Do 217 M-1

Do 217 M-1

Do 217 K-1

Ju 188 A-2

Do 217 M-1

Do 217 K-1

Ju 188 A-2

Germany

IV Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
5.3	4.7	5.7

Class:

Bomber

Frontline bomber

Torpedo bomber

Research:27 000

Purchase:185 000

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This page is about the German bomber Do 217 M-1. For other versions, see Do 217 (Family).

Description

The Do 217 M-1 is a rank IV German bomber with a battle rating of 5.3 (AB), 4.7 (RB), and 5.7 (SB). It was introduced in Update 1.29.

General info

Flight performance

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Characteristics
Stock
Max Speed (km/h at 5,700 m)		Max altitude (meters)	Turn time (seconds)		Rate of climb (meters/second)		Take-off run (meters)
AB	RB		AB	RB	AB	RB
533	520	10000	31.2	32.3	7.8	7.8	800
Upgraded
Max Speed (km/h at 5,700 m)		Max altitude (meters)	Turn time (seconds)		Rate of climb (meters/second)		Take-off run (meters)
AB	RB		AB	RB	AB	RB
588	560	10000	28.8	30.0	12.7	10	800

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	~8	~6

Optimal velocities
Ailerons (km/h)	Rudder (km/h)	Elevators (km/h)	Radiator (km/h)
< 290	< 360	< 360	> 311

Compressor (RB/SB)
Setting 1
Optimal altitude	100% Engine power	WEP Engine power
5,300 m	1,510 hp	1,665 hp

Survivability and armour

• 8.5 mm Steel plates behind the pilot.
• 8.5 mm Steel plates in front of dorsal gunner.
• 5 mm Steel plate under ventral gunner.
• 8.5 mm Steel plate in front of ventral gunner.
• 8.5 mm steel on top of engines

Armaments

Suspended armament

The Do 217 M-1 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)
• 2 x F5W torpedoes

Defensive armament

The Do 217 M-1 is defended by:

• 1 x 13 mm MG 131 machine gun, nose turret (1,000 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 81 machine gun, 2 x front beam turret (750 rpg)

Usage in battles

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Manual Engine Control

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

Modules

Tier	Flight performance		Survivability	Weaponry
I	Fuselage repair	Radiator		Turret 7 mm	ITC PVC I
II		Compressor	Airframe	New 7 mm MGs (turret)	ITC PVC II
III	Wings repair	Engine		Turret 13 mm	ETC 2000/XII
IV		Engine injection	Cover	New 13 mm MGs (turret)

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Good payload (up to 4 x 1,000 kg)
• Quite fast and manoeuvrable for a bomber
• Can perform as both a level and dive bomber
• Very easy to fly and to land
• One of the bombers that can demolish a base (AB) or all three bases (RB/SB) with a single run
• Can be very difficult to catch once it reaches a high altitude
• Fast, with room to go even faster with upgrades installed and empty payload
• Airframe can withstand high speed
• Can be equipped with torpedoes

Cons:

• Poor defensive armament
• Very challenging to fly with only stock upgrades, with poor flight performance and disappointing payload
• Not very durable
• Carrying the 4,000 kg payload will add external pylons which will increase drag and reduce speed, flight performance, and climb rate
• Two of the SC1000L2s (externally-carried ones) drop at the same time in RB and SB
• Cramped cockpit and poor pilot protection
• Tail design creates a blind spot to the already underwhelming defensive armaments

History

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In-game description

Dornier Do 217 M-1 medium twin-engine bomber

The creation of the next version of the Do 217 bomber was caused by a shortage of BMW 801 air-cooled engines. These engines were urgently needed for Fw 190A fighters and Ju 88G heavy night fighters.

In order to avoid interruptions in the production of Do 217K bombers, the Dornier Flugzeugwerke designers quickly redesigned the Do 217 K-1 to enable the installation of DB 603 liquid-cooled engines. The DB 603A twelve-cylinder, in-line, liquid-cooled engine had a takeoff power of 1,750 hp and was equipped with a 3.72 m diameter four-bladed propeller.

Due to the new engine's higher fuel consumption, the Do 217M's flight range was reduced by about 150 km. Nevertheless, other flight characteristics of the new variant proved to be better than those of the Do 217K; for example, the plane's maximum flight speed was increased. However, even without its combat load, the aircraft could fly with one working engine only if it was descending.

The Do 217M's armament and bomb capacity were the same as the Do 217K's, but a large-calibre 13 mm Rheinmetall-Borsig MG 131 machine gun was installed in the nose-mounted turret instead of a twin 7,92 mm Mauser MG 81Z machine gun.

Some of the production machines were equipped with FuG 216 Neptun signals intelligence systems that operated in the rear hemisphere and were used to detect radar emissions from British night fighters. The FuG 216 device's antennas were mounted on the wing surfaces.

Aircraft with DB 603A and BMW 801D engines were produced simultaneously from 1942-43. The Do 217 M-1's production was discontinued in September 1943. A total of 443 Do 217 M-1 bombers were built. In 1944, 37 machines of the M-1 variant were converted to Do 217 M-11 guided weapon carriers.

In February 1944, the British managed to get one Do 217 M-1 with minimum damage. On the night of February 23, a bomber from the KG 2 squadron had been damaged by anti-aircraft gun fire over London. The crew immediately abandoned the machine, but the aircraft flew safely about 100 more kilometres and, by itself, landed on its belly near Cambridge.

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