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Because I know how you all love my Luftwaffe technical what ifs, here is another; I came across a 'new' aircraft type for another TL I'm helping with and its potential intrigued me, the Hs 124:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Fw_187
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henschel_Hs_124
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_110

So what if instead of trying to go for the Bf110 as the only aircraft for the 'destroyer' role they opted to split it up into a light bomber/strafer/ground attack/recon/night fighter in the Hs124 and a long range escort fight in the Fw187? The Bf110 was a jack of all trades, master of none, while something like the Hs124 would have stayed relevant as a night fighter and light bomber (with engine upgrades) for the whole war, while the Fw187 could have done the same as a long range fighter and daylight bomber interceptor, preventing the need for the problematic Me210/410 that ended up costing the Luftwaffe an estimated 2000 aircraft from 1941-43.

Early on you could have the Hs124 as a light bomber replacing some of the Ju88's roles, especially the Ju88C, and some recon versions, which would make up for the needed resources to produce it; it would also pretty much replace the Do17 in all its roles from 1937 on. There would be virtually nothing the Do17/215 could do that the Hs124 couldn't do better and probably use the same engines to achieve higher speed and range, though with lower payload. The He111 and Ju88 could then do the 'heavy' bombing. The Fw187 then would be freed up to be a bomber interceptor during the day and long range escort/air superiority fighter. In the long run it ends up saving a lot of resources from having to switch over to the Me410 when it becomes ready in 1943 and avoids having to go through the Me210 fiasco, while the Bf110 doesn't get wasted during the BoB, which the Fw187 could fight far more effectively, while the Hs124 could strafe and bomb like the fighter-bomber version of the Bf110, but better, as it had an internal bomb bay, greater range by far (same with the Fw187 over the Bf110), and mount heavier fire power in its nose. As a night fighter it would be able to do better than the Do215 and have more stretch than the Bf110. It could do all the work of the Do215, Ju88C, and Bf110/Me210/Me410, and perhaps even what the Ju88G did later. Thoughts?

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