Favourite ww2 plane.

It still did better than it's original role.

Meh, not really. As far as I know it was still shot down and didn't do much to British morale.

Eventually withdrawn from daylight fighting, the Bf 110 enjoyed later success as a night fighter, where its range and firepower stood it in good stead for the remainder of the war. The airframe allowed for a dedicated radar operator, and the open nose had space for radar antennae, unlike the single-engine fighters. As the war wore on, the increased weight of armament and radar detection equipment (along with a third crew member) took an increasing toll of the aircraft's performance.

It was also used as a ground attack aircraft, starting with the C-4/B model, and as a day bomber interceptor, where its heavy firepower was particularly useful. Later on, there were dedicated ground attack versions which proved reasonably successful. The Bf 110 served theLuftwaffe extensively in various roles, though no longer in its intended role as a heavy fighter. Another role the Bf 110 took on was as a potent bomber-destroyer. The extreme power of the Bf 110's weaponry could cripple or destroy any Allied bomber in seconds. Without encountering an Allied escort, it was capable of wreaking immense destruction. When encumbered with a total of four 21 cm (8 in) Werfer-Granate 21 (Wfr.Gr. 21) rocket tubes, with two of these under each outer wing panel, and additional armament, the 110 was vulnerable to Allied escort fighters. In late 1943 and early 1944 Bf 110 formations were frequently devastated by the roving Allied fighters.

It was in the role as a night fighter, often armed with the surprisingly effective Schräge Musik upward-firing twin autocannon offensive armament installation, that the Bf 110 and its pilots achieved their greatest successes. Luftwaffe night fighter ace Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer was the highest scorer in the Defence of the Reich campaign and ended the war with 121 aerial victories, virtually all of them achieved while flying examples of the Bf 110.^[41] Others, such as Helmut Lent, switched to the night fighter arm and built on their modest daylight scores. Other aircraft, such as the Junkers Ju 88 and the Dornier Do 217, also played a big role, but none more so than the Bf 110.^[42]

Exactly. It had to be modified so much only the airframe was a bit the same and the only reason the 217 wasn't used as much was because the German High Command were idiots.

Butter Ball Bill wrote:

German High Command were idiots.

The Zero and the Silbervogel

Pablo22510 wrote:

Not the High Command.

Hippo, have you realised your initials (GBH) can be taken as Grievous bodily harm?

Unfortunately, that wasn't on purpose.

oh...

The Fokker one http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=1385 because it's Dutch

The wooden wonder

And it's German equivalent

I hope you have the right glue and the right weather.

Hell to maintain in the tropics I believe (all that humidity)

Yeah, it fell apart in midair until they designed a new glue for it.

My favorite is the Stuka Dive bomber or Ju 87

This is an easy one for me. My granddad in the western European theater serviced these: P-38 Lightning, Photo ReconGood recon helps win wars!

Mine is the Antonov A-40 Krylya Tanka (aka tank wings in russian). Its a T-60 tank with wings. why have a flying light tank, because why the hell not and only in RUSSIA!

I bet it can't do gun runs like my flying tank though.

Ellio_98 wrote:

Mine is the Antonov A-40 Krylya Tanka (aka tank wings in russian). Its a T-60 tank with wings. why have a flying light tank, because why the hell not and only in RUSSIA!