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{{Specs-Card|code=do_217m_1}}
 
 
{{About
 
{{About
 
| about = German bomber '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
 
| about = German bomber '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
 
| usage = other versions
 
| usage = other versions
 
| link = Do 217 (Family)
 
| link = Do 217 (Family)
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{{Specs-Card
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|code=do_217m_1
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|images={{Specs-Card-Image|GarageImage_{{PAGENAME}}.jpg}}
 
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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
 
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[[File:GarageImage_{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|420px|thumb|left]]
 
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The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a rank {{Specs|rank}} German bomber {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update 1.29]].
 
The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a rank {{Specs|rank}} German bomber {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update 1.29]].
  
 
== General info ==
 
== General info ==
 
=== Flight performance ===
 
=== Flight performance ===
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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.''
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{{Specs-Avia-Flight}}
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|-
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! rowspan="2" | Characteristics
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! colspan="8" | Characteristics
 
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! colspan="8" | ''Stock''
 
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! colspan="2" | Max Speed<br>(km/h at 5,700 m)
 
! colspan="2" | Max Speed<br>(km/h at 5,700 m)
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! rowspan="2" | Max altitude<br>(meters)
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! rowspan="2" | Max altitude<br>(metres)
 
! colspan="2" | Turn time<br>(seconds)
 
! colspan="2" | Turn time<br>(seconds)
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! colspan="2" | Rate of climb<br>(meters/second)
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! colspan="2" | Rate of climb<br>(metres/second)
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! rowspan="2" | Take-off run<br>(meters)
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! rowspan="2" | Take-off run<br>(metres)
 
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! AB !! RB !! AB !! RB !! AB !! RB
 
! AB !! RB !! AB !! RB !! AB !! RB
 
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| 533 || 520 || {{Specs|ceiling}} || 31.2 || 32.3 || 7.8 || 7.8 || 800
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! Stock
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| 533 || 520 || rowspan="2" | {{Specs|ceiling}} || 31.2 || 32.3 || 7.8 || 7.8 || rowspan="2" | 800
 
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! colspan="8" | ''Upgraded''
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! Upgraded
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| 588 || 560 || 28.8 || 30.0 || 12.7 || 10.0
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! colspan="2" | Max Speed<br>(km/h at 5,700 m)
 
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! rowspan="2" | Max altitude<br>(meters)
 
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! colspan="2" | Turn time<br>(seconds)
 
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! colspan="2" | Rate of climb<br>(meters/second)
 
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! rowspan="2" | Take-off run<br>(meters)
 
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! AB !! RB !! AB !! RB !! AB !! RB
 
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| 588 || 560 || {{Specs|ceiling}} || 28.8 || 30.0 || 12.7 || 10 || 800
 
 
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|}
  
 
==== Details ====
 
==== Details ====
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! colspan="5" | Features
 
! colspan="5" | Features
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! colspan="5" | Limits
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! colspan="7" | Limits
 
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! rowspan="2" | Wing-break speed<br>(km/h)
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! rowspan="2" | Wings (km/h)
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! rowspan="2" | Gear limit<br>(km/h)
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! rowspan="2" | Gear (km/h)
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! rowspan="2" | Combat flaps<br>(km/h)
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! colspan="3" | Flaps (km/h)
 
! colspan="2" | Max Static G
 
! colspan="2" | Max Static G
 
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! + !! -
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! Combat !! Take-off !! Landing !! + !! -
 
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| {{Specs|destruction|constructions}} || {{Specs|destruction|chassis}} || 380 || ~8 || ~6
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| {{Specs|destruction|body}} || {{Specs|destruction|gear}} || N/A || 351 || 270 || ~9 || ~7
 
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
 
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! colspan="4" | Optimal velocities
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! colspan="4" | Optimal velocities (km/h)
 
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! Ailerons<br>(km/h)
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! Ailerons !! Rudder !! Elevators !! Radiator
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! Rudder<br>(km/h)
 
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! Elevators<br>(km/h)
 
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! Radiator<br>(km/h)
 
