Because I frequently look up military aircraft a lot on Wikipedia, and time and time again, I keep hearing how bombers are slower and less maneuverable than either fighters, attackers, or multirole aircraft. So does that mean that bombers are more heavily armored than the other three types of military aircraft? If not, and armor just weighs down *any* plane, why are bombers the largest, slowest, and leave maneuverable of the military aircraft, anyway?
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Nope. More armour means more weight, which means lower bomb-load.
Hell, the only place that was armoured on the WWII heavy bomber the Lancaster was the area right behind the pilot. The rest was roughly the thickness of a tin can to save weight.
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