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◔Me 210 Ca-1 36.M
III
Rank
AB
3.3
RB
3.3
SB
3.3
Battle rating
Italy
Research country
Strike aircraft
Main role
13,000
RP
Research
76,000
SL
Purchase
Hungary
Operator
General information

The Me 210 Ca-1, officially the Me 210 Ca-1 nehéz vadászrepülőgép in Hungarian service, was a heavily upgraded Hungarian version of the German Me 210, featuring a redesigned airframe with an extended fuselage to fix the stability and stall issues that made it much disliked by Luftwaffe pilots, as well as much more powerful Daimler-Benz DB-605B engines.

A handful of Me 210 Ca-1s were fitted with a 40 mm Bofors autocannon, the 4 cm 36 M. légvédelmi gépágyú, for use against aerial targets, as well as the 15 cm 43 M. rakétagránát, a Hungarian licence-produced version of the 15 cm Wurfgranate 41 Spreng (Wgr. 41 Spr.) rocket. The 36 M. cannon was designed to be used against Allied bombers, while the 43 M. rockets were used against ground targets. This aircraft was also intended to be fitted with the 44 M. Lidérc anti-bomber proximity fuse rocket, but development was not completed before the end of the war. Hungarian Me 210 Ca-1s saw service from 1943 until they were destroyed by their crews in March 1945.

The Me 210 Ca-1 36.M was introduced in Update 2.55 "Ninth Wave". Despite being developed as a more heavily anti-bomber variant of the aircraft, in War Thunder it presents itself as the most capable strike fighter in the Me 210 family. A powerful 40 mm gun, 50 kg SC50JA bombs, and Wgr. 41 Spr. rockets allow it to effectively deal with armoured targets, and powerful engines let it effectively evade anti-aircraft fire and perform high-speed attacks. The 40 mm gun, being originally an AAA gun, is no slouch against aircraft either. Rearward-facing 13 mm MG 131 machine guns allow it to somewhat defend itself against enemy aircraft, but it remains a poor fighter and should rely on allied aircraft and AAA for protection.



Flight performance
Max speed
at 6,500 m 568530592547 km/h
Rate of Climb 9.8713.37 m/s
Turn time 2931.627.730.4 s
Max altitude 11,400 m
Takeoff Run 450 m

Landing
flaps
Take-off
flaps
Combat
flaps
Air
brake
General characteristics
Crew 2 persons
Engine
Length 12.1 m
Wingspan 16.4 m
Wing Loading 269 kg/m²

Weight:
Base weight 8.088.347.878.29 t
Fuel in main tanks 1.68 t (2h 48m)

Limits:
Max Speed Limit (IAS) 650 km/h
Mach Number Limit 0.65 M
G limit ≈ -4/12 G
Flap Speed Limit (IAS) L / T
300 / 410 km/h
Gear Speed Limit (IAS) 350 km/h
Offensive armament
36.M. mm M39 cannon
Ammunition 44 rounds
Fire rate 120 shots/min
One-second Burst Mass 2.1 kg

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2 × 20 mm MG 151 cannon
Ammunition 700 rounds
Fire rate 700 shots/min
One-second Burst Mass 1.29 kg

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Defensive armament
2 × Turret — 13 mm MG 131 machine gun
Ammunition 1,000 rounds
Fire rate 900 shots/min
One-second Burst Mass 0.54 kg

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Suspended armament
Max weight 1,100 kg
Wing loading left / right
Maximum 1,100 kg
Max. difference 1,100 kg

NameWeightSlot
3 × 102.5 kg
50 kg
Economy
Repair cost Basic → Reference
AB 904 → 1,189 SL
RB 1,280 → 1,683 SL
SB 2,895 → 3,807 SL
Crew training 22,000 SL
Experts 76,000 SL
Aces 500 GE
Research Aces 320,000 RP
Reward multiplier AB / RB / SB
60 / 130 / 250 % SL
142 % RP
Total cost of modifications 24,700 RP
44,700 SL
Talisman cost 1,100 GE

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