 
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| < 290 || < 360 || < 360 || > 311
 
| < 290 || < 360 || < 360 || > 311
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
 
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! colspan="3" | Compressor (RB/SB)
 
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! colspan="3" | Setting 1
 
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! Optimal altitude
 
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! 100% Engine power
 
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! WEP Engine power
 
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| 5,300 m || 1,510 hp || 1,665 hp
 
 
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|}
  
 
=== Survivability and armour ===
 
=== Survivability and armour ===
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{{Specs-Avia-Armour}}
 
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* 8.5 mm Steel plates behind the pilot.
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* 8.5 mm Steel plates behind the pilot
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* 8.5 mm Steel plates in front of dorsal gunner.
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* 8.5 mm Steel plates in front of the dorsal gunner
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* 5 mm Steel plate under ventral gunner.
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* 5 mm Steel plate under ventral gunner
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* 8.5 mm Steel plate in front of ventral gunner.
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* 8.5 mm Steel plate in front of the ventral gunner
 
* 8.5 mm steel on top of engines
 
* 8.5 mm steel on top of engines
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=== Modifications and economy ===
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{{Specs-Economy}}
  
 
== Armaments ==
 
== Armaments ==
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{{Specs-Avia-Armaments}}
 
=== Suspended armament ===
 
=== Suspended armament ===
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{{Specs-Avia-Suspended}}
 
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{{main|SC50JA (50 kg)|SC250JA (250 kg)|SC500K (500 kg)|SC1000L2 (1,000 kg)|F5W}}
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{{main|SC50JA (50 kg)|SC250JA (250 kg)|SC500K (500 kg)|SC1000L2 (1,000 kg)}}
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{{main|Flam C 250 incendiary|Flam C 500 incendiary|F5W}}
  
 
The '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' can be outfitted with the following ordnance:
 
The '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' can be outfitted with the following ordnance:
  
 
* 4 x 250 kg SC250JA bombs (1,000 kg total)
 
* 4 x 250 kg SC250JA bombs (1,000 kg total)
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* 26 x 50 kg SC50JA bombs (1,300 kg total)
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* 28 x 50 kg SC50JA bombs (1,400 kg total)
 
* 8 x 250 kg SC250JA bombs (2,000 kg total)
 
* 8 x 250 kg SC250JA bombs (2,000 kg total)
 
* 2 x 500 kg SC500K bombs + 2 x 250 kg SC250JA bombs (1,500 kg total)
 
* 2 x 500 kg SC500K bombs + 2 x 250 kg SC250JA bombs (1,500 kg total)
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* 2 x 1,000 kg SC1000L2 bombs (2,000 kg total)
 
* 2 x 1,000 kg SC1000L2 bombs (2,000 kg total)
 
* 4 x 1,000 kg SC1000L2 bombs (4,000 kg total)
 
* 4 x 1,000 kg SC1000L2 bombs (4,000 kg total)
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* 4 x Flam C 250 incendiary bombs
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* 8 x Flam C 250 incendiary bombs
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* 4 x Flam C 500 incendiary bombs
 
* 2 x F5W torpedoes
 
* 2 x F5W torpedoes
  
 
=== Defensive armament ===
 
=== Defensive armament ===
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{{Specs-Avia-Defensive}}
 
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{{main|MG 131 (13 mm)|MG 81 (7.92 mm)}}
 
{{main|MG 131 (13 mm)|MG 81 (7.92 mm)}}
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The '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is defended by:
 
The '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is defended by:
  
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* 1 x 13 mm MG 131 machine gun, nose turret (1,000 rpg)
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* 1 x 13 mm MG 131 machine gun, nose turret (500 rpg)
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* 1 x 13 mm MG 131 machine gun, dorsal turret (500 rpg)
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* 1 x 13 mm MG 131 machine gun, dorsal turret (1,000 rpg)
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* 1 x 13 mm MG 131 machine gun, ventral turret (1,000 rpg)
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* 1 x 13 mm MG 131 machine gun, ventral turret (500 rpg)
 
