Messerschmitt Me410 Hornisse - Powerplant. Part 4. German Dzib -Compiler-

Daimler-Benz DB 603

The Daimler-Benz DB 603 engine was a German aircraft engine used during World War II. It was a liquid-cooled 12-cylinder inverted V12 enlargement of the DB 601, which was in itself a development of the DB 600. Production of the DB 603 commenced in May 1942, ⁽¹⁷⁾ and with a 44.52 litre displacement figure, was the largest displacement inverted V12 aviation engine to be produced and used in front line aircraft of the Third Reich during World War II.

Hornisse and his Armament. Messerschmitt Me410, Part 3. German Dzib -Compiler-

Armament

MG 17

A mainstay fixed machine gun in German built aircraft (many of which were sold to other countries) well before World War II, by 1940 it was starting to be replaced with heavier caliber machine gun and cannons. By 1945 very few if any aircraft mounted the MG 17.
The MG 17 was installed in the Messerschmitt Bf 109, Messerschmitt Bf 110, Focke-Wulf Fw 190, Junkers Ju 87, Junkers Ju 88C Nightfighter, Heinkel He 111, Dornier Do 17/215 Nightfighter, Focke-Wulf Fw 189 and many other aircraft. Many MG 17s were later modified for infantry use, as the Luftwaffe replaced them with either the faster-firing MG 81 machine gun for bomber defense, and the heavier-calibre MG 131 for both bomber defense and for a fighter's forward-firing offensive armament. Official numbers of conversions was about 24,271 by January 1, 1944, although additional conversions may have been done as well. (9)

Messerschmitt Me410 - Versions and operators.Part 2. German Dzib -Compiler-

Versions 

Me 410 A-1 Schnellbomber - fast bomber delivered to the units from January 1943. Armed with two MG 151/20 cannon 20 mm caliber machine guns and two MG 17 7.92 mm caliber, and supported by a second crew member, two MG 131 machine guns caliber 13 mm mounted on a remotely operated firing turrets on the sides of the hull. Bomb chamber located under the cockpit could accommodate 1000 kg weapons, which could consist of: 1 bomb SC-1000 or SD-1000 a weight of 1000 kg, 2 SC-500 bombs of 500 kg, or 8 SC-50 bombs of 50 kg . Additionally, you could hang on brackets under the wings of four SC-50 bombs. Viewfinder type Stuvi bomber dropping bombs 5B allowed to dive.  

Hornisse, proud successor of poor Me210. Story of Messerschmitt Me410. Part 1. German Dzib-Compiler-

Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornisse - (German hornet) heavy, twin-engine fighter and fast bomber of the German World War II, built on a failed plane Messerschmitt Me 210th Due to the very bad reputation Me 210 project, renamed the 410th Me. In 1937, the first draft Messerschmitt Me 210, which was to replace the Messerschmitt Bf 110 Spring of 1938 a contract for the breakdown of the aircraft and its implementation at the same time granted the company Messerschmitt and Arado. The project was based on the aircraft Messerschmitt Bf 110 and consisted of replacing engines on stronger and stronger weapons. Airframe has been modified, but most of its components was the same as the previous design. The new aircraft as the Messerschmitt Me marked the 210th The project resulted in the creation of Arado's a completely new design Arado Ar 240.

Messerschmitt Me410 Hornisse-interesting drawings