He 111 H-6

He 111 H-6

Ju 88 A-4

He 111 H-16

He 111 H-6

Ju 88 A-4

He 111 H-16

Germany

II Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
2.7	2.7	2.7

Class:

Bomber

Frontline bomber

Torpedo bomber

Research:11 000

Purchase:22 000

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This page is about the German bomber He 111 H-6. For other variants, see He 111 (Family).

Description

The He 111 H-6 is a rank II German bomber with a battle rating of 2.7 (AB/RB/SB). It has been in the game since the start of the Open Beta Test prior to Update 1.27.

A medium bomber which is surprisingly versatile as it can carry over 30 small bombs or up to 2 x 1,000 kg and a 250 kg, which are capable of destroying a base. It can also carry a Fritz X guided bomb. This plane rips easily and should not be used to dive bomb as previous German bombers have. Its gunners are underpowered and should not be trusted to defend against fighters. It is best to avoid contact with fighters, while fast firing, the guns are very inaccurate.

General info

Flight performance

Being a bomber, it has a poor turn time. It has 2 good engines making it possible to reach your target. The aircraft doesn't like dives or speeds greater than 500 km/h. In conclusion: don't turn, dive, climb too much, just go in a straight line.

Characteristics	Max Speed (km/h at 5,700 m)		Max altitude (metres)	Turn time (seconds)		Rate of climb (metres/second)		Take-off run (metres)
	AB	RB		AB	RB	AB	RB
Stock	411	397	8500	33.0	33.7	2.0	2.0	510
Upgraded	454	430		31.1	32.0	8.0	4.6

Details

Features
Combat flaps	Take-off flaps	Landing flaps	Air brakes	Arrestor gear
✓	✓	✓	X	X

Limits
Wings (km/h)	Gear (km/h)	Flaps (km/h)			Max Static G
		Combat	Take-off	Landing	+	-
0	350	420	420	260	~3	~2

Optimal velocities (km/h)
Ailerons	Rudder	Elevators	Radiator
< 310	< 300	< 270	> 331

Compressor (RB/SB)
Setting 1
Optimal altitude	100% Engine power	WEP Engine power
5,600 m	2,120 hp	2,497 hp

Survivability and armour

• 5 mm Steel plate under nose gunner
• 10 mm Steel plate behind the pilot
• 8 mm Steel plate in front of the dorsal gunner
• 6 mm Steel plate under ventral gunner
• 8-8.5 mm Steel plates around beam gunner

Armaments

Suspended armament

The He 111 H-6 can be outfitted with the following ordnance:

• 32 x 50 kg SC50JA bombs (1,600 kg total)
• 8 x 250 kg SC250JA bombs (2,000 kg total)
• 2 x 1,000 kg SC1000L2 bombs (2,000 kg total)
• 2 x 1,000 kg SC1000L2 bombs + 1 x 250 kg SC250JA bomb (2,250 kg total)
• 2 x F5W torpedoes
• 1 x 1,400 kg PC 1400 X bomb (1,400 kg total)

Defensive armament

The He 111 H-6 is defended by:

• 1 x 7.92 mm MG 15 machine gun, nose turret (1,000 rpg)
• 1 x 7.92 mm MG 15 machine gun, dorsal turret (1,000 rpg)
• 1 x 7.92 mm MG 15 machine gun, 2 x beam turrets (1,000 rpg)
• 1 x 7.92 mm MG 15 machine gun, forward ventral turret (375 rpg)
• 1 x 7.92 mm MG 15 machine gun, rearward ventral turret (1,000 rpg)
• 1 x 7.92 mm MG 17 machine gun, tail turret (1,000 rpg)

Usage in battles

The second of the He 111 series in the German aviation tree, the He 111 H-6 compares to its predecessor, the He 111 H-3, with new Jumo 211F engines which gives a substantial improvement in horsepower. Another improvement is in defensive armament in ammo load and positions. The overall aircraft now holds a total 6,375 rounds of available rounds for all seven machine guns, with the majority of the machine guns holding more rounds per load. Defensive gun arcs are improved with the addition of a tail turret to ward off trailing enemies.

Using the 1,400 kg Fritz X bomb could allow for the deliverance of a single heavy payload onto a target with precision, with the cost of only allowing the He 111 H-6 to carry only one bomb for this purpose.

One thing that will be noticed upon equipping the Fritz X is the change in the bombing sights. Instead of a simple cross-hair for the bombing, two additional markings will be present in both cross-hairs of third-person view and the bombsight. Through the third-person view, the typically dotted cross-hair have a smaller vertical-dashed circle inside the cross-hair. Through the bomb-sight, it has transformed into a simple white cross-hair interrupting lines on all axis. These two additions indicate the borders that the Fritz X bomb can be guided into, indicating that the target only needs to be inside these inner boundaries to be able to attack the target.