* 1 x 7.92 mm MG 81 machine gun, 2 x front beam turret (750 rpg)
 
* 1 x 7.92 mm MG 81 machine gun, 2 x front beam turret (750 rpg)
  
 
== Usage in battles ==
 
== Usage in battles ==
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In October 1945 British Captain Eric Brown undertook full handling trials with a Do 217 M-1 WNr 56158 at RAF Farnborough. He recalled a distinctly "underwhelming" experience. Brown recalled that he took off with full power of some 2,700 rpm and the lightly loaded Do 217M left the runway at 160 km/h (99 mph). Brown held a shallow climb, waiting to reach 200 km/h (120 mph) before retracting the undercarriage. Brown timed the time it took to retract, which was between 30 and 40 seconds. At 150 m (490 ft) he reduced power to 2,500 rpm and raised the flaps at about 230 km/h (140 mph). With the flaps up a climbing speed of 230 km/h (140 mph) was established giving a rate of "very moderate proportions".
 
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While in cruising mode, Brown took the Dornier to 5,500 m (18,000 ft) and with the tail at +2 degrees angle of incidence, gave it a top speed of 523 km/h (325 mph), true air speed. Brown stated the aircraft was very stable about all three axes, and the controls were well harmonised and effective, and not unduly heavy for bomber operations. At the other end of the speed range, stall occurred at 154 km/h (96 mph), and was characterised by a gentle nose-down pitch. At this stage Brown tried the Dornier's single-engine performance and this "proved decidedly unimpressive". It underlined that the aircraft was underpowered. Above 1,500 m (4,900 ft), height could not be maintained at 2,300 rpm and its ceiling was barely 7,600 m (24,900 ft). Brown reverted to "normal power", and decided to "chance his arm" (risk) on a dive-bombing procedure in what he described as a "ponderous aeroplane". Brown made a straight dive to 700 km/h (430 mph), the maximum permitted below 3,000 m (9,800 ft) in order to get a feel for the controls, which began to stiffen considerably. The engine revolutions built to 2,750 during the dive causing a lot of noise. Brown pulled the aircraft out of its dive though it called for a "good full-blooded heave" on the control column.
 
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After climbing to regain the height lost, Brown decided to test the tail-mounted, clamshell-like dive brake and automatic pull-out equipment. The Dornier entered the dive automatically when the dive switch was selected and soon attained its "braked condition", limiting the airspeed to 575 km/h (357 mph). The pull-out was initiated by hitting the bomb-release stick on the control column or selecting the "level flight" switch, which also retracted the dive-brake. Brown stated, "All very sedate and totally unimpressive as a precision weapon".
 
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The landing procedure began at an air speed of 250 km/h (160 mph). The oil coolers were opened fully and the radiator hatches opened to 30 degrees. At 240 km/h (150 mph) the undercarriage was lowered, which again took 30 to 40 seconds. Flaps were lowered to their start position at 235 km/h (146 mph) and fully deployed at 220 km/h (140 mph). The tail had to be trimmed to 4 degrees incidence (tail heavy). Final approach was made at 200 km/h (120 mph) and touchdown occurred at about 160 km/h (99 mph). Landing weight was roughly 13,000 kg (29,000 lb). The control column had to be held back beyond the neutral to keep the tail wheel locked until the landing run was complete.
 
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Do_217#cite_note-German_military_archive,_Freiburg-2
 
  
 
=== Manual Engine Control ===
 
=== Manual Engine Control ===
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| Not controllable || Controllable<br>Auto control available || Not controllable<br>Not auto controlled || Controllable<br>Not auto controlled || Combined || Not controllable<br>1 gear || Not controllable
 
| Not controllable || Controllable<br>Auto control available || Not controllable<br>Not auto controlled || Controllable<br>Not auto controlled || Combined || Not controllable<br>1 gear || Not controllable
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=== Modules ===
 
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| I
 
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| Fuselage repair
 
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| Radiator
 
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| Turret 7 mm
 
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| ITC PVC I
 
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| II
 
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| Compressor
 
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| Airframe
 
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| New 7 mm MGs (turret)
 
