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BF 110G-4 "3C+LB", Stab I/NJG 4 "Shark Mouth"
HA1805
General Background
When used as a heavy-fighter-bomber the Bf-110 had mixed results. But when airborne radar was added along with nose-mounted armament and Schrage Musik (the upward firing cannons) the Bf-110 became a deadly nighttime predator for British bombers. By the end of 1942 Germany had almost 400 night-fighters of which 75% were Bf-110s. These deadly hunters managed to destroy almost 1300 aircraft during 1942 alone. As the British bomber attacks increased in size and frequency the Bf-110 was simply overwhelmed and couldn’t cope allowing more and more bombs to make it to German cities.
The Aircraft
This BF 110 bears a distinctive shark mouth design on the nose which was originally used by BF 110s of II/ZG 76, the Haifischgruppe.
Specifications :

Powerplant:

 2 X Daimler Benz DB 605B 12 cylinder inverted-vee liquid-cooled engines rated @ 1,475 hp
  (1,099 kw) @ 2,800 rpm for take-off and, 1,355 hp (1,010 kw) @ 2,800 rpm @ 18,700 ft. (5,699 m).
Dimensions:

Wing Span - 53 ft. 4 7/8 in. (16.27 m)
 

Length - 41 ft. 6 3/4 in. (12.67 m)
 

Height - 13 ft. 1 1/4 in. (4.0 m)
 

Weight Empty - 10,970 lb (4,975 kg)
 

Maximum Loaded - 21,800 lb. (9,888 kg)

Performance: Maximum Speed - 349 mph (562 kph) at 22,965 ft (7,000m)
 

Range - 528 miles (850 km) at 304 mph (490kph) at 16,400 ft. (5,000m)

 

Initial climb - to 5,500m (18,045 ft.) in 8 minutes
  Service Ceiling - 32,800 ft. (10,000m)
Armament:

Nose - Fixed firing forward – 2 X 30mm Mk 108 Cannon with 135 rounds per gun, 2 X 20mm MG

 

151 Cannon with 300 rounds (port) and 350 rounds (starboard)
 

plus – 2 X 20mm MG 151 Cannon in Schrage Musik installation (Firing Obliquely forward)
Or 2 X 7.92mm MG 81 in rear cockpit

 

Optional U1 modification - Waffenwanne 151Z ventral tray housing two forward firing 20mm MG151 cannon

Avionics: FuG 10P R/T Set
 

FuB1 2F Airfield blind approach reciever
  FuG 227/1 Flensburg Homing System Used to home in on British Monica tail warning  radar emissions.(Only fitted to some aircraft)
  FuG 212 Lichtenstien C-1 Radar
 

FuG 220b Lichtenstien SN-2 Radar