General info for B-17G-60-VE

  • Country USA
  • Vehicle role Long Range Bomber / Heavy Bomber
  • Rank 4
  • Battle rating in
    • arcade battles 6
    • realistic battles 6
    • simulator battles 6.7

Extended parameters

Arcade Battles
  • Price 300,000€
  • Wp bonus 110%
  • Exp bonus 172%
  • Max speed 510 km/h
  • Turn time 36.0 s
  • Training cost 87,000€
  • Climb speed 4.6 m/s
  • Airfield len 600 m
  • Free repairs 10
  • Mass per sec (shot)
  • Max altitude 11156 m
  • Max speed alt 7680 m
  • Weapon presets 6
  • Full repair cost 3,340€
  • Weapon
    Turret x4: 12.7 mm M2 Browning machine gun x2 (Ammo: 3950) Reload Time 20s
    Turret x5: 12.7 mm M2 Browning machine gun (Ammo: 2300) Reload Time 20s
    500 lb AN-M64A1 bomb x8
  • Full repair time crew 3d
Realistic Battles
  • Price 300,000€
  • Wp bonus 370%
  • Exp bonus 172%
  • Max speed 510 km/h
  • Turn time 36.0 s
  • Training cost 87,000€
  • Climb speed 4.6 m/s
  • Airfield len 600 m
  • Free repairs 10
  • Mass per sec (shot)
  • Max altitude 11156 m
  • Max speed alt 7680 m
  • Weapon presets 6
  • Full repair cost 11,700€
  • Weapon
    Turret x4: 12.7 mm M2 Browning machine gun x2 (Ammo: 3950) Reload Time 20s
    Turret x5: 12.7 mm M2 Browning machine gun (Ammo: 2300) Reload Time 20s
    500 lb AN-M64A1 bomb x8
  • Full repair time crew 6d
Simulator Battles
  • Price 300,000€
  • Wp bonus 350%
  • Exp bonus 172%
  • Max speed 510 km/h
  • Turn time 36.0 s
  • Training cost 87,000€
  • Climb speed 4.6 m/s
  • Airfield len 600 m
  • Free repairs 10
  • Mass per sec (shot)
  • Max altitude 11156 m
  • Max speed alt 7680 m
  • Weapon presets 6
  • Full repair cost 9,976€
  • Weapon
    Turret x4: 12.7 mm M2 Browning machine gun x2 (Ammo: 3950) Reload Time 20s
    Turret x5: 12.7 mm M2 Browning machine gun (Ammo: 2300) Reload Time 20s
    500 lb AN-M64A1 bomb x8
  • Full repair time crew 6d

B-17G-60-VE / statistics for the last 1 month

These may be very different from the real, because we are monitoring only those players who use our site.

Arcade Battles
  • Battles 21
  • Win rate 100%
  • Air frags per battle N/A
  • Air frags per death N/A
  • Ground frags per battle 5.58
  • Ground frags per death 3.17
Realistic Battles
  • Battles 17
  • Win rate 13.33%
  • 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 B-17G-60-VE

Official War Thunder wiki

The Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress was the first American all-metal heavy bomber. The plane was designed in 1934 in response to a design competition for a coastal anti-ship bomber. A year later the Boeing-299 prototype was built, equipped with four 750-HP Pratt & Whitney engines. It was first flown on June 28 of that year. Subsequent variants used the 1,200 HP Wright Cyclone engines. Boeing factories began mass producing B-17 Flying Fortresses for the US Army Air Corps exactly 12 months later. Throughout the production run, Boeing produced 6,981 B-17s of various variants and an additional 5,745 were built by Lockheed and Douglas giving a total of 12,726 aircraft. The B-17 quickly became legendary due to its ability to withstand battle damage and to bring hole-ridden aircraft home safely. Nine, and later twelve, Browning .50-cal machine guns offered formidable defensive fire coverage. Nevertheless, the aircraft was not without its faults. For example, the tendency to catch fire was never overcome. Another weakness was the lack of protection against head-on attacks; out of 27 pieces of armor, none protected the crew from the front. Firing a cannon or even a machine gun at the cockpit would find the crew completely unprotected. Another famous part of the B-17 was its highly advanced Norden bombsight, which allowed for effective bomb aiming even at high altitudes.