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| ITC PVC II
 
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| III
 
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| Wings repair
 
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| Engine
 
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| Turret 13 mm
 
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| ETC 2000/XII
 
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| IV
 
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| Engine injection
 
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| Cover
 
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| New 13 mm MGs (turret)
 
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* Airframe can withstand high speed
 
* Airframe can withstand high speed
 
* Can be equipped with torpedoes
 
* Can be equipped with torpedoes
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* Can fly with one engine, assuming the rest of the plane is undamaged
  
 
'''Cons:'''
 
'''Cons:'''
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== History ==
 
== History ==
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[[File:DO 217 M.jpg|thumb|The Do 217M was one of the latest captured German Aircraft extensively tested at the Air Forces Scientific Research institute. (Source: airpages.ru)]]
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''The M-1 night bomber version, equivalent to Do 217 K-1 but with DB603A engines, carried similar armament and bomb load to K-1. Daimler-Benz DB 601s were also used on some variants to keep the airframes in service (the shortage of powerplants made this difficult). Mostly though, DB603A-1 engines were used on the M-1, its only major difference with the K series. The M-1/Umrüst-Bausätze 1 (abbreviated "/U1") incorporated the M defensive armament and the lattice air brake of the E-2. The MG 81Z and 131 were to be replaced by the MG 151 in the A-stand position. Problems with the air brakes prevented serial conversions. By November 1943 the M-1/U1 had matured into a night bomber with anti-glare protection in the cabin. The machine was equipped with a MG 131 in the nose, two MG 81Js in the cabin windows and two MG 131s in the B and C stand. Some M-1/U2s were fitted for deployment of German PGM guided ordnance with the required FuG 203d Kehl IV guidance transmitter, and rear-looking FuG 216 Neptun R radar equipment. 438 M-1 were built by Dornier in Munich and Wismar.''
 
  
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Do_217#cite_note-German_military_archive,_Freiburg-2
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=== In-game description ===
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{{Navigation-First-Simple-Line}}
 
Dornier Do 217 M-1 medium twin-engine bomber
 
Dornier Do 217 M-1 medium twin-engine bomber
  
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In February 1944, the British managed to get one Do 217 M-1 with minimum damage. On the night of February 23, a bomber from the KG 2 squadron had been damaged by anti-aircraft gun fire over London. The crew immediately abandoned the machine, but the aircraft flew safely about 100 more kilometres and, by itself, landed on its belly near Cambridge.
 
In February 1944, the British managed to get one Do 217 M-1 with minimum damage. On the night of February 23, a bomber from the KG 2 squadron had been damaged by anti-aircraft gun fire over London. The crew immediately abandoned the machine, but the aircraft flew safely about 100 more kilometres and, by itself, landed on its belly near Cambridge.
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{{Navigation-End}}
  
 
== Media ==
 
== Media ==
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[[File:DO217M1-SIDE.png|center|thumb|Do 217 M-1 In FlightSource: War Thunder 1.93]]
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<gallery mode="packed-hover" heights="200">
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File:DO217M1-SIDE.png|<small>Do 217 M-1 in-game on a runway</small>
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</gallery>
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
 
''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
 
''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
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* ''reference to the series of the aircraft;''
 
* ''reference to the series of the aircraft;''
 
* ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.''
 
* ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.''
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
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Aviation of World War II - http://www.airpages.ru/eng/lw/do217m.shtml  
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* [https://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/436318-do217m/ Official data sheet - more details about the performance]
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* [http://www.airpages.ru/eng/lw/do217m.shtml [AirPages<nowiki>.ru]</nowiki> Do-217M]
  
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Aviation Safety Network - https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/51052
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{{AirManufacturer Dornier}}
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{{Germany bombers}}

Latest revision as of 08:08, 9 March 2023

This page is about the German bomber Do 217 M-1. For other versions, see Do 217 (Family).
Do 217 M-1
do_217m_1.png
GarageImage Do 217 M-1.jpg
Do 217 M-1
Germany flag.png Germany
IV Rank
Battle rating:
AB RB SB
5.3 4.7 5.7
Class:
Research:27 000 Specs-Card-Exp.png
Purchase:185 000 Specs-Card-Lion.png
Show in game

Description

The Do 217 M-1 is a rank IV German bomber with a battle rating of 5.3 (AB), 4.7 (RB), and 5.7 (SB). It was introduced in Update 1.29.

