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The best load out for a bombing role is a single 500 kg bomb. This will allow for slight inaccuracy as the extra 50 kg bombs are usually useless except a direct hit. To attack, be 1 km (3,000 ft) above the target and dive with throttle back and combat flaps extended with the aiming recital just in front of the Target. At 300 m release the bomb and use full elevator to pull out of the dive (don't forget to retract combat flaps during pull-out). Note if the altitude is any lower without a timer when detonated, the bomb may also destroy you too. If attacking ships, attack inline with the Stern and bow to give you more of a target to hit, attacking from the port or starboard sides gives you a very small margin of error with the bomb falling short or going long past the ship.
 
The best load out for a bombing role is a single 500 kg bomb. This will allow for slight inaccuracy as the extra 50 kg bombs are usually useless except a direct hit. To attack, be 1 km (3,000 ft) above the target and dive with throttle back and combat flaps extended with the aiming recital just in front of the Target. At 300 m release the bomb and use full elevator to pull out of the dive (don't forget to retract combat flaps during pull-out). Note if the altitude is any lower without a timer when detonated, the bomb may also destroy you too. If attacking ships, attack inline with the Stern and bow to give you more of a target to hit, attacking from the port or starboard sides gives you a very small margin of error with the bomb falling short or going long past the ship.
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The Fw 190 A-5/U2 is a Fw 190 U/12 without the 7.92 MGs, making it slightly lighter. The lower BR also makes it arguably the best 190 A in the game for its BR.
  
 
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[[File:Fw190a5_cockpit.jpg|thumbnail|right|The Fw 190 A-5's instrument panel.]]
 
[[File:Fw190a5_cockpit.jpg|thumbnail|right|The Fw 190 A-5's instrument panel.]]
The Fw 190A-5/U2, as all the planes in this line, are some of the best "Boom and Zoomers" in the game and should be flown exclusively in this style. The performance at high speeds is excellent, as is their dive and zoom characteristics. '''Do not ever engage in a turn fight''' as this will most likely end bad. Instead fight only in the vertical. Try to have an altitude, or speed advantage over your opponents (by climbing to the side at the start of the battle and then enter the highest battle you see). But you can still win fights, when you are lower in energy than your foe.
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The Fw 190A-5/U2, as all the planes in this line, are some of the best "Boom and Zoomers" in the game and should be flown exclusively in this style. The performance at high speeds is excellent, as is their dive and zoom characteristics. '''Do not ever engage in a turn fight''' as this will most likely end bad. Instead fight mostly in the vertical. Try to have an altitude, or speed advantage over your opponents (by climbing to the side at the start of the battle and then enter the highest battle you see). But you can still win fights, when you are lower in energy than your foe.
  
 
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When facing a A5/U2 you want to start out with an energy advantage. Things that you don't want to allow are head ons or prolonged dives, both of these favor the FW's durable construction. Other things that you should be wary off is to never underestimate the high speed agility off the FW or its ability to sustain damage. If you can get a FW to engage in a prolonged turnfight then you've essentially won. FW's are going to position themselves in a way that either allows a head on or a dive on your tail, by cutting into their dive you can force them to steepen it and most likely have to zoom out . Head ons are best avoided unless you're in an equally well armed and armored plane such as an F4U-1c, in which they are still risky.
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An Fw 190 with an altitude advantage will most likely attempt to boom and zoom you; a good player will manage their energy well enough to play with a lower altitude target. You need to equalize the energy. Once you do, if your plane has good energy retention or turn the 190 will be an easy target unless flown exceptionally well. Above 5km, the 190 performance drops off and it has poor stall control at all altitudes.
  
 
=== Manual Engine Control ===
 
=== Manual Engine Control ===

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This page is about the German fighter Fw 190 A-5/U2. For other variants, see Fw 190 (Family).
Fw 190 A-5/U2
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Description

The Fw 190 A-5/U2 is a rank III German fighter with a battle rating of 4.3 (AB), 4.0 (RB), and 4.7 (SB). It has been in the game since the start of the Open Beta Test prior to Update 1.27. "Würger" is the German nickname of this beast of a plane. It can be translated as slayer, choker, or strangler. They fit the English designation rather well, too: The "Butcher-bird".

The Fw 190s are fighters, however, this one can operate in a multi-role by loading external payloads. The added ordinance will increase the aircraft's damage dealing capability, however, it will also negatively affect the fighter weight and aerodynamics, thus its combat ability too. Using it as a fighter-bomber (German: "Jabo"(short for Jagdbomber)) is generally not advised, whereas this would typically be the duty of the 190 F-8.

The best load out for a bombing role is a single 500 kg bomb. This will allow for slight inaccuracy as the extra 50 kg bombs are usually useless except a direct hit. To attack, be 1 km (3,000 ft) above the target and dive with throttle back and combat flaps extended with the aiming recital just in front of the Target. At 300 m release the bomb and use full elevator to pull out of the dive (don't forget to retract combat flaps during pull-out). Note if the altitude is any lower without a timer when detonated, the bomb may also destroy you too. If attacking ships, attack inline with the Stern and bow to give you more of a target to hit, attacking from the port or starboard sides gives you a very small margin of error with the bomb falling short or going long past the ship.

