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Re: Drops tanks on the Bf 110
The drop tanks you saw are probably the 900 ltr tanks mentioned by your friend, and someone simply got their unit measurements mixed up. They were real big suckers for long range flying. The other tanks used by the 110, and you'll see them on all the later models are of 300 ltr. capacity. The 110 never carried 198 ltr drop tanks. They were tested on the 109 but the tests found that the 198 ltr tanks had roughly the same drag as did the 300 ltr drop tanks, so they decided to keep using the 300 ltr. model.
Hope this helps,
George
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