In Defense of the Messerschmitt Bf 110

Get Started with War Thunder for Free on PC, PS5 or Xbox X|S here and unlock an exclusive bonus: https://wtplay.link/militaryaviationwarthunder - Disclaimer: This video is sponsored by War Thunder The Messerschmitt Bf 110 (Me 110) has not the best of reputations but while it certainly fell short of the expectations, was it really a bad plane? - Check out my books - Ju 87 Stuka - http://stukabook.com STG-44 Assault Platoon - http://sturmzug.com German Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com/ - Support - Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/MilAvHistory Channel Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmpahmxWXajV0-tuMMzSzAg/join PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/MilAvHis - Museum - RAF Museum London: https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/ - Social Media - Twitter: https://twitter.com/MilAvHistory Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/milaviationhistory/ - Sources - BArch, RL 16-10/10 Lufttaktik Teil B6. Betriebsanleitung Bf 110 C mit Anhang Bf 110 D-0, Messerschmitt A.G., February 1940 Flugstrecken Bf 110 D u. E mit DB 601A, February 1941. D. (Luft) T.2110 F-4 Teil 0, Bf 110 F-4 Flugzeug-Handbuch, August 1943. Dunn, Richard; Exploding Fuel Tanks – Sage of technology that changed the course of the Pacific air war, Richard Dunn, May 2011. Forczyk, Robert; Bf 110 vs Lancaster 1942 – 1945, Osprey Publishing, United Kingdom, Oxford: 2013. Franke, Hermann; Handbuch der neuzeitlichen Wehrwissenschaften – Dritter Band 2. Die Luftwaffe, Walter de Grunter & Co, Berlin: 1939. Kehrt, Christian; Moderne Krieger – Die Technikerfahrungen deutscher Militärpiloten 1910-1945, Krieg in der Geschichte Band 58, Ferdinand Schöninigh, Germany, Paderborn, 1998. Middlebrook, Martin; and Everitt, Chris; The Bomber Command War Diaries – An Operational Reference Book, 1939 – 1945, Penguin Books, United Kingdom, Harmondsworth: 1985. Murawski, Marek J.; Messerschmitt Bf 110 Volume 1, Kagero Monographs Vol. 16, 2010. Morgen, Eric B., Shacklady, Edward; Spitfire: The History, 5th impression, Key Books Ltd., Stamford, United Kingdom, 2000. Radinger, Willy et al; Messerschmitt Me 109, 1998. Stenograpischer Bericht über die GL-Besprechung, 27. April 1942. Thetford, Own; Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1918-57, Putnam, London: 1957. TsAMO; Lufttaktik – Leitfaden für den Unterricht auf den Luft-Kriegsschulen, 1939. TsAMO; Ausgegebene Umdrucke über Luftwaffenlehre, 7. Lehrgang, 1942. Völker, Karl-Heinz; Die Deutsche Luftwaffe 1933-1939 – Aufbau, Führung und Rüstung der Luftwaffe sowie die Entwicklung der deutschen Luftkriegstheorie, DVA, Germany, Stuttgart, 1967. Wehner, Jens; Technik können Sie von der Taktik nicht trennen - Die Jagdflieger der Wehrmacht, Campus Verlag, Deutschland, Frankfurt, 2022. - Timecodes - 00:00 - War Thunder [Sponsored Segment] 00:35 - Intro 01:20 - Messerschmitt Bf 110 01:45 - Battle of Britain 02:50 - Bf 110 requirements & development 06:00 - The fighter 'of the future' 10:49 - The range problem 14:52 - Advantage: 2nd crew man 17:36 - War Thunder [Sponsored Segment] 17:43 - Transition to fighter-bomber 21:44 - Bf 110 Vs bombers 22:39 - Night fighter 26:40 - Comparison (Mosquito, P-38) 30:06 - War Thunder [Sponsored Segment] 31:29 - Outro - Audio - Music and Sfx from Epidemic Sound #militaryaviationhistory #Bf110 #sponsored