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The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a rank {{Specs|rank}} German jet fighter {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update 1.81 "The Valkyries"]].
 
The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a rank {{Specs|rank}} German jet fighter {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update 1.81 "The Valkyries"]].
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The Me-163B-0, the second variant of the Komet, differs little from the first.  Instead of being equipped with two 30mm MK108 cannons, the B-0 variant adorns two 20mm MG151 cannons with the option of bringing two more in the form of gun pods (available on the stock plane).  The B-0 is slightly faster and slightly less maneuverable than the previous model, but the play style is exactly the same.  The sole difference being that the B-0 sits at a BR of 8.7 instead of 8.0.
  
 
== General info ==
 
== General info ==
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=== Survivability and armour ===
 
=== Survivability and armour ===
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* 90 mm Bulletproof glass in front of the pilot.
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== Armaments ==
 
== Armaments ==
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* 2 x 20 mm MG 151/20 cannons, wing-mounted (120 rpg = 240 total)
 
* 2 x 20 mm MG 151/20 cannons, wing-mounted (120 rpg = 240 total)
  
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The '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' can be outfitted with the following ordnance:
 
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* Without load
 
* 2 x 20 mm MG 151/20 cannons, suspended (80 rpg = 160 total)
 
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=== Pros and cons ===
 
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'''Pros:'''
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* Very high climb rate and acceleration
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* Decent speed
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* Can go over Mach 1 in level flight at very high altitudes (~15,500 m)
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* Excellent maneuverability
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* Amazing energy retention in vertical manuevers
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* One of the best turn rates of the rank
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* Powerful 20 mm MK 151 cannons that are extremely deadly
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* Small target
  
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* Extremely limited fuel capacity
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* Prone to wing overload crashes when the fuel tanks are full
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* Vulnerable airframe
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* Aircraft easily compresses during high speeds
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* No take-off flaps
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* Any use of the rudder slows the Komet down drastically
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* Often up-tiered to 9.7 BR
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* No researchable G-Suit
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* [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicleCountry=germany&vehicleType=aircraft&vehicleClass=fighter&vehicle=me-163b-0 Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]
 
* [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicleCountry=germany&vehicleType=aircraft&vehicleClass=fighter&vehicle=me-163b-0 Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]
  
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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
 
''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
 
''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
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* ''reference to the series of the aircraft;''
 
* ''reference to the series of the aircraft;''
 
* ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.''
 
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* [https://warthunder.com/en/news/5763-development-me-163b-0-model-update-en [Devblog<nowiki>]</nowiki> Me 163B-0, Model Update]
 
* [https://warthunder.com/en/news/5763-development-me-163b-0-model-update-en [Devblog<nowiki>]</nowiki> Me 163B-0, Model Update]
  
 
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Revision as of 02:49, 17 November 2020

Rank IV USSR | Premium | Golden Eagles
Tu-1 Pack
Me 163 B-0
me-163b-0.png
Me 163 B-0
Germany flag.png Germany
V Rank
Battle rating:
AB RB SB
9.3 8.7 8.3
Class:
Research:61 000 Specs-Card-Exp.png
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This page is about the German jet fighter Me 163 B-0. For the version equipped with 30 mm MK 108 autocannons, see Me 163 B.

Description

GarageImage Me 163 B-0.jpg


The Me 163 B-0 is a rank V German jet fighter with a battle rating of 9.3 (AB), 8.7 (RB), and 8.3 (SB). It was introduced in Update 1.81 "The Valkyries".

The Me-163B-0, the second variant of the Komet, differs little from the first. Instead of being equipped with two 30mm MK108 cannons, the B-0 variant adorns two 20mm MG151 cannons with the option of bringing two more in the form of gun pods (available on the stock plane). The B-0 is slightly faster and slightly less maneuverable than the previous model, but the play style is exactly the same. The sole difference being that the B-0 sits at a BR of 8.7 instead of 8.0.

General info

Flight performance

Characteristics Max Speed
(km/h at 4,500 m) 		Max altitude
(metres) 		Turn time
(seconds) 		Rate of climb
(metres/second) 		Take-off run
(metres)
AB RB AB RB AB RB
Stock 943 933 15000 21.2 21.3 27.7 25.0 850
Upgraded 966 955 20.8 21.0 46.4 37.0

Details

Features
Combat flaps Take-off flaps Landing flaps Air brakes Arrestor gear Drogue chute
✓ X ✓ X X X
Limits
Wings (km/h) Gear (km/h) Flaps (km/h) Max Static G
Combat Take-off Landing + -
1040 550 620 N/A 420 ~9 ~4
Optimal velocities (km/h)
Ailerons Rudder Elevators Radiator
< 790 < 600 < 690 N/A

Engine performance

Engine Aircraft mass
Engine name Number Empty mass Wing loading (full fuel)
Walter HWK 109-509A-2 1 1,900 kg 199 kg/m2
Engine characteristics Mass with fuel (no weapons load) Max Takeoff
Weight
Weight (each) Type 1m fuel 6m fuel
166 kg Liquid-fuel rocket 2,235 kg 3,910 kg 4,297 kg
Maximum engine thrust @ 0 m (RB / SB) Thrust to weight ratio @ 0 m (100%)
Condition 100% WEP 1m fuel 6m fuel MTOW
Stationary 1,700 kgf N/A 0.76 0.43 0.40
Optimal 1,700 kgf
(any speed) 		N/A 0.76 0.43 0.40

Survivability and armour

  • 90 mm Bulletproof glass in front of the pilot.
  • 15 mm Steel plate cone in the nose.
  • 13 mm Steel plates behind the pilot.

