Arado Ar234C-3

[Spikes]

From what I've read, the answer is no, but did any of the C-3's see operational status? It'd be heaven for me with 2 20mm cannons in the front of that bird, since I have to rely on the rear firing ones. 

[StokesAk]

O wow how would we ever get you out of that thing. You would be tearing everyone up.


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[chris3]

From what I've read, the answer is no, but did any of the C-3's see operational status? It'd be heaven for me with 2 20mm cannons in the front of that bird, since I have to rely on the rear firing ones. 

Some of the c3s were used at the KG 76. some of them saw combat at the battel of the bulg (ardennen).
but i think you mean the B2-N wit the 20mm cannons at the kommando Bonow, it was a nightfighter testing unit.

cu chris3

[Spikes]

O wow how would we ever get you out of that thing. You would be tearing everyone up.


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LOL yeah I was getting quite a following in Fighter Town friday night.

Some of the c3s were used at the KG 76. some of them saw combat at the battel of the bulg (ardennen).
but i think you mean the B2-N wit the 20mm cannons at the kommando Bonow, it was a nightfighter testing unit.

cu chris3

Hey Chris,
I only see the C-3N which is the nightfighter with 2x 20mms and 2x 30mms. That's a bit much to ask and I doubt that'd ever see service just judging on it's name, plus since it was a nightfighter it wouldn't be in the same anyway. Even the 2 20mms are enough for me, seeing as I can avg ~5 kills per sortie with the tail 20mms. Since the C3 was used with KG 76 in combat, would it be feasible in-game?

[Lusche]

Some of the c3s were used at the KG 76. some of them saw combat at the battel of the bulg (ardennen).

Not really.
The first Arado 234 C-3 did fly on November, 27th 1944, merely 2 weeks before the Battle of the Bulge.
Serial production started in February 1945 (in Alt-Lönnewitz). 19 were built, from which 3 were delivered to KG 76, well after the battle was over. No combat sorties were flown, only test and training flights.

Arados 234 from KG 76 did fly sorties in the Battle of the Bulge, but by B-2's only.

[Spikes]

Not really.
The first Arado 234 C-3 did fly on November, 27th 1944, merely 2 weeks before the Battle of the Bulge.
Serial production started in February 1945 (in Alt-Lönnewitz). 19 were built, from which 3 were delivered to KG 76, well after the battle was over. No combat sorties were flown, only test and training flights.

Arados 234 from KG 76 did fly sorties in the Battle of the Bulge, but by B-2's only.

Now my hopes are ruined.

There's no way this could get in-game then, since it never saw combat? Not even one sortie? 

[Lusche]

Now my hopes are ruined.

There's no way this could get in-game then, since it never saw combat? Not even one sortie? 

One sortie wouldn't be enough to include a plane anyway

[chris3]

LOL yeah I was getting quite a following in Fighter Town friday night.
Hey Chris,
I only see the C-3N which is the nightfighter with 2x 20mms and 2x 30mms. That's a bit much to ask and I doubt that'd ever see service just judging on it's name, plus since it was a nightfighter it wouldn't be in the same anyway. Even the 2 20mms are enough for me, seeing as I can avg ~5 kills per sortie with the tail 20mms. Since the C3 was used with KG 76 in combat, would it be feasible in-game?

moin

the luftwaffenarchiv names it B2-N....mybe the c3-N was a later test version. As lusche said it cames out very late but i gues a nightfighter variante was planet too.

@Lusche you must have alot nice bocks  
but i find a skin of a c3 wich belong to the KG 76. its interestenig that you were able to find a tarnsheme from a group of only 3 airplanes. that made me think it saw duty.

cu chris3

[Spikes]

One sortie wouldn't be enough to include a plane anyway

Wah. I want my front 20mms.

[Lusche]

@Lusche you must have alot nice bocks  
but i find a skin of a c3 wich belong to the KG 76. its interestenig that you were able to find a tarnsheme from a group of only 3 airplanes. that made me think it saw duty.

cu chris3

All planes delivered to regular units were painted that way, as there was no place in Germany save from Allied fighters at that time. That doesn't necessarily mean they were used in combat.

[frank3]

Wah. I want my front 20mms.

You could always try the Me-262. Faster, more/larger guns, more manoeuvrable, better cockpit-view and alot sexier

Although you'll have to do without RATO's and bombs!

[MiloMorai]

The 1st production Ar234C, WNr 250001, flew Jan 30 1945.

Lusche's Ar234 was the V21, WNr 130061.


This is a good book on the Ar 234.

[Spikes]

You could always try the Me-262. Faster, more/larger guns, more manoeuvrable, better cockpit-view and alot sexier

Although you'll have to do without RATO's and bombs!

Sorry to bump.

Frank...you won't understand really...it's too fun owning people with a jet bomber.

I'm trying my luck here again...
My book "Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft" says:
"The bomber version of the Ar 234 equipped KG 76 from Oct '44, flying its first operational missions during the Ardennes offensive in December. The jet bombers were very active in the early weeks of 1945, one of their most notable missions being the ten-day series of attacks on the Ludendorff bridge at Remagen, captured by the Americans in March 1945. Very few Ar 234 sorties were flown after the end of March, although an experimental Ar 234 night fighter unit, the Kommando Bonow, equipped with two Ar 234s converted to carry upward-firing cannon, continued to operate until the end of the war."

However, it doesn't state what version this was. If the Night fighter (Ar234C-3/N) was in use (although only experimental) wouldn't the C-3 be as well?
Wish that the C-3/N was used more...2x 20mms and 2x 30mms in the nose...oh boy.

[Ruler2]

This is a good book on the Ar 234.
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only problem with your book's cover: Ar234 did not have a 4 eng variant that I am aware of

[Lusche]

only problem with your book's cover: Ar234 did not have a 4 eng variant that I am aware of

If you had looked up what a Ar234C (topic of this thread) actually is, you would be