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{{About
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| about = German bomber '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
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{{Specs-Card
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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
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The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a rank {{Specs|rank}} German bomber {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update 1.29]].
  
 
== General info ==
 
== General info ==
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=== Flight Performance ===
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=== Flight performance ===
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''Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Maximum speed, maneuverability, speed and allowable loads - these are the most important characteristics of the vehicle.''
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{{Specs-Avia-Flight}}
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="70%"
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! rowspan="2" | Characteristics
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! colspan="2" | Max Speed<br>(km/h at 5,100 m)
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! rowspan="2" | Max altitude<br>(metres)
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! colspan="2" | Turn time<br>(seconds)
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! colspan="2" | Rate of climb<br>(metres/second)
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! rowspan="2" | Take-off run<br>(metres)
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|-
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! AB !! RB !! AB !! RB !! AB !! RB
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|-
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! Stock
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| 464 || 448 || rowspan="2" | {{Specs|ceiling}} || 32.2 || 33.4 || 6.1 || 6.0 || rowspan="2" | 850
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|-
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! Upgraded
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| 500 || 482 || 29.9 || 31.0 || 10.2 || 8.0
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|-
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|}
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==== Details ====
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="50%"
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|-
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! colspan="5" | Features
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|-
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! Combat flaps !! Take-off flaps !! Landing flaps !! Air brakes !! Arrestor gear
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|-
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| X || ✓ || ✓ || X || X    <!-- ✓ -->
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|-
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|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="50%"
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|-
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! colspan="7" | Limits
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|-
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! rowspan="2" | Wings (km/h)
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! rowspan="2" | Gear (km/h)
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! colspan="3" | Flaps (km/h)
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! colspan="2" | Max Static G
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|-
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! Combat !! Take-off !! Landing !! + !! -
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|-
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| {{Specs|destruction|body}} || {{Specs|destruction|gear}} || N/A || 351 || 270 || ~7 || ~5
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|-
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|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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|-
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! colspan="4" | Optimal velocities (km/h)
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|-
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! Ailerons !! Rudder !! Elevators !! Radiator
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|-
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| < 290 || < 360 || < 360 || > 315
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|-
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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 - pilot's seat
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* 8.5 mm steel - around the dorsal gunner
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* 8.5 mm steel - aft of ventral gunner
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* 5 mm steel - below ventral gunner
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=== Modifications and economy ===
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{{Specs-Economy}}
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== Armaments ==
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{{Specs-Avia-Armaments}}
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=== Offensive armament ===
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{{Specs-Avia-Offensive}}
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{{main|MG 151 (20 mm)}}
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The '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is armed with:
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* 1 x 20 mm MG 151 cannon, chin-mounted (225 rpg)
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=== 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)}}
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{{main|PC500 (500 kg)|PC1000 (1,000 kg)|Flam C 250 incendiary|Flam C 500 incendiary}}
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The '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' can be outfitted with the following ordnance:
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* 4 x 250 kg SC250JA bombs (1,000 kg total)
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* 28 x 50 kg SC50JA bombs (1,400 kg total)
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* 8 x 250 kg SC250JA bombs (2,000 kg total)
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* 2 x 500 kg SC500K bombs + 2 x 250 kg SC250JA bombs (1,500 kg total)
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* 4 x 500 kg SC500K bombs (2,000 kg total)
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* 2 x 1,000 kg SC1000L2 bombs (2,000 kg total)
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* 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
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* 4 x 500 kg PC500 bombs (2,000 kg total)
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* 4 x 1,000 kg PC1000 bombs (4,000 kg total)
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=== Defensive armament ===
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{{Specs-Avia-Defensive}}
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{{main|MG FF/M (20 mm)|MG 131 (13 mm)|MG 15 (7.92 mm)}}
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The '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is defended by:
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* 1 x 20 mm MG FF/M cannon, nose turret (240 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 7.92 mm MG 15 machine gun, 2 x frontal beam turrets (525 rpg left + 400 rpg right)
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== Usage in battles ==
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== Weaponry ==
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The {{PAGENAME}} spawns at a significantly lower altitude than long-range bombers making it easier prey for fighter and attacker aircraft. Climbing to high altitude takes a long time which makes it difficult to avoid enemy fighters in the process. The high speed of the plane and high wing-break speed allows for more aggressive moves at the start of a match. Diving for enemy bases instead of climbing can be a surprisingly effective tactic, especially since many fighter pilots don't want to give up their altitude advantage to drop down and scrape the deck just to hunt a low flying bomber.
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=== Offensive weaponry ===
 
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''Describe the offensive weaponry of the aircraft, if any. Describe how effective the cannons and machine guns are in a battle, and also what belts or drums are better to use. If there is no offensive weaponry, delete this subsection.''
 
