Mosquito

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A Royal Air Force Mosquito in flight during 1944.

The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito was a British multi-purpose military aircraft that was used during World War II. It was manufactured by the de Havilland Aircraft Company and entered service in 1941. The Mosquito was mainly used as a fighter-bomber, but was also utilized as a reconnaissance and anti-ship aircraft. Over 7,000 were built.

Battlefield 1942

Mosquito
Used by	British Army United States Army Free French Forces

The Mosquito is a aircraft introduced to Battlefield 1942 in the Road to Rome expansion. It is the main medium bomber for the Allies and is the equivalent of the Axis Bf 110.

Gallery

British Mosquito Front

British Mosquito right side

British Mosquito rear

British Mosquito left side

FFF Mosquito front

FFF Mosquito rear

US Army Mosquito front

US Army Mosquito rear

Cockpit view

Third person front

Third person front

Battlefield V

Mosquito
Vehicle type	Ground Attack
Used by	United Kingdom United States Army (SP)
Crew	1 Pilot
Driver Weapons
Primary weapon	4x .303 MGs
Secondary weapon	4x 20mm Hispano (Upgrade) 2x .50cal Browning (Mk IIUpgrade) QF 6PDR (FB MkVI Upgrade)
Tertiary weapon	4x 250lb Bombs 8x RP-3 Dumbfire Missiles (Upgrade) 2x 500lb Bombs (FB MkVI Upgrade) 1x 4000lb Bomb (FB MkVI Upgrade)
Customization
Upgrades	MkII Rank 1 Field Repair · Increased Rate Of Fire Rank 2 Armored Fuselage · High Altitude Fighter · Smoke Screen Rank 3 Radar Package · Lightweight Package Rank 4 4x Hispano 20mm · 8x RP-3 Dumbfire Missiles · 2x .50cal Browning FB MkVI Rank 1 Saxophone Exhaust · Reinforced Wings Rank 2 8x RP-3 Dumbfire Missiles · 4x Hispano 20mm · QF 6PDR Rank 3 Ground Radar Package · Increased Rate of Fire Rank 4 2x 500lb Bombs · Armored Fuselage · 1x 4000lb
Countermeasures	None Smoke Screen (MkII Upgrade)

The Mosquito is an aircraft featured in Battlefield V.

Singleplayer

The Mosquito appears most prominently in the singleplayer war story The Last Tiger. The "Tankbuster" aircraft make several rocket attacks on friendly German vehicles, as well as on the player-controlled Tiger 237 during the first and second chapters of the story, with the latter strike disabling the tank. This forces Peter Müller to dismount the tank and commandeer a Flak 38, at which point the player must shoot down the three strafing Mosquitos to continue the mission.

Multiplayer

In Multiplayer the Mosquito is the ground-attack aircraft of the United Kingdom faction, and is the British equivalent of Germany's Stuka. Two variants are currently available - the Mosquito MkII and the Mosquito FB MkVI.

Mosquito MkII

"The British built the Mosquito multi-role plane mostly out of wood, earning it the nickname "The Wooden Wonder". Well-armed, adaptable and above all swift, the Mosquito was one of the fastest aircraft in the world."

— In-game description

The Mosquito MkII is unlocked at rank 18.

Compared to the Stuka, the Mosquito is a larger target and as a single-seat aircraft lacks any defensive armament. However, the aircraft is faster and more manoeuvrable than its German contemporary with similar durability. Pairing this with its heavier default forward-facing armament of x4 .303 MGs, the Mosquito is much more adept at dogfighting but is still outmatched in this role by fighters. It carries a stock payload of four 250lb bombs.

Although its ground-attack munitions cannot be upgraded further than the addition of eight RP-3 rockets at Specializations rank 4, the aircraft's heavy gunload can be augmented with either 20mm Hispanos or .50cal Brownings, increasing its strafing potential. Others specialisations such as Field Repair, Armored Fuselage and Smoke Screen boost survivability, while the High Altitude and Radar Packages allow pilots to evade and ambush enemy interceptors. The Mosquito posses a unique upgrade in the form of the Lightweight Package, which appear to be functional identical to Improved Control Surfaces.

Mosquito FB MkVI

The Mosquito MkVI was the reward for completing the week nine challenges of Tides of War chapter two Lightning Strikes, "Unstoppable Force".

The aircraft uses the same starting weapons and bombload as the MkII, but with different specializations that focuses the type towards a dedicated tank-killer. At rank 1, the Saxophone Exhaust and Reinforced Wings give the player a choice between speed and raw survivability. Rank 2 unlocks the secondary armament, which includes RP-3 rockets, quad 20mm cannons or the unique QF 6PDR, an autoloading anti-tank cannon. Further MkVI exclusive upgrades include the Ground Radar Package which functions as an improved Spotting Camera which automatically marks vehicles within 125m of the aircraft, and the 4000lb which is the heaviest single payload available all Allied and Axis aircraft, having a significant blast radius.

Gallery

<gallery> Mosquito MKVI Loading.jpg|The Mosquito MKVI as seen in the loading screen <gallery>