The Fw 190 A-5/U2 is a Fw 190 U/12 without the 7.92 MGs, making it slightly lighter. The lower BR also makes it arguably the best 190 A in the game for its BR.

General info

Flight performance

Max speed
at 6 300 m677 km/h
Turn time21 s
Max altitude10 200 m
EngineBMW 801 D2
TypeRadial
Cooling systemAir
Take-off weight6 t
Characteristics Max Speed
(km/h at 6,000 m)
Max altitude
(metres)
Turn time
(seconds)
Rate of climb
(metres/second)
Take-off run
(metres)
AB RB AB RB AB RB
Stock 639 618 10200 21.7 22.4 10.5 10.5 391
Upgraded 694 666 19.6 20.6 18.6 14.1

Details

Features
Combat flaps Take-off flaps Landing flaps Air brakes Arrestor gear
X X X
Limits
Wings (km/h) Gear (km/h) Flaps (km/h) Max Static G
Combat Take-off Landing + -
0 310 N/A 700 310 ~14 ~7
Optimal velocities (km/h)
Ailerons Rudder Elevators Radiator
< 420 < 240 < 550 > 280
Compressor (RB/SB)
Setting 1
Optimal altitude 100% Engine power WEP Engine power
1,500 m 1,604 hp 1,822 hp
Setting 2
Optimal altitude 100% Engine power WEP Engine power
5,900 m 1,444 hp 1,640 hp

Survivability and armour

Crew1 person
Speed of destruction
Structural0 km/h
Gear310 km/h
  • 3 mm Steel - Engine cowling
  • 5 mm Steel - Engine cowling
  • 6 mm Steel - Under engine plate
  • 8 mm Steel - Under fuel tanks
  • 5 mm Steel - Behind rear fuel tank
  • 8 mm Steel - Seat plate
  • 6 mm Steel - Seat plate
  • 12 mm Steel - Headrest plate
  • 57 mm Bulletproof glass

Modifications and economy

Repair costBasic → Reference
AB1 006 → 1 263 Sl icon.png
RB2 274 → 2 856 Sl icon.png
SB3 582 → 4 498 Sl icon.png
Total cost of modifications24 600 Rp icon.png
44 600 Sl icon.png
Talisman cost1 100 Ge icon.png
Crew training22 000 Sl icon.png
Experts76 000 Sl icon.png
Aces500 Ge icon.png
Research Aces320 000 Rp icon.png
Reward for battleAB / RB / SB
60 / 150 / 300 % Sl icon.png
142 / 142 / 142 % Rp icon.png
Modifications
Flight performance Survivability Weaponry
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Radiator
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Compressor
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Cost:
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Wings repair
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Engine
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Cost:
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Engine injection
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Airframe
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Cover
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SC 50
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Flamm C 250
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Cost:
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SC 250
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Flamm C 500
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SC 500
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R6 modification
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Armaments

Offensive armament

Ammunition500 rounds
Fire rate700 shots/min
Main article: MG 151 (20 mm)

The Fw 190 A-5/U2 is armed with:

  • 2 x 20 mm MG 151 cannons, wing-mounted (250 rpg = 500 total)

The two cannons are arranged with one mounted in each of the wings near the wing roots. If continuously fired, both cannons will run out of ammunition at the same time.

Suspended armament

List of setups (6)
Setup 14 x 50 kg SC50JA bomb
Setup 21 x 250 kg SC250JA bomb
Setup 31 x 500 kg SC500K bomb
Setup 42 x Wfr.Gr.21 rockets
Setup 51 x Flam C 250 incendiary bomb
Setup 61 x Flam C 500 incendiary bomb

The Fw 190 A-5/U2 can be outfitted with the following ordnance:

  • Without load
  • 4 x 50 kg SC50JA bombs (200 kg total)
  • 1 x 250 kg SC250JA bomb (250 kg total)
  • 1 x 500 kg SC500K bomb (500 kg total)
  • 2 x Wfr.Gr.21 rockets

Usage in battles

The Fw 190 A-5's instrument panel.

The Fw 190A-5/U2, as all the planes in this line, are some of the best "Boom and Zoomers" in the game and should be flown exclusively in this style. The performance at high speeds is excellent, as is their dive and zoom characteristics. Do not ever engage in a turn fight as this will most likely end bad. Instead fight mostly in the vertical. Try to have an altitude, or speed advantage over your opponents (by climbing to the side at the start of the battle and then enter the highest battle you see). But you can still win fights, when you are lower in energy than your foe.

Tactics

In the defensive, you can often just dive away from planes, such as Spitfires and La-5s, but you need at a decent altitude to gain top speed, so do not be too quick to dive after an enemy, if they fly below your plane. Unless you are higher then everybody else, or alone. Just be sure then to have the time to regain the lost altitude.