  
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=== Suspended weaponry ===
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The defensive armament is adequate to hold off a single fighter and the 20 mm cannons often cause critical hits forcing the attacker to wave off and retreat.
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''Describe the aircraft's suspended weapons: additional cannons under the wings, bombs, rockets and torpedoes. This section is especially important for bombers and attackers. If there is no suspended weaponry remove this subsection.''
 
  
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=== Defensive weaponry ===
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The plane can perform surprisingly tight elevator turns which can take an attacker by surprise and can give you the chance to use your offensive 20 mm cannon. Performing these manoeuvres at low altitude however, is not recommended as the aircraft loses a lot of speed when performing tight turns and has difficulty to regain the speed risking the {{PAGENAME}} of stalling.
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''Defensive weaponry with turret machine guns or cannons, crewed by gunners. Examine the number of gunners and what belts or drums are better to use. If defensive weaponry is not available remove this subsection.''
 
  
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== Usage in the battles ==
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=== Manual Engine Control ===
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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|-
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! colspan="7" | MEC elements
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|-
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! rowspan="2" | Mixer
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! rowspan="2" | Pitch
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! colspan="3" | Radiator
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! rowspan="2" | Supercharger
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! rowspan="2" | Turbocharger
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|-
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! Oil !! Water !! Type
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|-
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| Not controllable || Controllable<br>Not auto controlled || Not controllable<br>Not auto controlled || Controllable<br>Not auto controlled || Combined || Not controllable<br>2 gears || Not controllable
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|}
  
 
=== Pros and cons ===
 
=== Pros and cons ===
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'''Pros:'''
 
'''Pros:'''
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* Having an offensive 20 mm autocannon is really good
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* Good max speed and acceleration
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* Engines rarely overheat when upgraded
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* Can carry up to 4 x 1,000 kg bombs, which can be used to destroy 3 bases
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* Easy to land
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* Always WEP when you have upgraded the engine parts
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* Can compete with some bombers at high altitudes, so after the bombing runs, you can search for bombers and stop them
  
 
'''Cons:'''
 
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* Very loud engines
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* Flaps easily get damaged at +250 km/h. You will lose the landing flaps really easy
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* The gunners can easily be knocked out by the enemy fire
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* Oil leak and fuel leak for just a few shots (even with 12.7 mm bullets)
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* The plane gets uncontrollable at high speeds
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* Any damage to the central area of the plane body will cause loss of speed
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* Any damage to flaps makes the aircraft really hard to land
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* When stock, about 10s of WEP will cause overheating (may differ in altitudes)
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== History ==
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{{Navigation-Start|{{Annotation|Archive of the in-game description|An archive of the historical description of the vehicle that was presented in-game prior to Update 1.55 'Royal Armour'}}|expand=true}}
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{{Navigation-First-Simple-Line}}
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Dornier Do 217 E-4 medium twin-engine bomber
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Late 1941 saw the start of production of Do 217 E-4 variant bombers, which differed from the E-2 mainly in their new BMW 801C engines, with a takeoff power of 1,560 hp, and in their wings' reinforced leading edge, which could cut through the cables of barrage balloons. In addition, the fixed Mauser MG 151/15 cannon was removed, and a mobile 20 mm Oerlikon/Ikaria MG FF drum-fed cannon with a total 240-round magazine capacity was installed instead. This cannon earned a reputation as a more effective weapon against surface targets.
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Originally, all Do 217E planes were equipped with an umbrella-shaped dive brake located in the tail section and designed to reduce diving speed. However, since the brake was unreliable, every factory-produced machine was packaged with a removable tail cone fairing, placed in the bomb bay. After the aircraft reached the front lines, the mechanics would, as a rule, immediately remove the lattice umbrella and install the cone fairing instead.
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In this form, the Do 217E could only be used as a horizontal bomber. But since the dive brake control circuit remained in place, the possibility to convert it back to a dive bomber remained.
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Beginning with the Do 217 E-4 variant, no dive brake was installed on the aircraft at all, since the Luftwaffe command eventually rejected the idea of turning the Do 217E into a dive bomber.
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Initially, British cities and ships were top-priority targets for the Do 217Es. The KG 2 bomber squadron was given the task of striking cities, and the specially formed KG 40 was to carry out anti-ship missions. Both units were to be based on airfields in France and the Netherlands.
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The Do 217E's combat début over Great Britain took place in the middle of July 1941, when KG 2 and KG 40 aircraft bombed London targets and factories in Birmingham.
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In the spring of 1942, the Do 217Es of both squadrons participated in the so-called Baedeker Raids, a series of raids over provincial British cities with a large number of architectural monuments. This was a kind of revenge for the RAF's bombing of German cities.
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Clear or moonlit nights were usually chosen for the raids, and the crews planned to fly out towards the target at about one o'clock a.m. The smaller cities without strategic importance had poor air defence systems, which allowed the bomber crews to drop their bomb load from a height of about 3,000 m, with comparatively high accuracy for horizontal bombers.
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* [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicle=do_217e_4 Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]
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== See also ==
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* [https://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/436320-do217e-24/ Official data sheet - more details about the performance]
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{{AirManufacturer Dornier}}
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{{Germany bombers}}

