Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4 "Emil"
Country | Germany |
Type | Single seat fighter |
Date of service | November 1939 |
Powerplant | Daimler-Benz DB 601Aa 12-cylinder liquid-cooled inverted-vee |
Horsepower | 1,175 hp. |
Max Speed | 348 mph @ 14,560 ft. |
ClimbRate | 3,280 ft/min. |
Weight | |
empty | 4,189 lbs. |
loaded | 5,875 lbs. |
Cieling | 34,450 ft. |
Range | 410 miles normal |
Armament | 2 - 7.92mm MG17 machine guns (nose) with 1000
rpg 2 - 20mm MG FF cannon (1/wing) with 60 rpg or 2 - 7.92mm MG17 machine guns (nose) with 500 rpg 1 - 20mm MG FF cannon (engine mounted) with 200 rounds 2 - 20mm MG FF cannon (1/wing) with 60 rpg NOTE: The engine mounted 20mm cannon never worked properly and was usually removed shortly after leaving the factory. To the pilots, it was just extra weight. |