BF109G What's the point ?

[Hrok81]

Originally Posted by Panzergranate

The Bf.109-G series was more of a bomber killer intended to combat the B-17 and B-24 bombers intruding over German airspace in vast numbers.

The feeble armament of the Bf.109-E and F was inadequate to have much effect against the dreaded "Viermots".

Likewise for the armoured and clumsy Fw.190-F8.

Not all Luftwaffe fighters were for dogfighting with other fighters, some were for the primary fighter role of killing bombers.

What you say true, but don't forget Bf-109G was designed to adapt to many different tasks, even dogfighting.
Erich Hartmann flew Bf-109G only (maybe a stuka earlier?) and scored that amazing number of kills, many being fighter planes.

That said, I still prefer Bf-109F. Or put in another way, I can't fly Bf-109G lol.

[mattmanB182]

Thats very strange. The F couldnt knock a duck out of the sky with that armament. I have tried it again and again. I will stick to blowing Spits apart with the K.

[DoraNine]

I agree with Mattman -- give me firepower everytime. The K model is like a rocket with cannons. The F is a good "dogfighter", but you have to nibble on your opponents awhile before they'll die. The F may be considered the "Best handling" of the 109 Series -- but many confuse this with being "The Best" all around variant. The G-10 was probably the best all around variant -- on paper anyway. The F was woefully under-armed.

[Voyager]

The G-2 has a more powerful engine, and I believe it had somewhat better armour than the F-4. The MG151/20 20mm cannon used on the 109F and G's has significantly better ballistics and performance than the MG FF cannon used on the BF-109E.

The G-6 trades the 7.9mm machine guns for 13mm MGs, adds heavier armour, and they we designed to accept field and factory modification kits. Most of those kits were either 20mm or 30mm cannons mounted in underwing gondolas, and as the MK108 production spooled up, they started getting 30mm nose guns too. Generally, for bomber busting, you're talking about a plane armed with 3x30mm MK108 cannon and 2x13mm MG131 machine guns, and maybe an AtA bomb.

On the Eastern front, didn't the 109's tend to operate clean, i.e. without the gondolas?

How was the G-10 the best 109? My understanding was that the G-10s were used 109G's that had been re-manufactured up to 109K-4 standards.

Harry Voyager

[Hrok81]

Originally Posted by mattmanB182

Thats very strange. The F couldnt knock a duck out of the sky with that armament. I have tried it again and again. I will stick to blowing Spits apart with the K.

I agree that shooting down a plane requires a very good shot or a lot of time, and so far I've lost many kills because I just kept hitting Spits without dealing the final blow.
Still I feel good in F because of its easy handling, Gs are so heavy!
If I was more skilled (and there's nothing I can do now since I have no time to play, hope next week...) I'd probably slowly turn to Gs and, once unlocked, Ks, but for now F is my choice.

OT my heart says E, but E4

[Benrizz]

Originally Posted by Hrok81

I agree that shooting down a plane requires a very good shot or a lot of time, and so far I've lost many kills because I just kept hitting Spits without dealing the final blow.
Still I feel good in F because of its easy handling, Gs are so heavy!
If I was more skilled (and there's nothing I can do now since I have no time to play, hope next week...) I'd probably slowly turn to Gs and, once unlocked, Ks, but for now F is my choice.

OT my heart says E, but E4

Yeaj but the E3 is so underpowered.

That's frightening. Sometimes you just crash because of the lack of speed

[olife]

hello yossarian
me109 e weight:1900 kgs
me109 g weight:2667 kgs until 2800 kgs

weapons:
me109 b:2 rheinmetall-borsig machine guns(7,92mm)
me109 c:4 machine guns mg17 and an other for the model c2 in the axis of the propeller
first me109 e1:4 mg17,4 boms of 50kgs or 1 of 250 kgs
others me109 e1,2,3,4:2 mg17(1000 bullets per mg) or 2mg17(500 bullets per mg)and 3 mg ff 20 mm guns
me109 f1:2 mg17 and 1 mg ff
me109 f2:2 mg151 (20 mm guns) and 1 mg ff
me109 f4:2 mg151,1 mg ff and 2 mg 151 under the wings
me109 g1:2 mg17(or 2 mg131 machine guns 13mm)and 1 mg151
me109 g6:1 mk108 gun(30 mm),2 mg131 and 2 mg151 under the wings
me109 k4:2 mg151 and 1 mk108 or 103 gun(30mm)
me109 k6:2 mg131 ,1 mk103(or 10and 2 mk108 under the wings

a lot of me109 g and k have 2 rockets lauchers under the wings(1 rl per wing)
and can carry bombs

[FOZ_1983]

rockets/bombs - bomber interception/ground attack.


Towards the end of the war when the USAF were bombing germany and causing havok by day then the whole idea of a dogfighter went out fo the window for germany. If it could dogfight then great, but their sole objective was to wipe out the bombers.

heavier, more armoured 109's - bomber interceptors