Cut and Paste
There are other options for spending buff perks that I'd like to see:
Heinkel He 177A-3 (or later) Greif (Griffin) Heavy bomber
First flight November 1939 Entered service 1942/1943 Production ended 1944 for Fighter Emergency Program --- Germany was totally defensive in the air by then.
Manufacturer Heinkel and Arado
Weights Empty 15,870 kg 35,000 lb Loaded 32,470 kg 71,600 lb
Performance Maximum speed 565 km/h @ 6,100 m 350 mph @ 21,000 ft Combat range 1.540 km 960 miles Service ceiling 9,400 m 30,800 ft
Armament: Guns six to eight MG/cannons: One 7.92mm MG 81J manually aimed in nose Ammunition: 2000 rounds; One 20mm MG 151 manually aimed in forward ventral gondola Ammunition: 300 rounds; Two 13mm MG 131 in remote front dorsal turret Ammunition: 750 rounds per gun; One 13mm MG 131 in electric aft dorsal turret Ammunition: 750 rounds;
One 20mm MG 151 cannon in in tail position Ammunition: 300 rounds; Bombs 7,200 kg 15,900 lb capacity ( internal and external )
Bombload typically was made of Sixteen 110 lb. (50kg) SC 50, four 551 lb. (250-kg) SC 250 or two 1,102 lb. (500 kg) SC 500, or two LMA III parachute sea mines, LT 50 torpedos, or Hs 293 of FX 1400 missiles mounted externally.
Early versions had problem catching fire, later versions with DB610 nacelle (each containing two DB605 engines) had less problems with imitating a Zippo lighter. Due to design problem of trying to make a heavy bomber also capable of dive bombing (hey...where have we seen THAT before in AHII?? Um...the MA?
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He 177A-3
He 177A-3/R3 - Anti-shipping version
He 177A-3/R5 - 75 mm gun in ventral gondola for anti-tank operations in eastern front
He 177A-3/R7 - Torpedo Bomber
He 177A-5 - Increased maximum external bombload
Production Numbers: Over 1000 (some sites list over 1,100), of which none is known to exist today.
Good Link:
http://www.kotfsc.com/aviation/he-177.htmOr:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_He_177
But...the Henschel 293, sea mines, and SD 1400 X ordanance are why we won't see it I bet...... folks will beg for them to be added.......I could do without guilded weapons, just give me the equivalent in the external bomb mounts....
"About 700 served on the eastern front using 50mm and 75mm guns for tank-busting while a few brave aircrews ineffectually bombed England.
The He 177 proved to be such a big problem that Goering forbid Heinkel to develope a four engine version (though Heinkel did anyways, the result being the He 277)"
