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Beginning in January 1943, what do you do to make the Bf-109 more competitive in the fighter and anti-bomber missions? (Because you know what's coming in 1944 and '45.)
Huge percentage? That's the kinda bull you find on the internet.First, I would insist that all Bf-109 production be converted to the Me-155 (sans the folding wings and tail hook.) The design work was complete in early-autumn 1942.
The Me-155 was identical in the fuselage as the G-1 variant. However it had a completely new wing that featured a wide-tracked INWARD retracting, long stroke landing gear, larger wheels, plus a span increase of 4 feet. Also, the wing was thick enough to hold the Mg 151/20.
A HUGE percentage of Bf-109 loss and damage was due to landing and take-off accidents from the narrow
tracked undercarriage and the wing loading/structural issues of the old wing would have been solved as well.
MG 213? That's going to take at least two more years to get it ready for production. The Germans invested a lot of time and money in the project and in the end had nothing to show for it.
Kris
and Bronc, use the standard font please
Shoot about half the RLM and a couple of arbitrarily and capriciously picked people from Jumo, DB, BMW and you want really powerful engines with advanced features in production now? WE HAVE THEM. We DO. WE REALLY DO! Can you imagine Willie Messerschmitt pulling all that nonsense on Stalin? Ain't no way. Not in a million years. For the mass-murdering idiot that he was, Hitler had a lot to learn about motivating people from an expert, that is, Joe "I will kill your entire village" Stalin.