Lancaster B Mk I - Revision history

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 The Lancaster's long, unobstructed bomb bay enabled it to carry the largest bombs the RAF used (including 4,000, 8,000, 12,000 and - when modified - 22,000 lb bombs). Because of this, it soon became the most widely used British bomber of World War II.
-No. 617 squadron famously used modified Lancasters during Operation Chastise in raids dams in the Ruhr Valley using Barnes Wallace's Upkeep Mine (or "Bouncing Bomb" as it became known as). This gave 617 squadron the nickname "The Dambusters", sparking the creation of a film by the same name.
+No. 617 squadron famously used modified Lancasters during Operation Chastise in dam raids in the Ruhr Valley, using Barnes Wallace's Upkeep Mine (or "Bouncing Bomb" as it became known as). This gave 617 squadron the nickname "The Dambusters", sparking the creation of a film by the same name.
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 Unlike other heavy bombers, the Lancaster is surprisingly responsive and easy to handle. While it is not going to win any dogfights, the plane can steer and bank around well enough to adjust the bomb sight for accurate drop. The plane can also maintain its admittedly slow speed quite well, owning to four powerful Merlin engines. This allows the Lancaster to do a shallow descent and reach the base just in time before enemy fighter arrives.
-One peculiar characteristic of the Lancaster that is worth mentioning is its unusally high wing structural limit speed for a heavy bomber, at 600 km/h IAS. This unusual trait allows the Lanc to "dive" into enemy base at a speed of over 650 km/h, thus allowing it to be played in a high-risk, high reward "fast bomber" roles.
+One peculiar characteristic of the Lancaster is its unusually high wing structural limit speed for a heavy bomber, at 600 km/h IAS. This unusual trait allows the Lanc to "dive" towards enemy bases at speed, thus allowing it to be played in high risk, high reward "fast bomber" roles.
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 The safest way to use this bomber is to attack bases from around the map. Do a big circle-around, go to the corner, and aim the nose to the remaining enemy bases. Side climbing is not recommended because of the Lancaster's terrible climb rate; not to mention the ease that enemy fighters like German and American ones can easily reach the bomber even at 7,000 m altitude. Instead stay between 2,500 and 4,000 m and build up speed. Use the Lancaster's amazing payload and drop three of the 1,000 lb bombs onto each base. In the airfield bombing scenario, get altitude not less than 3,000 m and drop all the bombs onto the main runway for better accuracy. Try to stay near friendly fighters for air cover.
-On the other hand, the Lancaster can be played as an ad-hoc fast bomber by exploiting its relatively high wing rip speed to quickly dive into the enemy base. As the Lanc has high altude spawn, one can use this to dive into an enemy bases and destroy them before enemy arrives. Though this will also leaves you vulnerable to any attackers and intercepter should they spotted you earlier, this high risk, high rewards tactics will almost guarantee at least one base and potentially two had the enemy not arrive in time. While in a dive, be sure to watch your IAS to not exceed the wing rip speed of 600 km/h, and throtte down your engine and pull your nose up while near the base to adjust the bomb aim.
+On the other hand, the Lancaster can be played as an ad-hoc fast bomber by exploiting its relatively high wing rip speed to quickly dive into the enemy base. As the Lanc has high altitude spawn, one can use this to dive towards the enemy bases and destroy them before the enemy arrives. Though this will also leave you vulnerable to any attackers and interceptors should they spot you earlier, this high risk, high reward tactic will almost guarantee at least one base and potentially two if the enemy does not arrive in time. While in a dive, be sure to watch your IAS to not exceed the wing rip speed of 600 km/h, and throttle down your engine and pull your nose up while near the base to adjust the bomb aim.
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 Unlike other heavy bombers, the Lancaster is surprisingly responsive and easy to handle. While it is not going to win any dogfights, the plane can steer and bank around well enough to adjust the bomb sight for accurate drop. The plane can also maintain its admittedly slow speed quite well, owning to four powerful Merlin engines. This allows the Lancaster to do a shallow descent and reach the base just in time before enemy fighter arrives.
