La maquette au 1/32 :
Le Focke-Wulf
Fw 190 Würger était un chasseur-bombardier monoplace et monomoteur utilisé par
l'Allemagne nazie pendant la
Seconde Guerre mondiale, à partir de 1941 et jusqu'en 1945 et
fut produit à plus de 20 000 exemplaires dont 13 291 Fw type A. Grâce à sa
polyvalence issue d'une construction modulaire, il donna naissance à un grand
nombre de modèles dérivés qui lui permirent de remplacer le Junkers Ju 87
(Stuka) comme avion d'appui des troupes au sol, et le Messerschmitt Bf 110
comme chasseur lourd pour lutter contre les bombardiers, lorsque ces deux
derniers avions furent devenus beaucoup trop vulnérables pour continuer à être
envoyés au combat. Il fut le premier vrai chasseur-bombardier de la Luftwaffe. A ce titre le Fw 190
A-5 a lui
aussi ses variantes chasseur-bombardier /U3 (ETC 501) et /U8, qui deviendront
les Fw 190 F-2 et G-2. Il était motorisé par un moteur en double étoile de 18
cylindres, le BMW 801D-2 de 1730 Cv (2000 Cv avec dispositif de surpuissance),
le premier vol eut lieu le 1er juin 1939, il présentait une envergure de 10,51 m, une longueur de 9,00 m, une hauteur de 3,95 m, une surface alaire
de 18,30 m2,
une masse à vide de 3 470
kg, une masse maximale de 4 900 kg, une vitesse
maximale de 657 km/h,
un plafond de 10 300 m,
une vitesse ascensionnelle de 950 m/min, un rayon d’action de 850 km, un armement interne
de 2 mitrailleuses MG 131 de 13
mm et 4 canons MG 151/20 de 20 mm et un armement externe
composé de roquettes anti-aériennes WGr.21 ou R4M et de bombes de 250 ou 500 kg.
The 1/32 scale model :
On 16 February 1943, the Soviets recaptured Kharkov and the Germans counter-attacked to retake the city two weeks later. SG 1 supported, and as soon as the city was under German control moved to Kharkov-North on 14 March. SG 1's two Gruppen continued operations during the spring and summer while converting to the Focke Wulf Fw 190. II. Gruppe converted to the Fw 190A-5 which was completed by early March, transferring to central Ukraine for a month of training before moving back to the front in April. Participating in the Kursk offensive (Operation Zitadelle) during July 1943, I./SchlG 1 was ordered north to Orel to pin down the Soviet counter-offensive. II./SchlG 1 did not get involved in heavy fighting until the Russian spearheads began to close around in early August. SchlG 1 gradually withdrew to Kiev where it was stationed in October 1943. On 18 October the Stab was disbanded.
The aircraft:
The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Würger
(Shrike) was a German Second World War single-seat, single-engine fighter
aircraft designed by Kurt Tank in the late 1930s. Powered by the BMW 801D-2
radial engine of 1730 Cv, the 190 had ample power and was able to lift larger
loads than its well-known counterpart, the Messerschmitt Bf 109. The 190 was
used by the Luftwaffe in a wide variety of roles, including day fighter,
fighter-bomber, ground-attack aircraft and, to a lesser degree, night fighter. When
the Fw 190 started flying operationally over France in August 1941, it quickly
proved itself to be superior in all but turn radius to the Royal Air Force's
main front-line fighter. The Fw 190A series' performance decreased at high
altitudes (usually 6,000 m
and above), which reduced its effectiveness as a high-altitude interceptor, but
this problem was mostly rectified in later models, particularly with the
Junkers Jumo 213 inline-engine Focke-Wulf Fw 190D series, which was introduced
in September 1944. In
total, about 13,291 Fw 190 As were produced in all variants
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