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Aviation Legends: Bf 109E-4

Willy Messerschmitt

The Bf 109E and Willy Messerschmitt

From 12.00 GMT on February the 24th until 12.00 GMT on February the 29th

Available aircraft: German Bf 109E-4 designed by Willy Messerschmitt

Available modes: Arcade, Realistic and Simulator

Jirō Horikoshi​​

The A6M2 Zero and Jirō Horikoshi

​From 12.00 GMT on February the 18th until 12.00 GMT on February the 23rd

Available aircraft: Japanese A6M2 Zero designed by Jirō Horikoshi​

Available modes: Arcade, Realistic and Simulator

Results of the tournament on the A6M2

Place: Arcade Battles: Realistic Battles: Simulator Battles: Scores: 1 Sta1ker97 _Headshoter KAMiKADZEO_o 30 2 Venatores _Obstacle AaronFreeman 29 3 SANYA_47_RUS Gladiator_N1 LoGo_7 28 4 Willy_Walker Mentor1989 VTK560 27 5 _FFaria_ Ch_Vayron _Yoschi_ 26 6 RC_sirioja Zeus_Rus _Oem 25 7 DahkaDahka_CCCP CITTZEN ipser 24 8 Ayabo CoDzillaPWNZ sirozha 23 9 A_H_A_P_X_u_C_T __LeGoLaS__ Krupnski 22 10 RageDevil _Thranduil Aaron_Freeman 21 11 CrazyTURK lastrix donifan 20 12 One_Way_Charlie Little_PiP *Squier_d 19 13 GrimShock NaTisK Rrrocknrolla 18 14 NightFury_Koala APJIEKIH TARPAN 17 15 _KuRt_ _lumen_ Cigan1 16 16 hakdf ScrappyRug murahiga 15 17 NYGMA MCNick _WAVAK_ 14 18 JustSoEasy Oleg50665 Pastry 13 19 BlackEagle_Tr ArthurPsk NelitaF 12 20 MaXmudE Kryto30 VAT_IRSS_KAT 11 21 _SickRussian_ KREATOR akula941 10 22 predator313HU sag_82 V_Korneev 9 23 Alone_InThe_Sky Mr_Salvatore Rafiz 8 24 Avalonsky StrangerZ Gaiechka_76 7 25 XO66IT Disbeliever egor_sun 6 26 DemoS_3BEPb sansthelavandil MrSam1985 5 27 _PRAID_ cekupa_nepyHa Stalinskiy_SOKOL 4 28 Fobos23 skillet_39 Colonel_Panic 3 29 SzalonyKalbur DaRgO metrafan_UA 2 30 Corvus_P bender165 DedBabaj 1 The winner of the second stage will receive the "2v2 Duellist" title and 300 ! Scores will be considered in the overall standings in the tournament series "Aviation Legends".

Sydney Camm

The Hurricane Mk I and Syndey Camm

From 12.00 GMT on February the 13th until 12.00 GMT on February the 18th

Available aircraft: British Hurricane Mk I fighter designed by Sydney Camm

Available modes: Arcade, Realistic and Simulator

Results of the tournament on the Hurricane Mk.I

Place: Arcade Battles: Realistic Battles: Simulator Battles: Scores: 1 Sta1ker97 _Headshoter KAMiKADZEO_o 30 2 Venatores _Obstacle AaronFreeman 29 3 SANYA_47_RUS Gladiator_N1 LoGo_7 28 4 Willy_Walker Mentor1989 VTK560 27 5 _FFaria_ Ch_Vayron _Yoschi_ 26 6 RC_sirioja Zeus_Rus _Oem 25 7 DahkaDahka_CCCP CITTZEN ipser 24 8 Ayabo CoDzillaPWNZ sirozha 23 9 A_H_A_P_X_u_C_T __LeGoLaS__ Krupnski 22 10 RageDevil _Thranduil Aaron_Freeman 21 11 CrazyTURK lastrix donifan 20 12 One_Way_Charlie Little_PiP *Squier_d 19 13 GrimShock NaTisK Rrrocknrolla 18 14 NightFury_Koala APJIEKIH TARPAN 17 15 _KuRt_ _lumen_ Cigan1 16 16 hakdf ScrappyRug murahiga 15 17 NYGMA MCNick _WAVAK_ 14 18 JustSoEasy Oleg50665 Pastry 13 19 BlackEagle_Tr ArthurPsk NelitaF 12 20 MaXmudE Kryto30 VAT_IRSS_KAT 11 21 _SickRussian_ KREATOR akula941 10 22 predator313HU sag_82 V_Korneev 9 23 Alone_InThe_Sky Mr_Salvatore Rafiz 8 24 Avalonsky StrangerZ Gaiechka_76 7 25 XO66IT Disbeliever egor_sun 6 26 DemoS_3BEPb sansthelavandil MrSam1985 5 27 _PRAID_ cekupa_nepyHa Stalinskiy_SOKOL 4 28 Fobos23 skillet_39 Colonel_Panic 3 29 SzalonyKalbur DaRgO metrafan_UA 2 30 Corvus_P bender165 DedBabaj 1 The winner of the first stage will receive the "2v2 Duellist" title and 300 ! Scores will be considered in the overall standings in the tournament series "Aviation Legends".

