Comparison of the Bf110G-2 and Mosquito Mk VI as employed in a fighter role in AH2.
Comparative stats for the Bf110G-2 and Mosquito Mk VI in Tour 54 as of 14:00 PST, July 22nd:
The Bf 110G-2 has 4499 kills and has been killed 5642 times.
The Mosquito Mk VI has 1684 kills and has been killed 2134 times.
It seems that the Bf110G-2 sees approximately three times the usage of the Mosquito Mk VI and is somewhat more survivable.
I did some testing of the two aircraft last night. It was not comprehensive, but it was enough to make me wonder.
Loadouts:
Bf110G-2: 50% fuel, external gunpack
Mosquito Mk VI: 50% fuel, overload ammunition
Sustained climb rate from SL using WEP:
Bf110G-2: 3,050fpm
Mosquito Mk VI: 3,500fpm
The Mosquito climbed at a distinctly higher rate. As altitude increases, particularly above 15,000ft the Bf110G-2 should be superior, but for low altitude work the Mosquito has notably better performance in terms of climb.
Fuel range on internal at WEP:
Bf110G-2: 18 minutes
Mosquito Mk VI: 25 minutes
The Mosquito seems to be less fuel effcient, but carries so much more fuel that it's operational range is significantly better than the Bf110G-2's.
Level speed using WEP at SL:
Bf110G-2: 323mph
Mosquito Mk VI: 337mph
I didn't test this last night. It is recalled from old tests. The Bf110G-2 may not have had the external gun pack for this test.
At SL the Mosquito is faster on MIL power than the Bf110G-2 is on WEP. Neither aircraft is nearly fast enough to escape the two most common fighters in AH, the La-7 and P-51D.
Acceleration:
I did not specifically test this, but the climb rate results would seem to indicate that the Mosquito will out accelerate the Bf110G-2.
Roll rate:
This is a subjetive test as I did not have a stop watch. Neither aircraft displayed impressive roll rates, but the Mosquito felt 1/3 to 1/2 again as fast. The Bf110G-2's roll rate could only be described as poor. The Mosquito's little better. The only single engined fighter that both would out roll would be an A6M above ~300mph. The Mosquito will probably out roll the Typhoon.
Turn rate:
There seemed to be little difference, but this is harder to see by flying solo. I would give the edge to the Bf110G-2. It may be a substantial edge.
Manueverability:
At low speeds both aircraft wallow. They are unstable and respond slowly and sloppily to control imput. At higher speeds the Mosquito seems to respond in a much crisper fashion than does the Bf110G-2.
Firepower:
The Bf110G-2 clearly has the more destructive gun package. Four 20mm MG151/20s with more than 1,100 rounds and two 30mm MK108 cannon gives the Bf110G-2 the single most destructive gun package in AH. The Bf110G-2 also mounts dual 7.92mm MG81z machine guns in a hand aimed mount from the back of the cockpit. These guns are mostly useless and attemting to use them to defend the aircraft from rear attacts is generally futile.
Still, the Mosquito is no slouch, carrying four 20mm Hispano Mk II cannon with 700 rounds in the belly and four .303 machine guns (which could be happily ommited) with more ammo than it is possible to use. This gives the Mosquito one of the deadliest gun packages in AH and owing to the higher muzzle velocity of the Hispano cannon may be better for killing fighters than the Bf110G-2's gun package.
Both aircraft mount all of their fixed guns in the nose/lower fuselage giving them tremendously leathal focused fire.
Durability:
There is little I have to go on here.
One is a test in AH1 (so it may not be valid any longer) with J_A_B where using the single Hispano M2 cannon in the P-38's nose we shot, from close range, the tails off of various aircraft. It took two Hispano hits to take off the Bf110G-2's tail and three Hispano hits to take off the Mosquito's tail. As a comparison it took seventeen Hispano hits to take off the B-17's tail and fourteen Hispano hits to take off the Lancaster's tail.
The other things I can note are very subjective and I can only note them for the Mosquito as I have not spent significant time using the Bf110G-2 in combat. The first is that the Mosquito is very prone to pilot wounds when hit from the front quadrant. GV pintle guns seem particularly prone to causing pilot wounds. The second is that the Mosquito seems to catch fire significantly more often than any other aircraft, even the A6M2.
After having flown them a bit last night I cannot understand why people generally hold that the Bf110G-2 is the better fighter. It seems clearly outclassed by the Mosquito and yet it is far more common in the MA (a fact which is probably due to its payload) and is routinely put as being a better fighter than the Mosquito on the BB. I would like to know why the Bf110G-2 is held in higher regard as a fighter than is the Mosquito. It is to the point that people looking for a new ride have posted lists of aircraft they have tried, including the Bf110G-2 but ommiting the Mosquito. They sometimes even express surprise when I suggest the Mosquito be tried as well, claiming that they thought it to be just a bomber. The difference doesn't make sense to me given their relative perfromances.
I will edit this post later today/tonight after running some more tests, including a look at the Bf110G-2 without the gunpack.
NOTE: I did not compare ordinance capability as I am only concerned with air-to-air capability in this post.
NOTE: I did not compare the P-38L as it is obviously vastly superior to both the Bf110G-2 and Mosquito Mk VI.
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