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 The safest way to use this bomber is to attack bases from around the map. Do a big circle-around, go to the corner, and aim the nose to the remaining enemy bases. Side climbing is not recommended because of the Lancaster's terrible climb rate; not to mention the ease that enemy fighters like German and American ones can easily reach the bomber even at 7,000 m altitude. Instead stay between 2,500 and 4,000 m and build up speed. Use the Lancaster's amazing payload and drop three of the 1,000 lb bombs onto each base. In the airfield bombing scenario, get altitude not less than 3,000 m and drop all the bombs onto the main runway for better accuracy. Try to stay near friendly fighters for air cover.
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 * 4 engines means that it can maintain flying ability despite damage to some engines
 * H-tail means that if one rudder is shot off, the other one still works
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 The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a rank {{Specs|rank}} British bomber {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update 1.43]].
-Developed from the troublesome Avro Manchester, the Avro Lancaster is a long-range heavy bomber optimised for delivering huge payload over long distances. Compared to its contemporary like the American [[B-17 (Family)|B-17]] or the German [[Fw 200 C-1|Fw 200]], the Lancaster carries twice the payload while being generally easier to handle. Because of this, the "Lanc" is an ideal bomber for destroying bases and airfields with bombs from high altitude.
+Developed from the troublesome Avro Manchester, the Avro Lancaster is a long-range heavy bomber optimised for delivering huge payload over long distances. Compared to its contemporaries like the American [[B-17 (Family)|B-17]] or the German [[Fw 200 C-1|Fw 200]], the Lancaster carries twice the payload while being generally easier to handle. Because of this, the "Lanc" is an ideal bomber for destroying bases and airfields with bombs from high altitude.
-Because of the optimization for large payload and good manoeuvrability, the early Lancaster have a very poor set of defensive armaments consists of a small .30 machine guns. This will not help to ward off any pursuing enemy fighters and thus leaving the plane vulnerable to any other planes save for another heavy bomber. On the other hand, the Lancaster's ease of control and overall good flight performance allows the plane to reach the destination relatively quickly and get the job done.
+Because of the optimization for large payload and good manoeuvrability, the early Lancaster have a very poor set of defensive armaments consists of a small .30 cal machine guns. This will not help to ward off any pursuing enemy fighters and thus leaves the plane vulnerable to any other planes save for another heavy bomber. On the other hand, the Lancaster's ease of control and overall good flight performance allows the plane to reach the destination relatively quickly and get the job done.
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 <!-- ''Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the most important characteristics of the vehicle.'' -->
-Unlike the other heavy bombers, the Lancaster is surprisingly responsive and easy to handle. While it is not going to win any dogfights, the plane can steer and bank around well enough to adjust the bomb sight for accurate drop. The plane can also maintain its admittedly slow speed quite well, owning to four powerful Merlin engines. This allows the Lancaster to do a shallow descent and reach the base just in time before enemy fighter arrives.
+Unlike other heavy bombers, the Lancaster is surprisingly responsive and easy to handle. While it is not going to win any dogfights, the plane can steer and bank around well enough to adjust the bomb sight for accurate drop. The plane can also maintain its admittedly slow speed quite well, owning to four powerful Merlin engines. This allows the Lancaster to do a shallow descent and reach the base just in time before enemy fighter arrives.
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 * 4 x 7.7 mm Browning machine guns, tail turret (2,500 rpg = 10,000 total)
-Despite its size and payload, the Lancaster has a dispropotionally small defensive armaments consists of eight .30 Browing machine guns distributed in one quadruple turret at the tail and two double turrets at the dorsal and nose position. These armaments has very poor damage output against any targets and is practically useless beyond 800 meters range.
+Despite its size and payload, the Lancaster has a disproportionally small defensive armaments consists of eight .30 Browing machine guns distributed in one quadruple turret at the tail and two double turrets at the dorsal and nose position. These armaments has very poor damage output against any targets and is practically useless beyond 800 metres range.
-However, against some enemies (such as radial engine fighters), these small machine guns can be surprisingly deadly against those who underestimate it, as the guns has good accuracy at close range and relatively good rate of fire, along with the fact that six out of eight guns can be aimed towards the chasing enemy at the rear. With careful aiming at their engine, the guns were capable of knocking it out or setting them on fire providing that enough shots were hit, potentially netting some kill.
