The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 F-8, nicknamed "Würger" (Shrike), was the main serial production of the F-series Fw 190 fighter. The F-series were designed as multirole ground attack fighter-bomber aircraft meant to replace the obsolete Ju 87 dive bomber. The F-8 variant was based on the Fw 190 A-8, featuring a reinforced airframe to allow it to carry its payload of up to a 1,000 kg bomb. To compensate for the worsened flight performance, the F-8 featured a slightly modified compressor injector which improved the engine's performance at low altitudes. Despite 6,143 F-8 models being produced, it could never fully replace the Stukas this late into the war (1944), and as such often ended up being used as a low altitude fighter-interceptor instead of its ground attacking role.
Being in the game since the start of the Open Beta Test prior to Update 1.27. The Fw 190 F-8 is a Fw 190 who thought it was a Stuka. The F-8 version is a peculiar one, being classed as a strike aircraft due to its relatively heavy suspended armaments. As an attacker, this Focke-Wulf gains mid-air start on most maps which can either be used to get to ground targets quickly or get the jump on climbing fighters. While generally more sluggish than the A-8 variant, the F-8 features a 30 mm gun pods that allows it to dismantle the enemy planes in a few hits. The F-8 is perhaps one of the most versatile Fw 190s in the game, though it tends to be outperformed in most categories by more specialised planes.
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Belt | Belt filling | Armor penetration (mm) at a distance: | |||||
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10 m | 100 m | 500 m | 1000 m | 1500 m | 2000 m | ||
IT/IT/APHE/HEI | 21 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
IT/HEI/HEI/AP-I | 27 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | |
AP-I/HEI/HEI/HEI/HEI/IT | 27 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | |
APHE/APHE/APHE/IT | 21 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
FI-T/FI-T/FI-T/IT/IT | 21 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
HEI/HEI/HEI/APHE/AP-I | 27 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
Belt | Belt filling | Armor penetration (mm) at a distance: | |||||
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10 m | 100 m | 500 m | 1000 m | 1500 m | 2000 m | ||
IT/AP-T/IAI | 19 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
AP-T/AP-T/IT/IT/IAI | 19 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
AP-T | 19 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
IAI | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
AP-I | 19 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Name | Weight | Slot | ||||||
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7 × | 37.2 kg | |||||||
2 × | 100 kg | |||||||
165.1 kg | ||||||||
4 × | 200 kg | |||||||
250 kg | ||||||||
500 kg | ||||||||
500 kg | ||||||||
1,000 kg | ||||||||
988 kg | ||||||||
110 kg | ||||||||
225 kg |
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