In a dive the 190 can, due its short wings, pull quite some stunts to either lose the hunter, or even make him loose his own wings! This is favourable strategy against La-5s, Yaks & Spitfires who have due their low wingloading (and partly woodenwings for the Russians), less resistance against high G maneuvers. Again be sure to regain your energy by a zoom-climb. Just look out while doing so, many pilots die as they do not notice a second enemy aircraft approaching. German proverb:"Wenn Zwei sich streiten, freut sich der Dritte." ~ "When two quarrel, the third will reap the success." Of course this could also be you.

Counter-tactics

An Fw 190 with an altitude advantage will most likely attempt to boom and zoom you; a good player will manage their energy well enough to play with a lower altitude target. You need to equalize the energy. Once you do, if your plane has good energy retention or turn the 190 will be an easy target unless flown exceptionally well. Above 5km, the 190 performance drops off and it has poor stall control at all altitudes.

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
2 gears
Not controllable

Pros and cons

Pros:

  • Durable construction and power plant
  • Great diver and can pull high-G manoeuvres
  • Great energy retention
  • More manoeuvrable than the normal A5 due to loss of two cannons
  • Able to mount bombs or suspended armament
  • Suspended armament provides devastating firepower only rivaled by some heavy or jet fighters.

Cons:

  • Slow turn time
  • Mediocre climber
  • All about planning and positioning when fighting a foe
  • Mediocre acceleration
  • Additional armaments impact the planes performance significantly more than most other gunpods.

History

The Fw 190 A-5/U2 was a modification of the Fw 190 A-5 used for ground attack during the night. Tests conducted in June 1943 were carried out with fairings attached to the engine cowling in order to dampen and obscure the exhaust flames, hiding the airplane in the night sky. An experimental A-5/U2 was flown in simulated attacks on a Ju-88A and it was discovered that the plane could only be seen at maximum engine power at high altitude.[1] Several airframes were then brought to the A-5/U2 standard with the modified engine cowling, ETC 250 bomb rack, provisions for 300L fuel tanks under the wings, a modified radio and a landing searchlight.[2]

Media

Skins
Videos

See also

Related development
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

External links

Bibliography

  • Shacklady, Edward. Butcher Bird: The Focke-Wulf Fw 190. Bristol: Cerberus Publishing, 2005.

References

  1. Edward Shacklady, Butcher Bird: The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 (Bristol: Cerberus Publishing, 2005), p. 104.
  2. Ibid., p. 105.


Focke-Wulf Aircraft Corporation (Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau Aktiengesellschaft)
Fighters  Fw 190 A-1 · Fw 190 A-4 · Fw 190 A-5 · Fw 190 A-5/U2 · Fw 190 A-5/U12 · Fw 190 A-5/U14 · Fw 190 A-8
  Fw 190 C
  Fw 190 D-9 · Fw 190 D-12 · Fw 190 D-13
  Fw 190 F-8
  Ta 152 C-3* · Ta 152 H-1* · Ta 154 A-1*
Bombers  Fw 189 A-1 · Fw 200 C-1
Export  ▅Fw 190 A-5
Captured  ▃Fw 190 A-8 · ▂Fw 190 D-9
  * In 1944, the Germany Air Ministry changed new fighter aircraft designation to that of the chief designer. Kurt Tank was the chief designer at Focke-Wulf and later aircraft he designed were given the prefix of Ta.

Germany fighters
Heinkel 
He 51  He 51 A-1 · He 51 B-1 · He 51 B-2/H · He 51 C-1 · He 51 C-1/L
He 100  He 100 D-1
He 112  He 112 A-0 · He 112 B-0 · He 112 B-1/U2 · He 112 B-2/U2 · He 112 V-5
Messerschmitt 
Bf 109 (Jumo)  Flegel's Bf 109 A · Bf 109 B-1 · Bf 109 C-1
Bf 109 (DB-601)  Bf 109 E-1 · Bf 109 E-3 · Bf 109 E-4 · Bf 109 E-7/U2 · Bf 109 F-1 · Bf 109 F-2 · Bf 109 F-4 · Bf 109 F-4/trop
Bf 109 (DB-605)  Bf 109 G-2/trop · Bf 109 G-2 · Bf 109 G-6 · Bf 109 G-10 · Bf 109 G-14 · Bf 109 K-4
Focke-Wulf 
Fw 190 (early)  Fw 190 A-1 · Fw 190 A-4 · Fw 190 A-5 · Fw 190 A-5 · Fw 190 A-5/U2 · Fw 190 A-5/U14 · Fw 190 A-8 · Fw 190 C
Fw 190 (late)  Fw 190 D-9 · Fw 190 D-12 · Fw 190 D-13
Ta 152  Ta 152 C-3 · Ta 152 H-1
Blohm & Voss 
BV 155  BV 155 B-1
  Foreign:
USA  ▀P-47D-16-RE · ▀P-47D
USSR  ▀La-5FN · ▀Yak-1B
Britain  ▀Tempest Mk V
Italy  ▀CR.42 · ▀Marcolin's C.R.42 CN · ▀G.50 serie 2 · ▀G.50 AS serie 7 · ▀C. 200 serie 3 · ▀C. 200 serie 7 · ▀C. 202
Finland  ▀Hawk H-75A-2