Bf-110 Zerstorer. Battle of Kursk (1943)

That sounds like a sensible strategy. Along the same vein, the Hurricanes and the Spitfires were subject to the same division of labour in the Battle of Britain - theoretically. In practice, it was general mayhem in an air battle. Everything was mixed up. Goering executed this strategy poorly agst Britain leaving the poor Zerstorers to be badly mauled by single engined fighters.

It's very similar to having different classes of naval vessels. Destroyers, Battleships (if there are any still out there), Cruisers, Frigates, Carriers, etc., all have different strengths and weaknesses. The idea was to bring them together to maximize those strengths and compensate for their weaknesses. Here, fighers would likely take on the escorts so that the "zerstorers", with their cannons that could fell a bomber with only a few hits, could go for the bombers.

I agree with its heavy fire power, esp the version with the 37mm canon and the underbelly MG151 20mm canons, the Zerstorer could be deadly agst the B17s and the B24s - until of course the arrival of the Mustang and the Thunderbolt.

aha, well not a dogfigther. But against heavy bombers such as the B17 or B24, it's the ultimative plane. Late wersions had a 37mm MK! one shoot from that 550S/min canon is death toa allied bomber. And the Bf110 is very fast for a bomber. 550Km/h!

That's where its rationale is flawed. A fighter is a fighter. Inevitably, you're thrown in agst other fighters regardless of whether you're "heavy' or not. Once you're up agst other fighters, you have to dogfight. No other way out. The "heavy" fighter concept makes sense only in nightfighting, which is where the zerstorers excel.

Honestly, it wasn't really meant to be a dogfighter. Really it was a "heavy" figher, carrying heavier weapon loads and (sometimes) armor than a standard fighter, but lighter and more maneuverable that a standard bomber.

The Zerstorer was quite useless as a dogfighter. It was effective only agst slow movers like other 2 engine bombers or ground attackers like the IL 2.

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