General info

Flight performance

Max speed
at 5 700 m560 km/h
Turn time30 s
Max altitude10 000 m
Engine2 х Daimler-Benz DB-603A
TypeInline
Cooling systemWater
Take-off weight17 t
Characteristics Max Speed
(km/h at 5,700 m) 		Max altitude
(metres) 		Turn time
(seconds) 		Rate of climb
(metres/second) 		Take-off run
(metres)
AB RB AB RB AB RB
Stock 533 520 10000 31.2 32.3 7.8 7.8 800
Upgraded 588 560 28.8 30.0 12.7 10.0

Details

Features
Combat flaps Take-off flaps Landing flaps Air brakes Arrestor gear
X ✓ ✓ X X
Limits
Wings (km/h) Gear (km/h) Flaps (km/h) Max Static G
Combat Take-off Landing + -
0 300 N/A 351 270 ~9 ~7
Optimal velocities (km/h)
Ailerons Rudder Elevators Radiator
< 290 < 360 < 360 > 311

Survivability and armour

Crew5 people
Speed of destruction
Structural0 km/h
Gear300 km/h
  • 8.5 mm Steel plates behind the pilot
  • 8.5 mm Steel plates in front of the dorsal gunner
  • 5 mm Steel plate under ventral gunner
  • 8.5 mm Steel plate in front of the ventral gunner
  • 8.5 mm steel on top of engines

Modifications and economy

Repair costBasic → Reference
AB2 438 → 3 086 Sl icon.png
RB6 609 → 8 366 Sl icon.png
SB13 086 → 16 566 Sl icon.png
Total cost of modifications46 900 Rp icon.png
85 600 Sl icon.png
Talisman cost1 500 Ge icon.png
Crew training52 000 Sl icon.png
Experts185 000 Sl icon.png
Aces940 Ge icon.png
Research Aces480 000 Rp icon.png
Reward for battleAB / RB / SB
110 / 270 / 500 % Sl icon.png
166 / 166 / 166 % Rp icon.png
Modifications
Flight performance Survivability Weaponry
Mods aerodinamic fuse.png
Fuselage repair
Research:
1 900 Rp icon.png
Cost:
3 500 Sl icon.png
160 Ge icon.png
Mods radiator.png
Radiator
Research:
1 900 Rp icon.png
Cost:
3 500 Sl icon.png
160 Ge icon.png
Mods compressor.png
Compressor
Research:
2 100 Rp icon.png
Cost:
3 800 Sl icon.png
180 Ge icon.png
Mods aerodinamic wing.png
Wings repair
Research:
2 900 Rp icon.png
Cost:
5 300 Sl icon.png
250 Ge icon.png
Mods new engine.png
Engine
Research:
2 900 Rp icon.png
Cost:
5 300 Sl icon.png
250 Ge icon.png
Mods metanol.png
Engine injection
Research:
5 100 Rp icon.png
Cost:
9 300 Sl icon.png
430 Ge icon.png
Mods armor frame.png
Airframe
Research:
2 100 Rp icon.png
Cost:
3 800 Sl icon.png
180 Ge icon.png
Mods armor cover.png
Cover
Research:
5 100 Rp icon.png
Cost:
9 300 Sl icon.png
430 Ge icon.png
Mods ammo.png
mg_turret_belt_pack
Research:
1 900 Rp icon.png
Cost:
3 500 Sl icon.png
160 Ge icon.png
Mod arrow 0.png
Mods pilon bomb.png
ITC PVC I
Research:
1 900 Rp icon.png
Cost:
3 500 Sl icon.png
160 Ge icon.png
Mod arrow 0.png
Mods napalm fire bomb.png
Flamm C 250
Research:
1 900 Rp icon.png
Cost:
3 500 Sl icon.png
160 Ge icon.png
Mod arrow 0.png
Mods turret gun.png
mg81_turret_new_gun
Research:
2 100 Rp icon.png
Cost:
3 800 Sl icon.png
180 Ge icon.png
Mods pilon bomb.png
ITC PVC II
Research:
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Flamm C 500
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SC 2000
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Armaments

