Ar 234 B-2 - Revision history

U38088265: /* Details */ Updated

2024-06-19T19:40:16Z

‎Details: Updated

U17577377: Undo revision 167879 by U15684061 (talk)

2023-08-01T11:09:09Z

Undo revision 167879 by U15684061 (talk)

U15684061: /* Pros and cons */

2023-08-01T00:18:26Z

‎Pros and cons

U38088265: Reverted edits by U15684061 (talk) to last revision by U38088265

2023-07-24T08:48:28Z

Reverted edits by U15684061 (talk) to last revision by U38088265

U15684061: /* Pros and cons */

2023-07-24T01:35:01Z

‎Pros and cons

U38088265: /* In-game description */ Reformatted

2022-11-20T16:50:17Z

‎In-game description: Reformatted

U44629479: /* Media */ Added video

2021-09-09T11:56:37Z

‎Media: Added video

U38088265: /* Engine performance */

2021-08-22T13:56:09Z

‎Engine performance

U44629479: /* Media */ Added skins

2021-04-02T08:37:35Z

‎Media: Added skins

U20719982: Added a camouflage section beneath media. Feel free to move it somewhere else, this is my first time editing. I figured id add this since nobody has mentioned this anywhere.

2021-04-02T07:27:41Z

Added a camouflage section beneath media. Feel free to move it somewhere else, this is my first time editing. I figured id add this since nobody has mentioned this anywhere.

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 ! Combat flaps !! Take-off flaps !! Landing flaps !! Air brakes !! Arrestor gear !! Drogue chute
 |-
-| ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || X || X || X     <!-- ✓ -->
+| ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || X || X || ✓     <!-- ✓ -->
 |-
 |}

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 * Very efficient in taking out individual targets in ground strike maps (AB), with maxed reload time can drop a salvo roughly every 40 seconds
 * Durable flaps, combat flaps get warning at 530 km/h and landing flaps are still usable slightly before combat flaps' limits, which makes fast landing easier
 '''Cons:'''
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 * Poor high-altitude acceleration
 * Can only carry three bombs and release them in two separate loads
-* Almost no armor
+* No armour
-* The pilot is easily knocked out due to the absence of armor on the front of the plane
+* The pilot is easily knocked out due to the absence of armour on the front of the plane
 * Can be difficult to take-off with heavier payloads
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 ;Skins
 * [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicle=arado-234 Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]
 ;Images
-<gallery mode="packed-hover" heights="150">
+<gallery mode="packed-hover"  heights="150">
 Image:Arado-Ar234B2-Skin.png|<small>"March 1945, special camouflage"</small>
 </gallery>

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 * Very efficient in taking out individual targets in ground strike maps (AB), with maxed reload time can drop a salvo roughly every 40 seconds
 * Durable flaps, combat flaps get warning at 530 km/h and landing flaps are still usable slightly before combat flaps' limits, which makes fast landing easier
 '''Cons:'''
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 * Poor high-altitude acceleration
 * Can only carry three bombs and release them in two separate loads
-* No armour
+* Almost no armor
-* The pilot is easily knocked out due to the absence of armour on the front of the plane
+* The pilot is easily knocked out due to the absence of armor on the front of the plane
 * Can be difficult to take-off with heavier payloads
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 ;Skins
 * [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicle=arado-234 Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]
 ;Images
-<gallery mode="packed-hover"  heights="150">
+<gallery mode="packed-hover" heights="150">
 Image:Arado-Ar234B2-Skin.png|<small>"March 1945, special camouflage"</small>
 </gallery>

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 * The pilot is easily knocked out due to the absence of armour on the front of the plane
 * Can be difficult to take-off with heavier payloads
 == History ==
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 ;Skins
 * [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicle=arado-234 Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]
 ;Images
-<gallery mode="packed-hover" heights="150">
+<gallery mode="packed-hover"  heights="150">
 Image:Arado-Ar234B2-Skin.png|<small>"March 1945, special camouflage"</small>
 </gallery>

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 * The pilot is easily knocked out due to the absence of armour on the front of the plane
 * Can be difficult to take-off with heavier payloads
 == History ==
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 ;Skins
 * [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicle=arado-234 Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]
 ;Images
-<gallery mode="packed-hover"  heights="150">
+<gallery mode="packed-hover" heights="150">
 Image:Arado-Ar234B2-Skin.png|<small>"March 1945, special camouflage"</small>
 </gallery>

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 The main unit to use this aircraft in combat was KG76 who were based in Norway, though other units also used this aircraft. This aircraft had limited usefulness as fuel and engine production was what would send it out of combat at the end of the war.<ref>Connor, R and Moore, C., ''In the cockpit II'', New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 2010</ref>
-=== In-game description ===
+{{break}}
 The Arado Ar 234 Blitz (Lightning) was the world's first operational jet bomber, built by Arado in Germany during WWII. It was used by the Luftwaffe for reconnaissance from November 1944 and as a fast bomber against Allied targets from December of that year. Despite the fact that late in the war the plane was used only sporadically due to a fuel shortage, it remained a very difficult target to intercept because of its high speed.
 As a bomber, the Ar-234B-2 could carry a payload of up to 2,000 kg and could also be used for reconnaissance.
 == Media ==

