finnish fighter Finnish BF 109 G-2, new Rank 3 for Sweden

[CaID 8,996]

 

i would like to make a suggestion for the Swedish tree. the BF 109 G-2

^{this photo was modified to hide the Swastika to meet the game's rule}

 

the history of the Finnish BF 109 started in 1942 when Finland had received their first BF 109 G-2 from the last production batch of the German BF 109 G-2. the plane arrived in Helsikin in 13th of March 1943 flow from Germany to Finland by Finnish pilots. the G-2 version was used as light air-superiority fighter by Finland. they used 48 of them during WW2. while been a fair number for a small country like Finland, it was still less than half the number of the BF 109 G-6 currently in-game as Swedish Premium. together, the G-2 and G-6 had recorded a impressive number of 663 comfirmed russian planes destroyed for 32 BF-109 lost in combat by the soviet. this is a impressive ratio of 22 for 1. which is quit possibly the best ratio of this type ever recorded.

 

while been not officially part of the Axis power, Finland was still an allied of Germany against the Russia. but for their own reason as the Russian did declared war to Finland in 1941 in order to stop the German attack on Murmansk railroad. this new war who's was clearly a outcome of the Soviet failure of annexing Finland in 1940 during the winter war, was putting the Finland, who's was by his policy closer to the allied power, having no choice but to find support from the German who's shared a common enemy and had show their political support during the previous winter war of 1939/1940. in reality, Finland was only allied to Germany out of necessity but Finland had once again proven been a underestimated opponnant to the gigantic soviet union. not only Finland had hold their ground, but also Finland had invided Russia in a counter offensive and in support of the German invasion of russia. only they had neither the interrest to anex russian territory or had the meaning to keep it.

having to fight against the mighty russian army and aviation. Finland was ill suited in term of inventory. by 1941, they mostly had Vickers 6 tons, Captured russian T-26 and Captured Russian T-28 along with the the air-force who had plane at the very edge of been obsolet such as the H-75, Fokker D.XXI, Mörkö-Morane. nothing to be a real match against the russian KV-1, T-34 and Mig 3

facing their inferiority in term of armament, Finland had no choice but to up-grade their fleet by introducing new vehicles. notably the BF 109 G-2 bought in Germany as prove of their alliance been active. and as mentioned above, the Finnish pilots was quit capable to turn those modern plane into deadly foes.

 

those planes was keep into services until the 50s when they was replaced by more modern planes.

 

 

more photos of this plane (Swastika warning)

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Armament

the BF 109 G2 had been armed in a rather light way. but it would remain a effective fighter. the armament including a hub 20mm MG 150/20 and a pair of 7.92mm MG 17 in the nose, those armament been a bit light was still pretty capable due to the fact they was all at the center of the plane making it pretty accurate in combat.

the 20mm carry 200 round while the 7.92mm carry 500 rounds each.

in addition the BF 109 G2 was capable to carry bomb. it is unknown if the Finnish planes used their own bombs but the planes could certainly carry the German bomb. it had 2 different bomb load possible

4x 50kg SC50JA

1x 250 kg SC250JA

it could also carry gun pod under the wing to give it addional firepower

2x 20 mm MG 151/20 with 135 rounds each

 

 

Flight performence

the plane is featuring a powerful Daimler-Benz DB-605A engine providing 1,455 HP. this allow the plane to have excellent flight performance in the sky reaching 668 km/h near the ground. but the plane is not pressurized which make it ill suited for very high altitute fight. the plane is already ingame and we can take his performence as reference to know how it would look like. currently ingame it have a turn rate of 19 sec and a climb rate of 23.1 m/sec which are both performence that is very high for such planes.

 

 

source

http://kurfurst.org/Performance_tests/109G_MT215/109G2_MT215_en.html

https://falkeeins.blogspot.com/2019/02/mersu-messerschmitt-bf-109g-suomen.html

https://plane-encyclopedia.com/ww2/bf-109/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109_operational_history

https://wiki.warthunder.com/Bf_109_G-2

 

 

Edited December 28, 2021 by CaID

[leroyonly 4,311]

Open for discussion. 

[Solarmod 1,203]

+1, though there's also the potential for a Swedish G-6 as a premium, as they captured 2-3 and sent them to Saab for evaluation. Problem would be, no known camouflages.

 

I do want to mention also, that the Finns actually flew their G-6's as air racers postwar.

 

Edited December 29, 2021 by Solarmod
added extra information

[blockhaj 3,560]

47 minutes ago, Solarmod said:

+1, though there's also the potential for a Swedish G-6 as a premium, as they captured 2-3 and sent them to Saab for evaluation. Problem would be, no known camouflages.

We dissmounted the wings and used em as platforms for testing the damage of rocket engines against the fuselage.

[Milocat 4,854]

+1 from me.  Might as well add it to the standard tree and continue the trend of turning Sweden into Scandinavia.

[Borotovas 4,500]

+1

 

But the "swastika warning" is a little weird. 

[CaID 8,996]

17 hours ago, Borotovas said:

+1

 

But the "swastika warning" is a little weird. 

it's to fallow a russian law. as Gaijin is based in Russia, they apply the law as rule.
fallowing ww2, the swastika was considered as a sign of "incitation to violence" and it's like walking around in USA wearing the Ku Klus Klan hood during an anti-immigration assembly. you may not be in jail for it, but you might have trouble with the police

that is also why the ingame German flag was modified and the Finnish roundel was alternated.

 

for what concern me, i do not mind either-way. i just respect the rule

Edited December 30, 2021 by CaID

[leroyonly 4,311]

As the Finnish Bf 109 G-2 has been implemented as per Update 2.21 Fire and Ice,

 

Moved to Implemented Suggestions.