Suspended armament

List of setups (11)
Setup 14 x 250 kg SC250JA bomb
Setup 228 x 50 kg SC50JA bomb
Setup 38 x 250 kg SC250JA bomb
Setup 42 x 500 kg SC500K bomb
2 x 250 kg SC250JA bomb
Setup 54 x 500 kg SC500K bomb
Setup 62 x 1000 kg SC1000L2 bomb
Setup 74 x 1000 kg SC1000L2 bomb
Setup 82 x F5W torpedo
Setup 94 x Flam C 250 incendiary bomb
Setup 104 x Flam C 500 incendiary bomb
Setup 118 x Flam C 250 incendiary bomb
Main articles: SC50JA (50 kg), SC250JA (250 kg), SC500K (500 kg), SC1000L2 (1,000 kg)
Main articles: Flam C 250 incendiary, Flam C 500 incendiary, F5W

The Do 217 M-1 can be outfitted with the following ordnance:

  • 4 x 250 kg SC250JA bombs (1,000 kg total)
  • 28 x 50 kg SC50JA bombs (1,400 kg total)
  • 8 x 250 kg SC250JA bombs (2,000 kg total)
  • 2 x 500 kg SC500K bombs + 2 x 250 kg SC250JA bombs (1,500 kg total)
  • 4 x 500 kg SC500K bombs (2,000 kg total)
  • 2 x 1,000 kg SC1000L2 bombs (2,000 kg total)
  • 4 x 1,000 kg SC1000L2 bombs (4,000 kg total)
  • 4 x Flam C 250 incendiary bombs
  • 8 x Flam C 250 incendiary bombs
  • 4 x Flam C 500 incendiary bombs
  • 2 x F5W torpedoes

Defensive armament

2 х Turret13 mm MG 131 machine gun
Ammunition500 rounds
Fire rate900 shots/min
Turret13 mm MG 131 machine gun
Ammunition1000 rounds
Fire rate900 shots/min
2 х Turret7.92 mm MG 81 machine gun
Ammunition750 rounds
Fire rate1597 shots/min
Main articles: MG 131 (13 mm), MG 81 (7.92 mm)

The Do 217 M-1 is defended by:

  • 1 x 13 mm MG 131 machine gun, nose turret (500 rpg)
  • 1 x 13 mm MG 131 machine gun, dorsal turret (1,000 rpg)
  • 1 x 13 mm MG 131 machine gun, ventral turret (500 rpg)
  • 1 x 7.92 mm MG 81 machine gun, 2 x front beam turret (750 rpg)

Usage in battles

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Manual Engine Control

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Mixer Pitch Radiator Supercharger Turbocharger
Oil Water Type
Not controllable Controllable
Auto control available 		Not controllable
Not auto controlled 		Controllable
Not auto controlled 		Combined Not controllable
1 gear 		Not controllable

Pros and cons

Pros:

  • Good payload (up to 4 x 1,000 kg)
  • Quite fast and manoeuvrable for a bomber
  • Can perform as both a level and dive bomber
  • Very easy to fly and to land
  • One of the bombers that can demolish a base (AB) or all three bases (RB/SB) with a single run
  • Can be very difficult to catch once it reaches a high altitude
  • Fast, with room to go even faster with upgrades installed and empty payload
  • Airframe can withstand high speed
  • Can be equipped with torpedoes
  • Can fly with one engine, assuming the rest of the plane is undamaged

Cons:

