HT crew, some interesting things about Fw190 A-3

[LLv34 Nattulv]

Wells:
sum up those production numbers and tell me if you get around 20.000 aircraft (including F and G models).....    

Seriously thou,
According to reasearch by Rodeike and also Willaume Phillip the numbers are someting like:

A0+v= 45
A1=  102
A2 and A3 was about 960 ,the production of the two types was intermixed
A4= 974
A5= 1752
A6= 1192
A7= 701
A8= 6655
A9= 910
D9= 1805


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Nattulv
Lentolaivue 34

[funked]

That sounds more reasonable Nattulv.  I read somewhere that only about 13,000 BMW 801 were produced, so the 20,000 figure always seemed like a joke.

[wells]

Funked,

and some of those engines went into bombers.  It would be nice to get some more definitive numbers though.  I don't have anything on A6 or A7 numbers or any of the F/G models.

Apparently, the maximum daily production was 22, reached in '44.  At the time of Dieppe, there were only about 200 190's available.  Average production would need to be about 14/day for 4 solid years to make 20000+.  Is that reasonable?

[Karnak]

Production numbers that I'm familiar with are as follows (not all of them are relevant):

Il-2             42,000
YAK Series       40,000
Bf109 Series     35,000
Spitfire Series  22,000
Fw190 Series     20,000

As far as I know, the Bf109 and Fw190 are both in the top 5 as far as numbers of combat aircraft produced for WWII, with the Fw190 being at about 20,000.

So count me as another who's information points that way.

Sisu

[Sorrow[S=A]]

I don't think so Hristo. Those early 190's were flown until they dropped. Often passed along to younger pilots when newer planes came in. My opa's diary records early versions being used in active service as late as 1944, I think he never even saw an A8 until after he returned.

[Fishu]

I'll be amazed if HTC finally does LW plane like that...
Would be at least some advantages over spitfrie dweebs who can't fly a real plane, but has to use 'slightly' overmodelled AH Spitfrie.

[funked]

Why do losers have to come on a nice thread like this and start a LW/RAF fight?

Fishu, I'm a "spitfrie dweeb" who will duel you any day, any time, any plane you choose, and wipe the floor with your ass.



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[StSanta]

Heheheh da funkamastah is in the mood.

<Grabs popcorn, yells to the others that FIGHT'S ON!>

[Pongo]

Does fishu even fly anymore?

[Pongo]

 

Originally posted by Pongo:
Does fishu even fly anymore?

I try not to be to impressed with scores. But fishus is very imressive for tour 4 Funked.
Be careful what you say.

[funked]

I don't care what his score is.  I'm sick of plane snobs issuing insults based on what plane people are flying.  If anybody wants to talk about how Spit pilots are crap, meet me in training and back that up.

I find it funny that many of the people who bash Spitfire pilots, fly much faster late-war planes that allow them to rack up their pretty kill/death ratios.  Do that in a plane that only does 305 or 325 mph on the deck and I'll be impressed.


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[Karnak]

I have to agree with Funked on this.  Stop the plane snobbery.  It doesn't help anything, I mean, we can all claim that our kite is the most undermodeled or whatnot, but I don't think that is true in anycase.

We're all in the same hobby, so what does it matter what our personal choice of rides within this hobby are?

Sisu

[fats]

I posted a while a go a compilation of my numbers for FW 190 production, hope someone saved it cause I sure as hell didn't <fats is an idiot>.

At any rate there was lot of varying figures for the different versions and even if you took the highest it wouldn't prolly ad upto 20000.


//fats

[Vermillion]

So when you gonna come fly with us again fats?

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Vermillion
**MOL**, Men of Leisure
"Real Men fly Radials, Nancy Boys fly Spitfires"

[leonid]

I'm thinking the A-5 will be a very dangerous plane ...

Yeah, fats, when are you coming back?  And where did you go?  Every once in awhile I'd look at the posts and try to remember who it was who flew the 190 alongside HT back during beta.  It was you!