+On the other hand, the Lanc's limited defensive armaments and coverage can be easily bypassed by simply attacking from anywhere but the tail, leaving the plane with little to no way to fight back. In addition, the gunners and ammo feeding mechanisms of the Lancaster is practically exposed to enemy fire, meaning that it has significant chance of getting knocked out.
 == Usage in battles ==
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 Despite its size and payload, the Lancaster has a dispropotionally small defensive armaments consists of eight .30 Browing machine guns distributed in one quadruple turret at the tail and two double turrets at the dorsal and nose position. These armaments has very poor damage output against any targets and is practically useless beyond 800 meters range.
-However, against some enemies (such as radial engine fighters), these small machine guns can be surprisingly deadly against those who underestimate it, as the guns has good accuracy at close range and relatively good rate of fire, along with the fact that six out of eight guns can be aimed towards the chasing enemy at the rear. With careful aiming at their engine, the guns were capable of knocking it out or setting them on fire, potentially netting some kill.
+However, against some enemies (such as radial engine fighters), these small machine guns can be surprisingly deadly against those who underestimate it, as the guns has good accuracy at close range and relatively good rate of fire, along with the fact that six out of eight guns can be aimed towards the chasing enemy at the rear. With careful aiming at their engine, the guns were capable of knocking it out or setting them on fire providing that enough shots were hit, potentially netting some kill.
-On the other hand, the Lanc's limited defensive armaments and coverage can be easily bypassed by simply attacking from anywhere but the tail, leaving the plane with little to way to fight back. In addition, the gunners and ammo feeding mechanisms of the Lancaster is practically exposed to enemy fire, meaning that it has significant chance of getting knocked out.
+On the other hand, the Lanc's limited defensive armaments and coverage can be easily bypassed by simply attacking from anywhere but the tail, leaving the plane with little to no way to fight back. In addition, the gunners and ammo feeding mechanisms of the Lancaster is practically exposed to enemy fire, meaning that it has significant chance of getting knocked out.
 == Usage in battles ==
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 ;Skins
 * [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicle=lancaster_mk1 Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]
 == See also ==
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 * ''reference to the series of the aircraft;''
 * ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.''

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 * 4 x 7.7 mm Browning machine guns, tail turret (2,500 rpg = 10,000 total)
 == Usage in battles ==
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 * Powerful Merlin engines providing good performance
 * Excellent handling and manoeuvrability
-* Has a total of 4 x 7.7 mm MG facing upper rear area which can be lethal to some targets with careful aiming
+* 6 x 7.7 mm MG facing upper rear area which can be lethal to some targets with careful aiming
 * 4 engines means that it can maintain flying ability despite damage to some engines
 * H-tail means that if one rudder is shot off, the other one still works
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 * Very low durability
 * Is a big and slow target
-* No armour plates protecting gunners
+* No armour plates protecting gunners and ammo feeding mechanisms
 * Pathetic defensive armament due to their small calibre and bad damage. Cannot effectively hurt heavily armoured interceptors such as Me 410.
