The Dornier Family / War Thunder

In the early 1930s a new generation of aircraft was steadily changing the world of commercial aviation in Europe. There were more and more aircraft that were both light and fast, and boasted efficient airframes and retractable landing gear. Those planes were not only faster than their contemporary military counterparts… but also faster than some fighters!

That was a weird turn of events for sure — but, most importantly, it prompted the military to change their views on bombers. Why would you build just aircraft that are heavy and slow when you could also make bombers that are light and fast? Thanks to their speed, they would never have to face their opponents directly… and it seemed that it wasn’t even that difficult to make aircraft like that.


#WarThunder

[Friedmutze]

That moment when you finally understand Squire's joke about "German night fighters playing music to disrupt British bomber formations".

[Apollo_Tsakiris]

The Do-217 is the plane I used to grind tier 3, 4, and 5. It took me 3 months.

[rankavik]

Mighty 50 kg bombs
That bombs in WT are less capable than hand grenade in Enlisted.

[armageddonarmada]

It’s all fun and games till you actually have to face this thing on ground

[bravo]

I love them to pieces, especially the Js and Ns

It is a shame they spawn on such a low altitude and even if they were to spawn higher, single engine fighters outperform them in every way

[meomlett]

Love this Do 217 K or M Cockpit! Imagine crusing through the sky above the clouds with that view!

[nogard]

For the next shooting range: Do you have any tips on how to help a flipped teamate?

[flynntaggart]

4:51 editor motion tracked the triangle because of the black paint job lol

[fore]

When I was this early the Luftwaffe didn't exist yet.

[banzeyegaming]

*Somewhere, over Ladoga, in a Spitfire...*
Pilot: *Spots Dornier flying away from him* Yes, the perfect prey!
*Flies towards Dornier* Hahahaha, I have you now-
*Dornier opens fire with tail gunner*
Pilot: ...Ah...I forgot about that... *Gets “sent back to the hanger” in pieces*

[mage]

How about the Corsair Family. It has quite a few planes of its kind.

[officialcommitteeoftimetra]

Can you please make all aircraft (ones you don’t have researched) free to test fly?

[MusicStopsTimeMST]

I love this line: "was that a fairly unconventional tactic? Sure, but it worked *chuckle*" :D

[tomh]

It's quite comical getting a well-spoken voice actor to read out copy like "that was a weird turn of events for sure"

[jeppeolsson]

I like the Do-217 E-2, have already bombed a lot of bases with that thing! Also the camo (France 1943) looks sick on it!

[BluePhoenix]

Dagor 6.0 really looks good, love that the engine is getting a graphical update! Keep up the work1

[jamisco]

Trying to hide the cockpit.
Hehehe, they thought we wouldn't notice

[MiKeMiDNiTe-]

Absolutely great doco...Always loved the Dornier Nightfighters from the Screech Owls to the 217Js 🌙

[drezworthy]

This video is a long time coming as far as I'm concerned! Finally I feel like I sort of understand the Dornier line!

[Pod-my]

the dornier 17 j1 is a nightmare for bomber, i mean 4x20mm cannon and 4x mg17