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The Bf 110 was a great aircraft, however it would always come off second best in air combat with single engined fighters. the Erprobungsgruppe performed well in the BoB as a strike bomber, the bf110 did well as a night fighter neither of which roles it was designed for. From what i have read about the Bf210 is that it was designed for a role no one knew much about, put on a lot of weight and ended up hardly better than the plane it was due to replace.
It is the commanders job to take steps to ensure they dont get caught and hammered.Erprobungsgruppe 210 got hammered too, when they go caught. I would recommend John Vasco's 'Bombsights Over England- Erprobungsgruppe 210 in the Battle of Britain' to anyone with an interest in this unit.
It is the commanders job to take steps to ensure they dont get caught and hammered.
True, but the LW efforts to understand how the RAF operated were poor to say the least. Did they really think that they were intercepted by chance? Even when almost ali raids were parried in some way some managed to convince themselves that the RAF was down to its last 50 fighters.Difficult when you don't understand the enemy's fighter control system....and then attack the wrong target
I agree. My take is that the Me-210 was considered an evolution of the Me-110. It was a "safe" upgrade and rushed into production without proper testing. However, the tail empennage was short coupled to minimize drag leading to yaw instability. Not difficult to fix. But, like the lack of testing, the war pressures led to poor decisions.
Me-210/Me-410 carried quite a bit more internal fuel. It also had the remote control barbettes for rear defense. Could those features have been added to Me-110?
I agree. My take is that the Me-210 was considered an evolution of the Me-110. It was a "safe" upgrade and rushed into production without proper testing. However, the tail empennage was short coupled to minimize drag leading to yaw instability. Not difficult to fix. But, like the lack of testing, the war pressures led to poor decisions.
Perhaps the lost Bf110/210 production hurt the day squadrons more than the night fighters!
In early 1941 Mtt Augsburg produced on average 40-50 Bf 110s, Mtt Regensburg did not produce 110s at all.