Delivering the Fritz X is just like any other bomb release, fly over the target, align the cross-hair, and then drop the payload. However, unlike regular bombing, the player does not need to strictly have the target kept in the centre of the cross-hair to have the chance of hitting the target. Once the target is led to be inside the inner boundaries of the cross-hair increments, the bomb can be released and further guided into the target.

To guide the Fritz X after release, the default keys to control the guidance are [ALT] + W,S,A,D. To indicate this function is working, a white text on the bottom left of the corner should pop up reading "Vertical/Horizontal Guidance" following the percentage that the sight is deviating from the centre. With these controls, keep the cross-hair right onto the target as the bomb drops, which will eventually fall right into the target which is marked.

Contrary to some beliefs, the release of the Fritz X does not leave the plane completely vulnerable as the player has to focus on guiding the bomb. One could leave the bombsight, manoeuvre the plane however they like, then return to the bombsight that is still locked onto the original release location and continue guiding the bomb onto the target. Guidance can even be done while in third-person view, pilot view, and even gunner view, with varying degrees of success in being able to track the bomb towards the target. As such, there is a level of freedom the player still has when flying the He 111 H-6 after dropping the Fritz X to before its detonation onto the target, use these moments to quickly create some breather room for fine adjustments of the bomb on its way down.

Counter-tactics

The He 111 H-6 is a particularly large plane with weak defensive armaments consisting of only 7.92 mm machine guns. However, the machine guns cover decent arcs on the front and rear, plus have huge ammo reserves to be able to walk tracers into fighters that are not flying evasively. The best way to take one of these bombers down is to aim for the large elliptical wings that make up most of the surface area. Breaking one of these wings off with cannon fire will do quick work. Another way is to target the engines as the He 111 only has two and the loss of one will ensure it can't get very far for a fighter to line up an attack to finish it off.

Manual Engine Control

MEC elements
Mixer	Pitch	Radiator			Supercharger	Turbocharger
		Oil	Water	Type
Not controllable	Controllable Not auto controlled	Controllable Auto control available	Controllable Auto control available	Separate	Not controllable 1 gear	Not controllable

Modules

Tier	Flight performance		Survivability	Weaponry
I	Fuselage repair	Radiator		Turret 7 mm	PVC 1006B
II		Compressor	Airframe		ETC PVC I
III	Wings repair	Engine		New 7 mm MGs (turret)	ETC PVC II
IV		Engine injection	Cover		FX 1400

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Has the most versatile payload of all He 111 models, with a nice total payload of 2,250 kg with 2 x SC1000L2s and 1 x SC250JA bombs
• Quite easy to fly
• Very good turn rate for a bomber
• Resilient to small calibre machine gun fire
• Decent defensive armament, and with trained gunners can prevent enemy fighters from ripping it apart
• Can equip the "Fritz X" manually guided bomb
• Team effort with a group of He 111 H-6s can destroy a lot of moving naval targets such as destroyers and carriers

Cons:

• Defensive armament is practically useless against tougher foes
• Tail control is easily damaged
• Incredibly low climb rate when stock (RB)
• Cockpit is a weak spot
• Enemy 20 mm cannon rounds will rip it to shreds
• Some payload options will be mounted externally, which slows the bomber down
• Torpedo plane camouflage requires you to destroy 200 enemy ships
• Easy target for SPAA players when flying low

History

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In-game description

The Heinkel He 111 was a German monoplane medium bomber (also torpedo bomber and attack bomber). The Hе 111 H-6 quickly became one of the most widely used variants of the Heinkel bomber. It saw action on all European fronts. Popular with aircrews, easy to fly and with excellent maneuverability, the bomber was widely used in a large number of roles.

In early 1942, the Luftwaffe planned to replace the He 111 with the new He 177 A heavy bomber and the Ju 288 medium bomber, but a large number of problems with the new designs meant that the He 111 remained in production despite becoming increasingly obsolete. The aircraft was easy to mass-produce, required comparatively little expense and was easy to maintain. It remained quite adequate on the Eastern Front, where anti-bomber opposition was relatively weak, even though the Heinkel's short range did not allow it to reach strategic targets deep in the Soviet rear.

Media

Images

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  He 111 H-6 dropping bombs
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  He 111 H-6 in level flight

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

• Tupolev SB
• Martin 167 Maryland
• Mitsubishi Ki-21
• Martin B-10
• Martin 139WC
• Fiat BR.20

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