Messerschmitt Me 323

[Skyguns MKII]

Role - Heavy transport
Manufacturer - Messerschmitt A.G.
First flight - April 1942
Introduced -1943
Retired - 1944
Primary user - Luftwaffe
Produced - 1942-1944
Number built - about 200
Developed from - Messerschmitt Me 321

General characteristics
Crew: 5
Capacity: 130 troops or 10–12 tonnes of equipment
Length: 28.2 m (92 ft 4 in)
Wingspan: 55.2 m (181 ft 0 in)
Height: 10.15 m (33 ft 3.5 in)
Wing area: 300 m² (3,228 sq ft)
Empty weight: 27,330 kg (60,260 lb)
Loaded weight: 29,500 kg (65,000 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 43,000 kg (94,815 lb)
Powerplant: 6× Gnome et Rhône 14N 48/49, 700 kW (950 hp) each

Performance
Maximum speed: 285 km/h (177 mph (154 kn))
Cruise speed: 218 km/h (136 mph (118 kn))
Range: 800 km (500 mi)
Ferry range: 1,100 km (684 mi)
Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,123 ft)
Rate of climb: 3.6 m/s (710 ft/min)

Armament
Guns: 18 × 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 81 machine guns

basically a powered glider. Would be nice for the few of us that enjoy resupplying bases, perk it perhaps?

[Raphael]

that plane was a big and slow target.......








+1 

[jolly22]

I like the plane! A lot! But this game doesnt have a roll for this plane. If we had more of a resupply roll then maybe.

[gyrene81]

basically a powered glider. Would be nice for the few of us that enjoy resupplying bases, perk it perhaps?

yyyyeeeeaaaahhh, rrrrriiiigggghhht...get shot down in a perked cargo plane a few times...hangar queen.

[Skyguns MKII]

yyyyeeeeaaaahhh, rrrrriiiigggghhht...get shot down in a perked cargo plane a few times...hangar queen.

low perk it?

[gyrene81]

low perk it?

you getting perks for resupplies now?

[Skyguns MKII]

you getting perks for resupplies now?

depends... no perk?

[gyrene81]

prefer something a bit more...utilitarian myself

[Skyguns MKII]

prefer something a bit more...utilitarian myself

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but this baybee had 18 pee shooters 

[Ack-Ack]

On a nice spring day over the beautiful skies of the Sicilian Strait, 27 fully laiden Me 323s were flying to resupply the Afrika Korps in North Africa when they were set upon by the bloodthirsty British and American pilots, shooting down 21 of the 27 Me 323s even before the transports got halfway to their target.  That was with a heavy escort of Bf 109s from JG27.

I think the Me 323 was one of the few planes that was literally destroyed into non-existance as each produced model reportedly were all destroyed during the war and by the summer of 1944, not one remained.

It would fair no better in AH, the only saving grace is that it was known to take some punishment but without total and complete air superiority, don't expect the Me 323 to make it to town in AH.


ack-ack

[Skyguns MKII]

On a nice spring day over the beautiful skies of the Sicilian Strait, 27 fully laiden Me 323s were flying to resupply the Afrika Korps in North Africa when they were set upon by the bloodthirsty British and American pilots, shooting down 21 of the 27 Me 323s even before the transports got halfway to their target.  That was with a heavy escort of Bf 109s from JG27.

I think the Me 323 was one of the few planes that was literally destroyed into non-existance as each produced model reportedly were all destroyed during the war and by the summer of 1944, not one remained.

It would fair no better in AH, the only saving grace is that it was known to take some punishment but without total and complete air superiority, don't expect the Me 323 to make it to town in AH.


ack-ack

[gyrene81]

but this baybee had 18 pee shooters 

ah, now i see the word "kewl" all over this wish...  

[Skyguns MKII]

ah, now i see the word "kewl" all over this wish...  

nah i just thought it would be better than the C47 when it came to resupply

[Raphael]

uh oh better then the c47? nope. as i said, it was a big and slow TARGET.

[Volron]

prefer something a bit more...utilitarian myself

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This would be a nice add...

Don't get me wrong, I'm not against the 323, but the 52...yeah.  It's dead sexy...