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Originally Posted by stalkervision
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Originally Posted by Ballenato
E7 its called E7 because droptank. If not drop tank is able to carry (that mean no rak), was called E/3-4. Bombs in E-4 and before were an retroffited planes.
Stalkervision, where didi you read that those drop tanks and it's alarming tendency to catch fire in flight btw?
saludos
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I believe it was in the Ballentine Series of military books / ME-109 by Martin Caidin buddy.
Pss..that was because they were actually made from pressed and molded paper! 
right after the battle a metal one came out but by then it was to late.. |
I think you must double check your sources, at least dont get too much credit on those fantastic Caidin texts.
From "Bf109 Recognition manual" - Marco Fernandez Sommerau:
"From the E7 to the last K4s, all Bf could carry auxiliary fuel tanks externally. These were suspended from a carrier rack under the belly. The type of belly rack changed very little between the E and the last K.
The original ALUMINIUM drop-tank selected for the 109 was a Junkers design of 295 litres capacity. Other types of tank soon appeared, most being similar in apparience but with a flattened botton in order to give adequate ground clearance. At the end of the war an "economy" steel version (type 8-4559 E1) appeared but saw limited use as it was less resilient than earlier tanks and imposed some limitations - aerobatics and sudden manoeuvres were not advised with it attached, nor were reough field landings recomended. Areinforced steel tak was subsequently adopted."
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