air speed from the dive, to gain as much horizontal distance from enemy planes as possible before starting to climb. Also, remember to never commit to chasing after a specific plane since you will lose too much speed and energy in doing so. Pick out a target from high altitude, roll over and dive down in a vertical position as soon as possible, in order to maximize the altitude-speed trade off. When you at first possible moment get a gun solution on the target, and once the solution is lost, level the plane out and speed away at high speed, potentially killing other players that may cross your path along the way with the same principle.
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The Do 17 Z-7's primary source of damage comes with it's single 20 mm MG 151 cannon. While not spitting as much lead downrange as the Bf-110's dual MG FF/M's do. It makes up for it by having access to the MG 151's air target belt, which contains a lot more minengeschoß, which is highly effective against unarmored planes, which the Do 17 Z-7 will regularly face. While the MG 15's also can do some damage to biplanes, any aware fighter pilot will be able to move away from your gun sight and end up on your tail, if you solely use the machine guns.
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The best way to deal with this plane is to fly fast and aim for the engines. You don't want to tail right behind the plane because then the gunner will light you up. If you are tailing behind the plane, dip down a little bit, the gunner at the top won't be able to hit you and the gunner at the bottom is pointed down to much. At this battle rating, there are a lot of newer players, who most likely didn't put points into the gunners vitality. If you take out the gunners then the plane is a flying duck. Avoid a head-on at all cost, it has armor at the front and a 20 mm cannon which will shred you to bits. This plane cannot turn fight, if it's behind you then you can simply turn sharply to one direction. If you are in a bomber it's best to aim for the engines and not the cockpit, the cockpit has 58 mm of armor angled, it would be difficult for bullets to go through and kill the pilot.
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===Manual Engine Control===
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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|-
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! colspan="7" | MEC elements
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|-
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! rowspan="2" |Mixer
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! rowspan="2" |Pitch
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! colspan="3" |Radiator
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! rowspan="2" |Supercharger
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! rowspan="2" |Turbocharger
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|-
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! Oil
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! Water
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! Type
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|-
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| Controllable || rowspan="2" | Not controllable || rowspan="2" | Not controllable || rowspan="2" | Not controllable || rowspan="2" | Separate || rowspan="2" | Not ontrollable || rowspan="2" | Not controllable
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|-
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|}
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===Modules===
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Tier
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! Flight performance
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! Survivability
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! Weaponry
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|-
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| I
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| Fuselage Repair, Radiator
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|
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|
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|-
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| II
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| Compressor
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| Airframe
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|
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|-
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| III
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| Wing Repair, Engine
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|
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|
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|-
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| IV
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| Engine Injection
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| Cover
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|
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|-
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|}
  
 
=== Pros and cons ===
 
=== Pros and cons ===
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'''Pros:'''
 
'''Pros:'''
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* Exclusively nose-mounted armament, resulting in very little convergence.
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* Can take a lot of machine gun fire before going down.
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* Armed with an 20 mm MG 151, capable of using the air targets belt, giving the plane absolutely devastating firepower
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* 2 x rear gunners for covering both above and below the aircraft
  
 
'''Cons:'''
 
'''Cons:'''
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* Mediocre climb rate at best when upgraded
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* Slow even when upgraded (Hurricanes will be able to outrun it in level flight)
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* Horrible roll rate
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* Overall poor handling characteristics.
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* Lousy energy retention
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* Best performs as a Boom & Zoom aircraft, although it's poor flight characteristics makes it inefficient at it.
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* Defensive armament has poor coverage and does not produce enough stopping power to reliably fend of attacking enemies.
  
 
== History ==
 
== History ==
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* ''reference to the series of the aircraft;''
 
* ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.''
 
* ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.''
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''ETC.''
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== Sources ==
 
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* ''page on aircraft encyclopedia;''
 
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* ''other literature.''
 
* ''other literature.''
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Description

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The Do 17 Z-7 is a Rank I German twin-engine fighter with a battle rating of 1.7 (AB/SB) and 1.3 (RB). It was introduced in Update 1.53 "Firestorm".

General info

Flight Performance

Characteristics
Stock
Max Speed
(km/h at 5,000 m) 		Max altitude
(meters) 		Turn time
(seconds) 		Rate of climb
(meters/second) 		Take-off run
(meters)
AB RB AB RB AB RB
416 410 8,500 36.0 37.2 5.0 6.4 350
Upgraded
Max Speed
(km/h at 5,000 m) 		Max altitude (meters) Turn time (seconds) Rate of climb
(meters/second) 		Take-off run (meters)
AB RB AB RB AB RB
482 448 8,500 32.1 34.0 18.2 10.0 350

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
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620 350 500 ~3 ~1
Optimal velocities
Ailerons
(km/h) 		Rudder
(km/h) 		Elevators
(km/h) 		Radiator
(km/h)
< 290 < 300 < 300 > 140
Compressor (RB/SB)
Setting 1
Optimal altitude 100% Engine power WEP Engine power
1,600 m 1,630 hp 2,236 hp
Setting 2
Optimal altitude 100% Engine power WEP Engine power
4,300 m 1,560 hp 2,140 hp

Survivability and armour

  • No armour plating
  • No armour glazing
  • Critical components located at front of aircraft (fuel, pilot, engine, controls)
  • More fuel tanks located in wings near fuselage

Armaments

Offensive armament

Main articles: MG 151/20 (20 mm), MG 17 (7.92 mm)

