Bf 109 F-4/Z “Friedrich” Country: Germany Service Entry Date: August 1941

A/C Type: Short Range Boosted Day Fighter

Engine(s): One Daimler-Benz DB 601 E
Eng. Pwr: 1170 – 1350 HP, Liquid Cooled
A/C Crew: Pilot
Maximum Speed: 390 MPH at 24,000
Maximum Ceiling: 41,000 / 32,800 / 23,600 Feet
Defense Factor: 5 Size Modifier: +0
Damage Factor: 7 / 11 Endurance: 65
Cockpit View: Poor Blind Area: Rear

Protection: Cockpit +2 Fuel +1 Engine +0

Climb Decel / Dive Accel: 3.0 / 1.0
Weight and Load Limit: 1100 / 2 - 5
Wpn. Stations Weight Allowed Loads
1, 3 250 Gun Pods
2 550 Fuel Tank
Class: F Victory Points: 4 - 9

AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE CHART

Altitude Minimum Maximum Maximum Min. Min. Min. Min. Altitude Average
Levels Band Speed Speed Dive Spd. TT (4) HT (5) BT (6) ET (7) Band Levels Rate Of Climb
43+ UH ––– ––– ––– ––– ––– ––– ––– UH 43+ –––
37 - 42 EH (4.0) (7.0) 10.0 5.5 8.0 9.5 ––– EH 37 - 42 (800)
31 - 36 VH 3.5 7.0 (7.5) 10.5 5.0 7.0 8.5 ––– VH 31 - 36 600 (1,100)
25 - 30 HI 3.0 7.5 10.5 4.5 6.0 7.5 ––– HI 25 - 30 1,200 (1,700)
19 - 24 MH 3.0 7.5 11.0 4.0 5.5 7.0 8.0 MH 19 - 24 2,000 (2,500)
13 - 18 ML 2.5 7.5 11.0 3.5 5.0 6.0 7.0 ML 13 - 18 2,700
7 - 12 LO 2.5 7.0 10.5 3.0 4.5 5.5 6.5 LO 7 - 12 3,400
1-6 VL 2.0 6.5 9.5 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 VL 1-6 3,600

FIRE POWER CHART POWER VERSUS SPEED CHART

Guns Type Weapons Ammo Criticals Levels Band 1.0 - 4.5 5.0 - 7.5 8.0 - 9.5 10.0 + Band
N1 Two 7.9mm MG-17 15 4 43+ UH ––– ––– ––– ––– UH
N2 One 20mm MG-151 6 2 37 - 42 EH (1 / 3) (1 / 2) ––– ––– EH
R1=W1 One 15mm MG-151 pod 6 3 31 - 36 VH 2 / – (4) 1 / – (3) ––– ––– VH
R1=W2 One 15mm MG-151 pod 6 3 25 - 30 HI 4 / – (6) 2 / – (4) ––– ––– HI
19 - 24 MH 6 / 7 (8) 3 / 4 (5) ––– ––– MH
Gun Attack Factors 13 - 18 ML 8/9 5/6 ––– ––– ML
Range N1 N2 W1 W2 (Total) 7 - 12 LO 8/9 5/6 ––– ––– LO
1-6 VL 8/9 5/6 ––– ––– VL
0 11 26 18 18 37 / 73 Banking FPs: 2 3 5 7
1 8 20 12 12 28 / 52 Side Slip FPs: 3 5 6 8
2 6 13 9 9 19 / 37
3 4 9 6 6 13 / 25
NOTES AND VARIANTS:
4 3 6 4 4 9 / 17
5 2 4 3 3 6 / 12 • GM-1 Boost: The F-4/Z has 40 minutes of GM-1 nitrous-oxide engine boost
6 –– 3 2 2 3/7 available which must be used to operate in the EH band or to have em. power
7 –– –– –– –– ––– in the HI + bands. GM-1 em. power is limited to 10 minutes or less of continuous
use followed by 1 minute of cooling per two minutes or less of use. When in use,
WEAPON STATIONS DIAGRAM GM-1 boost allows ceilings, max speed, power & climb nos. in ( ). If GM-1 limits
exceeded, an engine critical is suffered and GM-1 use is lost for rest of flight.

• Bf 109F-4/Z/R1: Variant with two fixed underwing MG-151/15 cannon pods,

one each at stations 1 & 3. Add gun data for W1 & W2, use totals after slash.
• Bf 109F-4/Z/R5: Variant with station 2 for a 66g fuel tank.
1 2 3 • All Bf 109F-4/Zs: Slatted wings. Hard to land (+1 to landing attrition rolls).

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