General info for He 51 B-1

  • Country Germany
  • Vehicle role Light Fighter / Biplane
  • Rank 1
  • Battle rating in
    • arcade battles 1
    • realistic battles 1
    • simulator battles 1

Extended parameters

Arcade Battles
  • Wp bonus 10%
  • Max speed 310 km/h
  • Turn time 14.7 s
  • Climb speed 14.3 m/s
  • Airfield len 294 m
  • Mass per sec (shot) 0.39 kg/s
  • Max altitude 7700 m
  • Max speed alt 4000 m
  • Weapon presets 1
  • Full repair cost Free
  • Weapon
    7.92 mm MG 17 machine gun x2 (Ammo: 1000) Reload Time 15s
Realistic Battles
  • Wp bonus 60%
  • Max speed 310 km/h
  • Turn time 14.7 s
  • Climb speed 14.3 m/s
  • Airfield len 294 m
  • Mass per sec (shot) 0.39 kg/s
  • Max altitude 7700 m
  • Max speed alt 4000 m
  • Weapon presets 1
  • Full repair cost Free
  • Weapon
    7.92 mm MG 17 machine gun x2 (Ammo: 1000) Reload Time 15s
Simulator Battles
  • Wp bonus 110%
  • Max speed 310 km/h
  • Turn time 14.7 s
  • Climb speed 14.3 m/s
  • Airfield len 294 m
  • Mass per sec (shot) 0.39 kg/s
  • Max altitude 7700 m
  • Max speed alt 4000 m
  • Weapon presets 1
  • Full repair cost Free
  • Weapon
    7.92 mm MG 17 machine gun x2 (Ammo: 1000) Reload Time 15s

He 51 B-1 / statistics for the last 1 month

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Arcade Battles
  • Battles 23
  • Win rate 50%
  • Air frags per battle 1
  • Air frags per death 1.78
  • Ground frags per battle N/A
  • Ground frags per death N/A
Realistic Battles
  • Battles N/A
  • Win rate N/A
  • Air frags per battle N/A
  • Air frags per death N/A
  • Ground frags per battle N/A
  • Ground frags per death N/A
Simulator Battles
  • Battles N/A
  • Win rate N/A
  • Air frags per battle N/A
  • Air frags per death N/A
  • Ground frags per battle N/A
  • Ground frags per death N/A

Wiki info about He 51 B-1

Official War Thunder wiki

Heinkel He 51 B-1 single-engine fighter In the spring of 1935, a new fighter variant, the He 51 B-1, was launched into production. It differed from the "A" version in that it had reinforced twin braces and a fuselage rack to mount a 170-litre external fuel tank. By the spring of 1936, the new version replaced the He 51 A-1 on the production lines. Heinkels were the main Luftwaffe fighters at the time. The He 51 ended up at the centre of a boisterous propaganda campaign developed by the Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda around the reviving Luftwaffe. However, the He 51 was not commercially successful on the foreign market. In 1935, after they failed to obtain a licence for the Polish P.24 monoplane fighter, the Hungarian government turned to Heinkel with a request to consider the possibility of producing the He 51 with a French 850 hp Gnome-Rhone 14K engine. Despite the powerful engine, this variant's test results did not satisfy the Hungarians, and they chose to purchase Italian CR.42 fighters instead of Heinkels. The He 51's career as the main Luftwaffe fighter, meanwhile, started to decline. In January 1936, a series of training duels took place between the Ar 68, a new fighter by Arado Flugzeugwerke, and the He 51. The series was lost by the Heinkel fighter, as it was significantly inferior to its opponent in manoeuvrability, rate of climb, and maximum speed. As front-line fighter wings were being rearmed with new equipment, the He 51s were handed over to units intended to provide direct air support for ground forces. They did not stay there too long and were soon delivered to training units, where the He 51s were used for training fighter pilots throughout the entirety of World War II. At the end of the war, He 51s were occasionally used as light night bombers against Red Army units or for anti-guerrilla purposes. Their efficiency in this capacity was deemed unsatisfactory, and the He 51s did not win any fame as night bombers.