Tournament series rules:

Each successive stage of the tournament takes place over 5 days (120 hours). All stages will be held consecutively.

Each stage is independent and rewards winners in accordance with the rules of the series.

Winners of all five stages receive a special prize.

Participation in the tournament is available to players who are the owners of an aircraft (purchased and crewed) as listed in the tournament.

When entering a tournament battle, the player must use his own aircraft with modules he has unlocked and crew he has trained.

Attention! To make the tournament fair for everyone, we have disabled the option to join while being part of a squad. Please make sure that you have left or disbanded your squad before entering the queue.

Rewards:

Every 10 victories within a single stage, a reward is provided in the form of a Trophy of Legend with one of the following prizes:

10-75% discount on premium aircraft of the corresponding country;

A random Talisman for aircraft of the corresponding country;

Between 50,000 and 500,000 Silver Lions;

A random 40-200% booster for Research Points or Silver Lions.

Players occupying the top 30 positions in the leaderboard of each stage are rewarded with:

The "2v2 Duelist" title;

300 .

All players in the top 50 at the end of all five stages of a single series receive a special prize:

The "2v2 Master Duelist" title;

1000 ;

; The elite ‘Duelist’ decal.

From February 13th to March 10th, participate in the "Aviation Legends" Tournament Series:

Take part in 5 tournaments dedicated to some of the most legendary aircraft in history!

Hundreds of hours spent at the controls of your favourite aircraft have served you well – battles with most opponents are already easy, encountering enemies equal to your strength is a rare treat. You are an experienced pilot who wields your favorite aircraft as if it were part of you, at last today, you will demonstrate the results of your extended training.

Dear pilots of all modes, we are pleased to present to you a new type of tournament: Aviation Legends. Battle 2 vs 2 using identical aircraft from some of the most iconic aviation designers. The Aviation Legends tournament series will take place between February the 13th and March the 4th and will include 5 tournaments featuring some of the most well-known aircraft of the Second World War.

Read more about the historical background by clicking here!

The Bf 109E and Willy Messerschmitt Almost everyone who knows at least a little about the history of the Second World War will immediately recognize the Messerschmitt as a legendary fighter plane with the feared German cross on its wings. Altitude, speed, firepower, altitude and speed again – that is the simple and elegant secret of victory when flying any Bf.109. The earlier variants of this plane and the E and F in particular also have another feature which is common to every all-purpose fighter – maneuverability. This is especially noticeable in energy fighting – the Messerschmitt has almost no equal in this regard. The plane owes its excellent flight and technical characteristics and its illustrious career to its constructor Willy Messerschmitt, which is why the plane is still called by the name of its designer even now. He managed to create an aircraft that was able to face any opponent of its time even under the conditions of strong competition with Ernst Heinkel, who had designed the He.112. Even though the development of the new fighter was started under their own initiative, the Messerschmitt team managed to design a plane that used almost all the technical innovations of the time. After its initial flight and combat experience in the Spanish Civil War, the Bf.109 continued to be improved right up until the end of the Second World War. The Bf.109E series are the best balanced and most versatile fighters of the whole line. Starting with the Bf.109F, the later models became faster but heavier, or had an improved climbing rate while losing maneuverability. If the tactics on later Messerschmitts mostly come down to boom and zoom attacks in a high-speed dive that end in a climb back up to altitude, the earlier models of the plane allow for far more variety when choosing of air combat maneuvers. The “Emils” and especially the Bf.109E-4 that was designed with the experience the Germans received in the Battle Of Britain became universal fighter planes. They could do just as well using boom and zoom tactics as when they were using many fighting maneuvers (usually in the vertical plane) considering the flaws in the characteristics of the opponent’s aircraft. The only obvious flaw in the comfortable, responsive and tough “Emil” is that the cannons are mounted on the wings. Because this makes the cannon rounds have a far greater dispersal, it is difficult to shoot down an opponent with a short burst without carefully setting the weapon convergence. With only 60 rounds of ammo available per barrel, large numbers of rounds cannot be spent on the destruction of a single plane. However, all of this is well compensated for by the power of the incendiary rounds used by the 20mm cannons. The versatility of the Bf.109E-4 allows the pilot to use the more popular combat maneuvers and his own new ones that can then be tested in practice. Test your dueling skill while flying this aircraft. Duels are now available under the Events tab in-game!



The War Thunder Team