Hs 129 B-2 (Romania)

This page is about the German premium attacker Hs 129 B-2 (Romania). For other uses, see Hs 129 (Family).

Hs 129 B-2 (Romania)

Hs 129 B-2 (Romania)

Germany

III Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
3.3	2.3	2.7

Class:

PREMIUM

Strike aircraft

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Description

The Hs 129 B-2 (Romanian Air Force) is a premium gift rank III German attacker with a battle rating of 3.3 (AB), 2.3 (RB), and 2.7 (SB). It was introduced in Update 1.41.27.

General info

Flight performance

Max speed

at 3 550 m439 km/h

Turn time27 s

Max altitude7 500 m

Engine2 х Gnome Rhone Baumuster 14M

TypeRadial

Cooling systemAir

Take-off weight5 t

Characteristics	Max Speed (km/h at 3,550 m)		Max altitude (metres)	Turn time (seconds)		Rate of climb (metres/second)		Take-off run (metres)
	AB	RB		AB	RB	AB	RB
Stock	421	404	7500	29.4	31.3	5.9	5.9	331
Upgraded	466	439		26.5	27.9	11.2	8.3

Details

Features
Combat flaps	Take-off flaps	Landing flaps	Air brakes	Arrestor gear
✓	✓	✓	X	X

Limits
Wings (km/h)	Gear (km/h)	Flaps (km/h)			Max Static G
		Combat	Take-off	Landing	+	-
0	295	287	252	190	~10	~6

Optimal velocities (km/h)
Ailerons	Rudder	Elevators	Radiator
< 310	< 320	< 300	> 230

Compressor (RB/SB)
Setting 1
Optimal altitude	100% Engine power	WEP Engine power
3,000 m	1,300 hp	1,530 hp

Survivability and armour

Crew1 person

Speed of destruction

Structural0 km/h

Gear295 km/h

• 5 mm Steel - Oil cooler covers
• 5 mm Steel - Lower engine cowl protection
• 2 mm Steel - Cockpit side plates
• 12 mm Steel - Cockpit back plate, floor, and front plates
• 75 mm Bulletproof glass

Modifications and economy

Repair cost

AB619

RB1 521

SB8 422

Crew training10 000

Experts115 000

Aces500

Research Aces640 000

Reward for battleAB / RB / SB

2 × 60 / 160 / 290 %

2 × 142 / 142 / 142 %

Modifications

Flight performance	Survivability	Weaponry
Fuselage repair Radiator Compressor Wings repair Engine Engine injection	Airframe EFS Cover	mg_belt_pack mg15120_belt_pack SC 50 mg17_new_gun mg15120_new_gun R2 modification mk103_belt_pack bk37_belt_pack BK 3,7 cannon mk103_new_gun bk37_new_gun

Armaments

Offensive armament

Weapon 12 x 20 mm MG 151 cannon

Ammunition500 rounds

Fire rate700 shots/min

Weapon 22 x 7.92 mm MG 17 machine gun

Ammunition2 000 rounds

Fire rate1 200 shots/min

The Hs 129 B-2 (Romania) is armed with:

• 2 x 20 mm MG 151 cannons, fuselage-mounted (250 rpg = 500 total)
• 2 x 7.92 mm MG 17 machine guns, fuselage-mounted (1,000 rpg = 2,000 total)

Suspended armament

List of setups (3)

Setup 11 x 30 mm MK 103 cannon (secondary)

Setup 21 x 37 mm BK 3.7 cannon (secondary)

Setup 34 x 50 kg SC50JA bomb

The Hs 129 B-2 (Romania) can be outfitted with the following ordnance:

• Without load
• 1 x 30 mm MK 103 cannon, belly-mounted (100 rpg)
• 1 x 37 mm BK 3.7 cannon, belly-mounted (12 rpg)
• 4 x 50 kg SC50JA bombs (200 kg total)

Usage in battles

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Manual Engine Control

MEC elements
Mixer	Pitch	Radiator			Supercharger	Turbocharger
		Oil	Water	Type
Not controllable	Controllable Not auto controlled	Controllable Not auto controlled	Not controllable Not auto controlled	Separate	Not controllable 1 gear	Not controllable

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Resistant to light machine guns and Russian heavy machine guns
• Very good firepower when carrying either the 30 mm or 37 mm cannon pods
• 30 mm MK 103 is a high-velocity cannon with a decent rate of fire, which allows for versatility in targets, and is especially devastating against armoured vehicles
• 30 mm HVAP-T generally destroys air targets in one to three hits with a high potential to combust targets
• 30 mm HE-I/HEI-T Minengeschoß in the default belts means grinding once the 30 mm is available isn't that difficult
• 30 mm has a reasonable ammo pool of 100 rounds and the low fire rate combined with hit success allows it more than enough to obtain down five planes before running out
• Cockpit has 70 mm of armoured glass at the front, reasonable all-round protection for the pilot
• Great at head-on passes in all game modes (shoot and duck/roll away)
• Centrally mounted armament, need for gun harmonisation minimalized

Cons:

• Poor climb rate, bad manoeuvrability, heavy aircraft
• The engines are underpowered and if even one is shot-up, the plane will fall from the sky
• Engine uses a carburettor, preventing prolonged inverted G-load state
• Has no defensive armament compared to other attack aircraft of its rank
• Engine and internal wing fuel tanks are ideal targets for enemy pilots
• Needs the gun pods to do well
• Cockpit armour is very thin
• Pilot can be killed by SPAAGs or by machine guns larger than .30 cal
• Thick cockpit armoured glass causes some distortion (Simulator)

History

In-game description

The German Henschel Hs-129 was a single-seater twin-engine attack aircraft built for combat with tanks.

For the designers of the Henschel firm, which specialized in the manufacture of armored vehicles for the Army, the most difficult challenge was aircraft survivability. They sought to protect the pilot and the most vulnerable components of the aircraft. Their desire to keep mass as low as possible led them to build a cockpit encased in 75 millimeters of glass. The design was very cramped and poorly regarded. Among other inconveniences were the tiny control panel and short control stick.

During flight testing, it was found that the aircraft could not dive, since any angle greater than 30 degrees resulted in the pilot being unable to control the aircraft. In addition, it was found that the Hs-129 could not fly well on one engine. This fact, combined with the reasoning that the plane could land using the other engine should its partner fail, led to the plane's twin-engine design.

Despite the plane's shortcomings, the Luftwaffe desperately needed aircraft for the assault of 1940, and in the winter of 1940, Henschel received an order for a series of Hs-129 planes. With the occupation of France, a large number of Gnome-Rhone 14M engines were confiscated, each running at 700 hp. Experiments with installing more powerful (albeit unreliable) engines led to the creation of the Hs-129B, which had superior specs to the original Hs-129 and could return all the way to base if forced to fly with only one engine.

Serial production of the Hs-129B-1 began in 1941, and May of the following year saw the launch of the modified Hs-129B-2, which had a modified fuel system (along with several other minor changes).

All in all, 878 Hs-129s were produced.

Media

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See also

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External links

• Official data sheet - more details about the performance

Henschel & Son Corporation (Henschel und Sohn Aktiengesellschaft)
Attackers	Hs 129 B-2 · Hs 129 B-3
Bombers	Hs 123 A-1
Export	␗Hs 123 A-1
	Hs 129 B-2 (Romania) · Hs 129 B-2 (Romania)