Bf 110 G-4

Description

The Bf 110 G-4 is a rank German strike aircraft with a battle rating of (AB), (RB), and (SB). It was introduced in Update "New Power".

General info

Flight performance

Details

Survivability and armour

• 5 mm steel underneath pilot
• 6 mm steel underneath gunner
• 6 mm steel above and below liquid cooling systems
• 6 mm steel in front of engines
• 8.5 mm steel in front of gunner (note that the gunner is rear-facing)
• 8.5 mm steel in front of radar equipment in cockpit
• 8.5 mm steel between radar antennae and nose-mounted cannon ammunition
• 10.5 mm steel beside and in front of pilot's controls
• 10.5 mm steel behind pilot's head
• 58 mm bulletproof glass in front of pilot
• Self-sealing fuel tanks (2 in each wing)

Modifications and economy

Armaments

Offensive armament

The Bf 110 G-4 is armed with:

• 2 x 30 mm MK 108 cannons, nose-mounted (120 rpg left + 135 rpg right = 255 total)
• 2 x 20 mm MG 151 cannons, chin-mounted (400 rpg left + 350 rpg right = 750 total)
• 2 x 20 mm MG FF/M cannons, Schräge Musik-style in front of gunner (240 rpg = 480 total)

Suspended armament

The Bf 110 G-4 can be outfitted with the following ordnance:

	1	2	3	4	5
20 mm MG 151 cannons (200 rpg)			2*
50 kg SC50JA bombs	2	4*†		4*	2
250 kg SC250JA bombs		1*		1*
500 kg SC500K bombs		1*†		1*
1,000 kg SC1000L2 bombs				1*†
Flam C 250 incendiary bombs		1*		1*
Flam C 500 incendiary bombs		1*†		1*
Wfr.Gr.21 rockets	2				2
* Under-belly cannon pod cannot be equipped with ordnance in adjacent hardpoints † 1,000 kg bomb cannot be equipped with marked ordnance on hardpoint 2

Defensive armament

The Bf 110 G-4 is defended by:

• 2 x 7.92 mm MG 81 machine guns, dorsal turret (750 rpg = 1,500 total)

Usage in battles

This plane plays mostly like its predecessor, but it has the added bonus of a search radar and a pair of upwards firing MG FF/M cannons. This plane is also slightly slower and climbs worse due to the drag of the search radar and the extra radar operator. A strategy for experienced pilots is to turn the plane upside down and use the upwards firing guns to strafe ground targets, just remember to pull up in time! This plane is like a fusion between the Bf 110 G-2 and the Do 217 N-2. You can use strategies used on both planes on this aircraft but less effectively. Watch out for enemies that can out-turn you, have a better climb than you, or if there are a horde of them.

Radars

The Bf 110 G-4 is equipped with a FuG-220 search radar, located in the nose of the aircraft; a control box which is part of the radar damage model is located behind the pilot.

Manual Engine Control

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Great variety of payload options of bombs, gunpods, and rockets
• Very powerful standard armament
• Has Schräge Musik cannons for varied gameplay
• Can carry powerful Wfr.Gr.21 rockets
• Can carry the large SC1000L2 bomb, useful in tank RB
• Has radar capability, an advantage in night battles, cloudy airspace and simulator
• Greyish camo is effective in most city, cloudy or winter maps

Cons:

• Not very manoeuvrable
• Rockets are hard to aim (they fire in an upwards arc meaning you will have to fire them at ground targets while shallow diving)
• Third crew member radar operator means slightly more weight than other Bf 110s
• Has the same DB 605 engine as its predecessor, meaning it is slower and climbs slower due to the extra drag and weight
• Low roll rate
• Defensive MG has 0 degrees depression, cannot shoot at the chaser sometimes
• Radar has a low range which makes it less effective in air RB: by the time the radar picks anything up its marker will also appear soon, giving you little advantage to sneak on the raget unsuspected

History

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Media

Images

Skins

• Skins and camouflages for the Bf 110 G-4 from live.warthunder.com.

Videos

See also

Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:

• reference to the series of the aircraft;
• links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

External links

• [Devblog] Messerschmitt Bf 110 model updates, new modifications
• [Wikipedia] Messerschmitt Bf 110
• Official data sheet - more details about the performance