Latest revision as of 22:24, 3 November 2023

Introducing Wiki 3.0
This page is about the German bomber Do 217 E-4. For other versions, see Do 217 (Family).
Do 217 E-4
do_217e_4.png
GarageImage Do 217 E-4.jpg
Do 217 E-4
Germany flag.png Germany
III Rank
Battle rating:
AB RB SB
5.0 4.7 4.3
Class:
Research:17 000 Specs-Card-Exp.png
Purchase:105 000 Specs-Card-Lion.png

Description

The Do 217 E-4 is a rank III German bomber with a battle rating of 5.0 (AB), 4.7 (RB), and 4.3 (SB). It was introduced in Update 1.29.

General info

Flight performance

Max speed
at 5 100 m482 km/h
Turn time31 s
Max altitude7 500 m
Engine2 х BMW 801 ML
TypeRadial
Cooling systemAir
Take-off weight17 t
Characteristics Max Speed
(km/h at 5,100 m) 		Max altitude
(metres) 		Turn time
(seconds) 		Rate of climb
(metres/second) 		Take-off run
(metres)
AB RB AB RB AB RB
Stock 464 448 7500 32.2 33.4 6.1 6.0 850
Upgraded 500 482 29.9 31.0 10.2 8.0

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 ~7 ~5
Optimal velocities (km/h)
Ailerons Rudder Elevators Radiator
< 290 < 360 < 360 > 315

Survivability and armour

Crew5 people
Speed of destruction
Structural0 km/h
Gear300 km/h
  • 8.5 mm steel - pilot's seat
  • 8.5 mm steel - around the dorsal gunner
  • 8.5 mm steel - aft of ventral gunner
  • 5 mm steel - below ventral gunner