  • Poor defensive armament
  • Very challenging to fly with only stock upgrades, with poor flight performance and disappointing payload
  • Not very durable
  • Carrying the 4,000 kg payload will add external pylons which will increase drag and reduce speed, flight performance, and climb rate
  • Two of the SC1000L2s (externally-carried ones) drop at the same time in RB and SB
  • Cramped cockpit and poor pilot protection
  • Tail design creates a blind spot to the already underwhelming defensive armaments

History


Archive of the in-game description

Dornier Do 217 M-1 medium twin-engine bomber

The creation of the next version of the Do 217 bomber was caused by a shortage of BMW 801 air-cooled engines. These engines were urgently needed for Fw 190A fighters and Ju 88G heavy night fighters.

In order to avoid interruptions in the production of Do 217K bombers, the Dornier Flugzeugwerke designers quickly redesigned the Do 217 K-1 to enable the installation of DB 603 liquid-cooled engines. The DB 603A twelve-cylinder, in-line, liquid-cooled engine had a takeoff power of 1,750 hp and was equipped with a 3.72 m diameter four-bladed propeller.

Due to the new engine's higher fuel consumption, the Do 217M's flight range was reduced by about 150 km. Nevertheless, other flight characteristics of the new variant proved to be better than those of the Do 217K; for example, the plane's maximum flight speed was increased. However, even without its combat load, the aircraft could fly with one working engine only if it was descending.

The Do 217M's armament and bomb capacity were the same as the Do 217K's, but a large-calibre 13 mm Rheinmetall-Borsig MG 131 machine gun was installed in the nose-mounted turret instead of a twin 7,92 mm Mauser MG 81Z machine gun.

Some of the production machines were equipped with FuG 216 Neptun signals intelligence systems that operated in the rear hemisphere and were used to detect radar emissions from British night fighters. The FuG 216 device's antennas were mounted on the wing surfaces.

Aircraft with DB 603A and BMW 801D engines were produced simultaneously from 1942-43. The Do 217 M-1's production was discontinued in September 1943. A total of 443 Do 217 M-1 bombers were built. In 1944, 37 machines of the M-1 variant were converted to Do 217 M-11 guided weapon carriers.

In February 1944, the British managed to get one Do 217 M-1 with minimum damage. On the night of February 23, a bomber from the KG 2 squadron had been damaged by anti-aircraft gun fire over London. The crew immediately abandoned the machine, but the aircraft flew safely about 100 more kilometres and, by itself, landed on its belly near Cambridge.


Media

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See also

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Dornier Aircraft Corporation (Dornier Flugzeugwerke)
Fighters  Do 17 Z-7
  Do 217 J-1 · Do 217 J-2 · Do 217 N-1 · Do 217 N-2
  Do 335 A-0 · Do 335 A-1 · Do 335 B-2
Bombers  Do 17 E-1 · Do 17 Z-2
  Do 217 E-2 · Do 217 E-4 · Do 217 K-1 · Do 217 M-1
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Germany bombers
Arado  Ar 196 A-3
Blohm & Voss  BV 138 C-1 · BV 238
Dornier  Do 17 E-1 · Do 17 Z-2 · Do 217 E-2 · Do 217 E-4 · Do 217 K-1 · Do 217 M-1
Focke-Wulf  Fw 189 A-1 · Fw 200 C-1
Henschel  Hs 123 A-1
Heinkel  He 111 H-3 · He 111 H-6 · He 111 H-16 · He 115 C-1 · He 177 A-3 · He 177 A-5
Junkers  Ju 87 B-2 · Ju 87 R-2 · Ju 87 R-2 Libya · Ju 87 D-3 · Ju 87 D-5 · Ju 88 A-1 · Ju 88 A-4 · Ju 188 A-2 · Ju 288 C
Messerschmitt  Me 264
Savoia-Marchetti  ▀S.M.79 serie 1 · ▀S.M.79 B · ▀S.M.79 serie 4 · ▀S.M.79 serie 8
  ▀S.M.79 AS · ▀S.M.79 bis/N · ▀S.M.79 bis/T.M
Trophies  ▀Wellington Mk Ic

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