 * No turret coverage for the belly

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-{{main|G.P. Mk.IV (250 lb)|G.P. Mk.IV (500 lb)|G.P. Mk.I (1,000 lb)|M.C. Mk.I (1,000 lb)}}
+{{main|G.P. Mk.IV (250 lb)|G.P. Mk.IV (500 lb)|M.C. Mk.I (250 lb)|M.C. Mk.I (500 lb)|M.C. Mk.I (1,000 lb)}}
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 The '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' can be outfitted with the following ordnance:
-* 14 x 250 lb G.P. Mk.IV bombs (3,500 lb total)
+* 14 x 250 lb M.C. Mk.I bombs (3,500 lb total)
-* 14 x 500 lb G.P. Mk.IV bombs (7,000 lb total)
+* 14 x 500 lb M.C. Mk.I bombs (7,000 lb total)
-* 6 x 500 lb G.P. Mk.IV bombs + 8 x 250 lb G.P. Mk.IV bombs (5,000 lb total)
+* 6 x 500 lb M.C. Mk.I bombs + 8 x 250 lb M.C. Mk.I bombs (5,000 lb total)
 * 14 x 1,000 lb M.C. Mk.I bombs (14,000 lb total)
-* 1 x 1,000 lb G.P. Mk.I bomb + 6 x 500 lb G.P. Mk.IV bombs + 2 x 250 lb G.P. Mk.IV bombs (4,500 lb total)
+* 1 x 1,000 lb M.C. Mk.I bomb + 6 x 500 lb M.C. Mk.I bombs + 2 x 250 lb M.C. Mk.I bombs (4,500 lb total)
-* 6 x 1,000 lb G.P. Mk.I bombs + 3 x 250 lb G.P. Mk.IV bombs (6,750 lb total)
+* 6 x 1,000 lb M.C. Mk.I bombs + 3 x 250 lb M.C. Mk.I bombs (6,750 lb total)
 * 1 x 4,000 lb H.C. Mk.II bomb (4,000 lb total)
 * 1 x 4,000 lb H.C. Mk.II bomb + 6 x 1,000 lb M.C. Mk.I bombs + 2 x 250 lb G.P. Mk.IV bombs (10,500 lb total)
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-The Avro Lancasters is a long-range heavy bomber built and designed by A.V. Roe and Company (or Avro). It was developed as an "upgrade" from the Avro Manchester which was disliked by crews for its difficulty to fly and underpowered engines.
+The Avro Lancaster is a long-range heavy bomber built and designed by A.V. Roe and Company (or Avro). It was developed as an "upgrade" from the Avro Manchester which was disliked by crews for its difficulty to fly and underpowered engines.
 The Lancaster was designed by Roy Chadwick and first flew on 9th January 1941; entering service in 1942. It was produced by Avro, Armstrong Whitworth, Austin Motors, Metropolitan-Vickers, Vickers Armstrong and Victory Aircraft (for the RCAF)

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 * 6 x 1,000 lb G.P. Mk.I bombs + 3 x 250 lb G.P. Mk.IV bombs (6,750 lb total)
 * 1 x 4,000 lb H.C. Mk.II bomb (4,000 lb total)
 * 1 x 4,000 lb H.C. Mk.II bomb + 6 x 1,000 lb M.C. Mk.I bombs + 2 x 250 lb G.P. Mk.IV bombs (10,500 lb total)
 * 1 x 8,000 lb H.C. Mk.II bomb (8,000 lb total)
 * 1 x 12,000 lb H.C Mk.I bomb (12,000 lb total)
-Perhaps the most famous quality of the Lancaster is its huge payload. Though the stock payload of 14 x 500 lb bombs are quite mediocre, the Lanc only requires the "AUBC No.1 Mark II" modification to unlock its most efficient payload; 14 x M.C. 1,000 lb bombs with roughly 6,600 kg of total payload. These massive payload can easily take out two bases even in uptier and is effective against columns of vehicle and stationary targets.
+Perhaps the most famous quality of the Lancaster is its huge payload. Though the stock payload of 14 x 500 lb bombs are quite mediocre, the Lanc only requires the "AUBC No.1 Mark II" modification to unlock its most efficient payload; 14 x M.C. 1,000 lb bombs with roughly 6,600 kg of total payload. This massive payload can easily take out two bases even in uptiers and is effective against columns of vehicle and stationary targets.
-In addition, the Lancaster also has an access to the massive "Blockbuster" bombs with devastating explosive power. The 12,000 lb version in particular dethroned the infamous FAB-5000 bomb as the most powerful bomb in the game. With 6,300 kg of TNT equivalent, the bomb can easily destroy a group of vehicles in ground battles or sink a battleship in a single hit in naval battles.
+In addition, the Lancaster also has access to the massive "Blockbuster" bombs with devastating explosive power. The 12,000 lb version in particular dethrones the infamous FAB-5000 bomb as the most powerful bomb in the game. With 6,300 kg of TNT equivalent, the bomb can easily destroy a group of vehicles in ground battles or sink a battleship in a single hit in naval battles.
 === Defensive armament ===