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 ;Skins
-* [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicleCountry=germany&vehicleType=aircraft&vehicleClass=jet_bomber&vehicle=arado-234 Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]
+* [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicle=arado-234 Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]
 ;Images
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 Image:Arado-Ar234B2-Skin.png|<small>"March 1945, special camouflage"</small>
 </gallery>
 == See also ==

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 |-
 ! colspan="2" | Engine name || Number
-! colspan="3" | Empty mass || colspan="3" | Wing loading (full fuel)
+! colspan="3" | {{Annotation|Basic mass|Mass of the aircraft with pilot and engine oil, but no fuel or weapons load}} || colspan="3" | Wing loading (full fuel)
 |-
-| colspan="2" | Junkers Jumo 004B-1 ||  2
+| colspan="2" | Junkers Jumo 004B-1 || 2
-| colspan="3" | 3,735 kg || colspan="3" |  252 kg/m<sup>2</sup>
+| colspan="3" | 3,850 kg || colspan="3" | 256 kg/m<sup>2</sup>
 |-
 ! colspan="3" | Engine characteristics
-! colspan="5" | Mass with fuel (no weapons load) || rowspan="2" | Max Takeoff<br />Weight
+! colspan="5" | Mass with fuel (no weapons load) || rowspan="2" | Max Takeoff<br>Weight
 |-
 ! Weight (each) || colspan="2" | Type
-! 24m fuel || 30m fuel || 45m fuel || 60m fuel || 88m fuel
+! 24m fuel || 30m fuel || 45m fuel || 60m fuel || 82m fuel
 |-
 | 745 kg || colspan="2" | Axial-flow turbojet
-| 4,578 kg || 4,783 kg || 5,294 kg || 5,805 kg || 6,760 kg || 9,350 kg
+| 4,750 kg || 4,944 kg || 5,490 kg || 6,037 kg || 6,850 kg || 9,350 kg
 |-
-! colspan="3" | {{Annotation|Maximum engine thrust @ 0 m (RB / SB)|The maximum thrust produced by each engine, while mounted in the aircraft. NOTE: Thrust varies significantly depending on speed & altitude.}}
+! colspan="3" | {{Annotation|Maximum engine thrust @ 0 m (RB/SB)|The maximum thrust produced by each engine, while mounted in the aircraft. NOTE: Thrust varies significantly depending on speed & altitude.}}
 ! colspan="6" | Thrust to weight ratio @ 0 m (100%)
 |-
 ! Condition || 100% || WEP
-! 24m fuel || 30m fuel || 45m fuel || 60m fuel || 88m fuel || MTOW
+! 24m fuel || 30m fuel || 45m fuel || 60m fuel || 82m fuel || MTOW
 |-
 | ''Stationary'' || 910 kgf || N/A
-| 0.40 || 0.38 || 0.34 || 0.31 || 0.27 || 0.19
+| 0.38 || 0.37 || 0.33 || 0.30 || 0.27 || 0.19
 |-
-| ''Optimal'' || 910 kgf<br />(0 km/h) || N/A
+| ''Optimal'' || 910 kgf<br>(0 km/h) || N/A
-| 0.40 || 0.38 || 0.34 || 0.31 || 0.27 || 0.19
+| 0.38 || 0.37 || 0.33 || 0.30 || 0.27 || 0.19
 |-
 |}
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 * Fast and very manoeuvrable
-* With energy can pull off snappy evasive manoeuvers to throw off enemies.
+* With energy can pull off snappy evasive manoeuvres to throw off enemies
 * Good energy retention + good dive speed = easy escape after the bombing
 * Overheating is not an issue at all, even when stock

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 == Media ==
-[[File:Arado-Ar234B2-Skin.png|alt=Ar 234 B-2 with the 'Special Camouflage'|thumb|Ar 234 B-2 with the 'Special Camouflage'
+<!-- ''Excellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.'' -->
-This particular skin is earned by bombing bases using (TNT, Tons) 55.9 Tons of bombs.]]
+;Skins
-'''''Camouflages''''':
+* [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicleCountry=germany&vehicleType=aircraft&vehicleClass=jet_bomber&vehicle=arado-234 Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]
-Although both the Arado Ar 234 B2 and C3 do not start with camouflages one can be earned for the B2 (which may infer that there are more special skins for both aircraft)
+;Images
+<gallery mode="packed-hover"  heights="150">
-There is little documentation for the hidden camos online; however the [https://warthunder.fandom.com/wiki/Arado-234#Skins fandom wiki] cites a camouflage that requires destroying 900 ground units.
+Image:Arado-Ar234B2-Skin.png|<small>"March 1945, special camouflage"</small>
 == See also ==