The Do 17 Z-7 is armed with:

  • 1 x 20 mm MG 151 cannon, nose-mounted (400 rpg)
  • 3 x 7.92 mm MG 17, nose-mounted (1,000 rpg = 3,000 total)

Suspended armament

Main article: Bombs

The Do 17 Z-7 can be outfitted with the following ordinance:

  • 10 x 50 kg SC50JA bombs (2,500 kg total)
  • 1 x 250 kg SC250JA bomb (250 kg total)

Defensive armament

Main article: MG 17 (7.92 mm)

The Do 17 Z-7 is defended by:

  • 1 x 7.92 mm MG 17 machine gun, dorsal turret (750 rpg)
  • 1 x 7.92 mm MG 17 machine gun, ventral turret (375 rpg)

Usage in the battles

The Do 17 Z-7 is the first twin-engine heavy fighter that is unlocked in a long line of German "Zerstörer" (German for "Heavy fighter") aircraft. Like all of it's successors, the Do 17 Z-7 is a full-bred Boom & Zoom fighter, through and through. This means you should, under any circumstance always strive to maintain an altitude advantage over enemy aircraft. Utilize the potential energy to dive on them and make a high speed pass while firing, then quickly make an escape. There is however, a couple of caveats for the Do 17 Z-7 that is worth considering when flying it. For starters, it's energy retention and climb rate is bad and mediocre at best. So begin to climb to altitude immediately making a 2nd pass will generally be a bad idea, as it will attract a lot planes with ample opportunity to return fire. Instead, utilize the high air speed from the dive, to gain as much horizontal distance from enemy planes as possible before starting to climb. Also, remember to never commit to chasing after a specific plane since you will lose too much speed and energy in doing so. Pick out a target from high altitude, roll over and dive down in a vertical position as soon as possible, in order to maximize the altitude-speed trade off. When you at first possible moment get a gun solution on the target, and once the solution is lost, level the plane out and speed away at high speed, potentially killing other players that may cross your path along the way with the same principle.

The Do 17 Z-7's primary source of damage comes with it's single 20 mm MG 151 cannon. While not spitting as much lead downrange as the Bf-110's dual MG FF/M's do. It makes up for it by having access to the MG 151's air target belt, which contains a lot more minengeschoß, which is highly effective against unarmored planes, which the Do 17 Z-7 will regularly face. While the MG 15's also can do some damage to biplanes, any aware fighter pilot will be able to move away from your gun sight and end up on your tail, if you solely use the machine guns.

The best way to deal with this plane is to fly fast and aim for the engines. You don't want to tail right behind the plane because then the gunner will light you up. If you are tailing behind the plane, dip down a little bit, the gunner at the top won't be able to hit you and the gunner at the bottom is pointed down to much. At this battle rating, there are a lot of newer players, who most likely didn't put points into the gunners vitality. If you take out the gunners then the plane is a flying duck. Avoid a head-on at all cost, it has armor at the front and a 20 mm cannon which will shred you to bits. This plane cannot turn fight, if it's behind you then you can simply turn sharply to one direction. If you are in a bomber it's best to aim for the engines and not the cockpit, the cockpit has 58 mm of armor angled, it would be difficult for bullets to go through and kill the pilot.

Manual Engine Control

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

Modules

Tier Flight performance Survivability Weaponry
I Fuselage Repair, Radiator
II Compressor Airframe
III Wing Repair, Engine
IV Engine Injection Cover

Pros and cons

Pros:

  • Exclusively nose-mounted armament, resulting in very little convergence.
  • Can take a lot of machine gun fire before going down.
  • Armed with an 20 mm MG 151, capable of using the air targets belt, giving the plane absolutely devastating firepower
  • 2 x rear gunners for covering both above and below the aircraft

Cons:

  • Mediocre climb rate at best when upgraded
  • Slow even when upgraded (Hurricanes will be able to outrun it in level flight)
  • Horrible roll rate
  • Overall poor handling characteristics.
  • Lousy energy retention
  • Best performs as a Boom & Zoom aircraft, although it's poor flight characteristics makes it inefficient at it.
  • Defensive armament has poor coverage and does not produce enough stopping power to reliably fend of attacking enemies.

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 an article about the vehicle and adding a block "/ historical reference" (example: https://wiki.warthunder.com/Name-vehicles/historical reference) and add a link to it here using the main template. Be sure to include links to sources at the end of the article.

Media

An excellent addition to the article will be video guides, as well as screenshots from the game and photos.

Read 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.

Sources

Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:

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


Germany strike aircraft
Messerschmitt 
Bf 110  Bf 110 C-6 · Bf 110 C-7 · Bf 110 F-2 · Bf 110 G-2 · Bf 110 G-4
Me 410  Me 410 A-1 · Me 410 A-1/U4 · Me 410 B-1 · Me 410 B-2/U4 · Me 410 B-6/R3
Dornier 
Do 335  Do 335 A-0 · Do 335 A-1 · Do 335 B-2
Focke-Wulf 
Fw 190  Fw 190 F-8
Heinkel 
He 219  He 219 A-7
Henschel 
Hs 129  Hs 129 B-2 · Hs 129 B-2 (Romania) · Hs 129 B-3
Junkers 
Ju 87  Ju 87 G-1 · Ju 87 G-2
  Foreign:
USSR  ▀IL-2 (1942)

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