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Title: Fw190 A4? A5?
Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on October 23, 2002, 07:43:11 PM

Always loved the camo of this one and I was thinking of putting it on the building list, but I have the feeling it's an A4 in my head.

Any confirmation on the type to know if I can model it? Ty.

Title: Fw190 A4? A5?
Post by: MANDOBLE on October 23, 2002, 08:09:24 PM

The inner guns (long barrel) seems to be 151/20, so, probably not an A4.

Title: Fw190 A4? A5?
Post by: Pongo on October 23, 2002, 08:18:14 PM

Its an A4
THe A3 had a different antena mount on the tail.
And the a5 had an extension to the length of the nose right in front of the wing root leading edge.
Both had 151/20s on the inboard wing mounts.
The book that profile even identifies it as
Fw 190a-4 "Yellow 2", Flown by Oberfeldwebel Heinrish Sterr, 6./Jg74, circa March 1943

I assume that is a typo and they meant jg54..
But its on page 58 of Ospreys FW aces of the Eastern front

127 kills in the east. Dead to ponys vulching him in a month in the west...

Title: Fw190 A4? A5?
Post by: Hristo on October 24, 2002, 03:53:54 AM

Looks like an A-4 (A-5 had slightly longer nose), although artwork isn't that accurate - check cowl sloping, the real thing had more rounded nose near the spinner.

Title: Fw190 A4? A5?
Post by: Wilbus on October 24, 2002, 05:47:08 AM

As for armament about all versions from the A2 and up had the Mg151's in the inner wing. A3 added MG FF in the outer wing then A6 added Mg151's in the outer wing.

Title: Fw190 A4? A5?
Post by: Wilbus on October 24, 2002, 05:48:25 AM

Frenchy, don't let a small version difference stop you. There is quite good chances that the A5 too was flown with this paint sheme (or very similair) but is just not in the book or page you found it in/on.

Title: Fw190 A4? A5?
Post by: Kweassa on October 24, 2002, 09:56:16 AM

CC. History relies only about 30% on fact. The rest 70% are how the historian chooses to understand it in relation with the society then and now.

 With a bit of good deduction I think there are lot of great skinning opportunities which would seem very historicaly logical!