Modifications and economy

Repair costBasic → Reference
AB1 184 → 1 542 Sl icon.png
RB3 082 → 4 015 Sl icon.png
SB5 067 → 6 602 Sl icon.png
Total cost of modifications29 600 Rp icon.png
58 200 Sl icon.png
Talisman cost1 200 Ge icon.png
Crew training30 000 Sl icon.png
Experts105 000 Sl icon.png
Aces590 Ge icon.png
Research Aces360 000 Rp icon.png
Reward for battleAB / RB / SB
80 / 200 / 350 % Sl icon.png
148 / 148 / 148 % Rp icon.png
Modifications
Flight performance Survivability Weaponry
Mods aerodinamic fuse.png
Fuselage repair
Research:
1 200 Rp icon.png
Cost:
2 400 Sl icon.png
155 Ge icon.png
Mods radiator.png
Radiator
Research:
1 200 Rp icon.png
Cost:
2 400 Sl icon.png
155 Ge icon.png
Mods compressor.png
Compressor
Research:
1 100 Rp icon.png
Cost:
2 200 Sl icon.png
145 Ge icon.png
Mods aerodinamic wing.png
Wings repair
Research:
1 500 Rp icon.png
Cost:
2 900 Sl icon.png
195 Ge icon.png
Mods new engine.png
Engine
Research:
1 500 Rp icon.png
Cost:
2 900 Sl icon.png
195 Ge icon.png
Mods metanol.png
Engine injection
Research:
1 900 Rp icon.png
Cost:
3 700 Sl icon.png
250 Ge icon.png
Mods armor frame.png
Airframe
Research:
1 100 Rp icon.png
Cost:
2 200 Sl icon.png
145 Ge icon.png
Mods armor cover.png
Cover
Research:
1 900 Rp icon.png
Cost:
3 700 Sl icon.png
250 Ge icon.png
Mods ammo.png
mg_turret_belt_pack
Research:
1 200 Rp icon.png
Cost:
2 400 Sl icon.png
155 Ge icon.png
Mod arrow 0.png
Mods ammo.png
mg131_turret_belt_pack
Research:
1 200 Rp icon.png
Cost:
2 400 Sl icon.png
155 Ge icon.png
Mod arrow 0.png
Mods napalm fire bomb.png
Flamm C 250
Research:
1 200 Rp icon.png
Cost:
2 400 Sl icon.png
155 Ge icon.png
Mod arrow 0.png
Mods turret gun.png
mg15_turret_new_gun
Research:
1 100 Rp icon.png
Cost:
2 200 Sl icon.png
145 Ge icon.png
Mods turret gun.png
mg131_turret_new_gun
Research:
1 100 Rp icon.png
Cost:
2 200 Sl icon.png
145 Ge icon.png
Mods pilon bomb.png
ITC PVC I
Research:
1 100 Rp icon.png
Cost:
2 200 Sl icon.png
145 Ge icon.png
Mod arrow 0.png
Mods napalm fire bomb.png
Flamm C 500
Research:
1 100 Rp icon.png
Cost:
2 200 Sl icon.png
145 Ge icon.png
Mods ammo.png
mgff_turret_belt_pack
Research:
1 500 Rp icon.png
Cost:
2 900 Sl icon.png
195 Ge icon.png
Mod arrow 0.png
Mods ammo.png
mg15120_belt_pack
Research:
1 500 Rp icon.png
Cost:
2 900 Sl icon.png
195 Ge icon.png
Mod arrow 0.png
Mods pilon bomb.png
ITC PVC II
Research:
1 500 Rp icon.png
Cost:
2 900 Sl icon.png
195 Ge icon.png
Mod arrow 0.png
Mods turret gun.png
mgff_turret_new_gun
Research:
1 900 Rp icon.png
Cost:
3 700 Sl icon.png
250 Ge icon.png
Mods weapon.png
mg15120_new_gun
Research:
1 900 Rp icon.png
Cost:
3 700 Sl icon.png
250 Ge icon.png
Mods pilon bomb.png
SC 2000
Research:
1 900 Rp icon.png
Cost:
3 700 Sl icon.png
250 Ge icon.png

Armaments

Offensive armament

Weapon 120 mm MG 151 cannon
Ammunition225 rounds
Fire rate700 shots/min
Main article: MG 151 (20 mm)

The Do 217 E-4 is armed with:

  • 1 x 20 mm MG 151 cannon, chin-mounted (225 rpg)

Suspended armament

List of setups (12)
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 84 x Flam C 250 incendiary bomb
Setup 94 x Flam C 500 incendiary bomb
Setup 108 x Flam C 250 incendiary bomb
Setup 114 x 500 kg PC500 armor-piercing bomb
Setup 124 x 1000 kg PC1000 armor-piercing bomb
Main articles: SC50JA (50 kg), SC250JA (250 kg), SC500K (500 kg), SC1000L2 (1,000 kg)
Main articles: PC500 (500 kg), PC1000 (1,000 kg), Flam C 250 incendiary, Flam C 500 incendiary

The Do 217 E-4 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
  • 4 x 500 kg PC500 bombs (2,000 kg total)
  • 4 x 1,000 kg PC1000 bombs (4,000 kg total)

Defensive armament

Turret20 mm MG FF/M cannon
Ammunition240 rounds
Fire rate560 shots/min
2 х Turret13 mm MG 131 machine gun
Ammunition1000 rounds
Fire rate900 shots/min
Turret7.92 mm MG 15 machine gun
Ammunition450 rounds
Fire rate1000 shots/min
Turret7.92 mm MG 15 machine gun
Ammunition525 rounds
Fire rate1000 shots/min
Main articles: MG FF/M (20 mm), MG 131 (13 mm), MG 15 (7.92 mm)

The Do 217 E-4 is defended by:

  • 1 x 20 mm MG FF/M cannon, nose turret (240 rpg)
  • 1 x 13 mm MG 131 machine gun, dorsal turret (1,000 rpg)
  • 1 x 13 mm MG 131 machine gun, ventral turret (1,000 rpg)
  • 1 x 7.92 mm MG 15 machine gun, 2 x frontal beam turrets (525 rpg left + 400 rpg right)

Usage in battles

The Do 217 E-4 spawns at a significantly lower altitude than long-range bombers making it easier prey for fighter and attacker aircraft. Climbing to high altitude takes a long time which makes it difficult to avoid enemy fighters in the process. The high speed of the plane and high wing-break speed allows for more aggressive moves at the start of a match. Diving for enemy bases instead of climbing can be a surprisingly effective tactic, especially since many fighter pilots don't want to give up their altitude advantage to drop down and scrape the deck just to hunt a low flying bomber.

