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The FW-190 was the more advanced and potent aircraft of the german Luftwaffe, and served not only in air-to-air combat, but as a fighter-bomber, a close-support aircraft and photo-reconnaissance platform. Fw 190s father was Professor Kurt Waldemar Tank. The A-3 featured an uprated BMW-801D-2 engine with 1,270 kW (1,700 HP), plus the four wing cannon as production standard. The FW-190A-3/U2 featured a factory upgrade kit with a bomb rack for use a fighter-bomber (Jagd-Bomber or Jabo). The FW-190A-4 went into production in late 1942, the primary improvement being the addition of an MW-50 water-methanol power boost system for the BMW-801 engine. The FW-190F-1 subvariant was based on the FW-190A-4. Only a small number were built, for evaluation purposes. The F-1 had reduced gun armament, with two MG-17 7.92 millimeter machine guns in the cowling and a 20 millimeter cannon in each wing, for a total of four guns. In compensation, it had racks under the fuselage for carriage of one 500 kilogram or four 50 kilogram bombs, plus an optional rack under each wing for a single 250 kilogram bomb or two 50 kilogram bombs.