Armaments

Offensive armament

Main article: MG 151/20 (20 mm)

The Me 163 B-0 is armed with:

  • 2 x 20 mm MG 151/20 cannons, wing-mounted (120 rpg = 240 total)

Suspended armament

Main article: MG 151/20 (20 mm)

The Me 163 B-0 can be outfitted with the following ordnance:

  • Without load
  • 2 x 20 mm MG 151/20 cannons, suspended (80 rpg = 160 total)

Usage in battles

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Manual Engine Control

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

Modules

Tier Flight performance Survivability Weaponry
I Fuselage repair Offensive 20 mm
II Airframe
III Wings repair New 20 mm cannons
IV Engine Cover

Pros and cons

Pros:

  • Very high climb rate and acceleration
  • Decent speed
  • Can go over Mach 1 in level flight at very high altitudes (~15,500 m)
  • Excellent maneuverability
  • Amazing energy retention in vertical manuevers
  • One of the best turn rates of the rank
  • Powerful 20 mm MK 151 cannons that are extremely deadly
  • Small target

Cons:

  • Extremely limited fuel capacity
  • Prone to wing overload crashes when the fuel tanks are full
  • Vulnerable airframe
  • Aircraft easily compresses during high speeds
  • No take-off flaps
  • Any use of the rudder slows the Komet down drastically
  • Often up-tiered to 9.7 BR
  • No researchable G-Suit

History

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Media

Skins
Images
  • Me 163B-0 WTWallpaper 001.jpg
  • Me 163B-0 WTWallpaper 002.jpg
  • Me 163B-0 WTWallpaper 003.jpg
  • Me 163B-0 WTWallpaper 004.jpg
  • Me 163B-0 WTWallpaper 005.jpg
  • Me 163B-0 WTWallpaper 006.jpg
Videos
Most unusual aircraft discusses the Me 163 B-0 at 2:24 - War Thunder Official Channel
The Shooting Range #116 - Pages of History section at 09:19 discusses the Me 163.

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


Bavarian Aircraft Corporation (BFW*)
Bf 109  Flegel's Bf 109 A · Bf 109 B-1 · Bf 109 C-1 · 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 G-2/trop · Bf 109 G-6 · Bf 109 K-4 · Bf 109 G-10 · Bf 109 G-14 · Bf 109 Z-1
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/U2 · Me 410 A-1/U4 · Me 410 B-1 · Me 410 B-1/U2 · Me 410 B-2/U4 · Me 410 B-6/R3
Bombers  Me 264
Jet Fighters  Me 163 B · Me 163 B-0 · 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
Export  ▅Bf 109 E-7 · ▄Bf 109 G-14/AS · ◐Bf 109 F-4 · ◐Bf 109 G-2 · Bf 109 G-2 · ▄Bf 109 G-2 · ▄Bf 109 G-6 · ▄Bf 109 G-6 Erla · ◐Bf 110 G-4
Captured  ▃Bf 109 F-4
  * BFW was later renamed Messerschmitt Aktiengesellschaft (AG) on 11 July 1938. All aircraft currently in production at this time retained the designation Bf while those developed after this date had the designation Me.

Germany jet aircraft
Ar 234  Ar 234 B-2 · Ar 234 C-3
He 162  He 162 A-1 · He 162 A-2
Ho 229  Ho 229 V3
Me 163  Me 163 B · Me 163 B-0
Me 262 A  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  Me 262 C-1a · Me 262 C-2b
Tornado  ◄Tornado IDS WTD61 · ◄Tornado IDS MFG · ◄Tornado IDS ASSTA1
West Germany  Alpha Jet A
USA  ◄F-84F
  ◄CL-13A Mk 5 · ◄CL-13B Mk.6 · ◄F-86K
  ◄F-104G
  ◄F-4F Early · ◄F-4F
USSR  ◊MiG-15bis
  ◊MiG-19S
  ◄MiG-21 SPS-K · ◊MiG-21MF · ◊MiG-21bis-SAU · ◊MiG-21 "Lazur-M"
  ◊MiG-23BN · ◊MiG-23MF · ◊MiG-23MLA
  ◊MiG-29 · ◄MiG-29G
  ◊Su-22UM3K · ◊Su-22M4
  ◊IL-28
Poland  ◊Lim-5P
Britain  ◄Sea Hawk Mk.100 · ◌Hunter F.58 (Swiss)
Italy  ◄G.91 R/3 · ◄G.91 R/4

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