The defensive armament is adequate to hold off a single fighter and the 20 mm cannons often cause critical hits forcing the attacker to wave off and retreat.

The plane can perform surprisingly tight elevator turns which can take an attacker by surprise and can give you the chance to use your offensive 20 mm cannon. Performing these manoeuvres at low altitude however, is not recommended as the aircraft loses a lot of speed when performing tight turns and has difficulty to regain the speed risking the Do 217 E-4 of stalling.

Manual Engine Control

MEC elements
Mixer Pitch Radiator Supercharger Turbocharger
Oil Water Type
Not controllable Controllable
Not auto controlled 		Not controllable
Not auto controlled 		Controllable
Not auto controlled 		Combined Not controllable
2 gears 		Not controllable

Pros and cons

Pros:

  • Having an offensive 20 mm autocannon is really good
  • Good max speed and acceleration
  • Engines rarely overheat when upgraded
  • Can carry up to 4 x 1,000 kg bombs, which can be used to destroy 3 bases
  • Easy to land
  • Always WEP when you have upgraded the engine parts
  • Can compete with some bombers at high altitudes, so after the bombing runs, you can search for bombers and stop them

Cons:

  • Very loud engines
  • Flaps easily get damaged at +250 km/h. You will lose the landing flaps really easy
  • The gunners can easily be knocked out by the enemy fire
  • Oil leak and fuel leak for just a few shots (even with 12.7 mm bullets)
  • The plane gets uncontrollable at high speeds
  • Any damage to the central area of the plane body will cause loss of speed
  • Any damage to flaps makes the aircraft really hard to land
  • When stock, about 10s of WEP will cause overheating (may differ in altitudes)

History


Archive of the in-game description

Dornier Do 217 E-4 medium twin-engine bomber

Late 1941 saw the start of production of Do 217 E-4 variant bombers, which differed from the E-2 mainly in their new BMW 801C engines, with a takeoff power of 1,560 hp, and in their wings' reinforced leading edge, which could cut through the cables of barrage balloons. In addition, the fixed Mauser MG 151/15 cannon was removed, and a mobile 20 mm Oerlikon/Ikaria MG FF drum-fed cannon with a total 240-round magazine capacity was installed instead. This cannon earned a reputation as a more effective weapon against surface targets.

Originally, all Do 217E planes were equipped with an umbrella-shaped dive brake located in the tail section and designed to reduce diving speed. However, since the brake was unreliable, every factory-produced machine was packaged with a removable tail cone fairing, placed in the bomb bay. After the aircraft reached the front lines, the mechanics would, as a rule, immediately remove the lattice umbrella and install the cone fairing instead.

In this form, the Do 217E could only be used as a horizontal bomber. But since the dive brake control circuit remained in place, the possibility to convert it back to a dive bomber remained.

Beginning with the Do 217 E-4 variant, no dive brake was installed on the aircraft at all, since the Luftwaffe command eventually rejected the idea of turning the Do 217E into a dive bomber.

Initially, British cities and ships were top-priority targets for the Do 217Es. The KG 2 bomber squadron was given the task of striking cities, and the specially formed KG 40 was to carry out anti-ship missions. Both units were to be based on airfields in France and the Netherlands.

The Do 217E's combat début over Great Britain took place in the middle of July 1941, when KG 2 and KG 40 aircraft bombed London targets and factories in Birmingham.

In the spring of 1942, the Do 217Es of both squadrons participated in the so-called Baedeker Raids, a series of raids over provincial British cities with a large number of architectural monuments. This was a kind of revenge for the RAF's bombing of German cities.

Clear or moonlit nights were usually chosen for the raids, and the crews planned to fly out towards the target at about one o'clock a.m. The smaller cities without strategic importance had poor air defence systems, which allowed the bomber crews to drop their bomb load from a height of about 3,000 m, with comparatively high accuracy for horizontal bombers.


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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
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