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Aviation
Lancaster B Mk I
IV
Rank
AB
5.0
RB
5.3
SB
5.7
Battle rating
Great Britain
Game nation
Bomber
Main role
46,000
RP
Research
155,000
SL
Purchase
General information

The Lancaster B Mk I is a British bomber. It was introduced in Update 1.43.

Developed from the troublesome Avro Manchester, the Avro Lancaster is a long-range heavy bomber optimised for delivering huge payload over long distances. Compared to its contemporaries like the American B-17 or the German Fw 200, the Lancaster carries twice the payload while being generally easier to handle. Because of this, the "Lanc" is an ideal bomber for destroying bases and airfields with bombs from high altitude.

Because of the optimization for large payload and good manoeuvrability, the early Lancaster have a very poor set of defensive armaments consists of a small .30 cal machine guns. This will not help to ward off any pursuing enemy fighters and thus leaves the plane vulnerable to any other planes save for another heavy bomber. On the other hand, the Lancaster's ease of control and overall good flight performance allows the plane to reach the destination relatively quickly and get the job done.


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Flight performance
Max speed
at 3,048 m 451422465436 km/h
Rate of Climb 8.66.810.47 m/s
Turn time 4244.44143.2 s
Max altitude 7,800 m
Takeoff Run 750 m

Combat
flaps
Take-off
flaps
Landing
flaps
Air
brake
General characteristics
Crew 5 persons
Gross weight 26 t
Engine 4 x Rolls-Royce Merlin-24
Length 21.2 m
Wingspan 31.1 m

Limits:
Max Speed Limit (IAS) 608 km/h
Mach Number Limit 1
Gear Speed Limit (IAS) 282 km/h
Flap Speed Limit (IAS) 338 km/h
Defensive armament
2 × Turret — 2 × 7.7 mm Browning machine gun
Ammunition 4,000 rounds
Fire rate 1,000 shots/min

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Turret — 4 × 7.7 mm Browning machine gun
Ammunition 10,000 rounds
Fire rate 1,000 shots/min

BeltBelt fillingArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
10 m100 m500 m1000 m1500 m2000 m
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Suspended armament
Setup 1 14 × M.C. 250 lb Mk.I bomb
Setup 2 8 × M.C. 250 lb Mk.I bomb
6 × M.C. 500 lb Mk.I bomb
Setup 3 14 × M.C. 500 lb Mk.I bomb
Setup 4 2 × M.C. 250 lb Mk.I bomb
M.C. 1000 lb Mk.I bomb
6 × M.C. 500 lb Mk.I bomb
Setup 5 3 × M.C. 250 lb Mk.I bomb
6 × M.C. 1000 lb Mk.I bomb
Setup 6 14 × M.C. 1000 lb Mk.I bomb
Setup 7 6 × M.C. 1000 lb Mk.I bomb
2 × G.P. 250 lb Mk.IV bomb
4000 lb H.C. Mk.II bomb
Setup 8 4000 lb H.C. Mk.II bomb
Setup 9 6 × G.P. 500 lb Mk.IV bomb
8000 lb H.C. Mk.II bomb
Setup 10 8000 lb H.C. Mk.II bomb
Setup 11 12000 lb H.C Mk.I bomb
Economy
Repair cost Basic → Reference
AB 1,961 → 2,655 SL
RB 5,429 → 7,351 SL
SB 9,980 → 13,513 SL
Crew training 45,000 SL
Experts 440,000 SL
Aces 820 GE
Research Aces 155,000 RP
Reward multiplier AB / RB / SB
100 / 200 / 460 % SL
160 % RP
Total cost of modifications 40,500 RP
78,000 SL
Talisman cost 1,400 GE


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