Messerschmitt Me-210A-1
| GENERAL DATA | |||
| Other Designation(s) | Hornisse |
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| Type | Heavy fighter, ground-attack
aircraft, fighter-bomber, dive bomber |
Crew | 2 (pilot and gunner) |
| Manufacturer(s) | Messerschmitt
A.G. |
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| Production | *90 finished and 320 partially
completed in Germany, 272 in Hungary (160 for MKLE, and 110 for
Luftwaffe) From April 1941 to March 1944 (Hungary) |
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| First Flew | 2 September 1939 (A-0) |
Introduction | 1943 (A-1) |
(*) All models
| Variants | |||
| Me-210A-0 | Pre production. | ||
| Me-210A-1 | Fighter, armed with two 20 mm MG 151 cannon and two 7.9 mm MG 17s in the nose and two 13mm MG 131 machine guns in the remote controlled turrets. | ||
| Me-210A-2 | Bomber version, A-2 had the same guns as the A-1, and could carry two 500kg SC 500 or SD 500 bombs in an internal bomb bay, and two more under the wings. | ||
| DIMENSIONS | |||
| Empty Weight | 7070 kg |
Loaded Weight | ? kg |
| Max takeoff weight | 9706 kg |
Length | 11.2 m |
| Wingspan | 16.34 m |
Wing area | 36.20 m² |
| Height | 3.7 m |
Wing loading | 268,09 kg/m² |
| ARMAMENT | ||||
| Main Gun | Nose | 2 × 20 mm MG 151/20 (1) |
Ammunition Carried | 2 x 350 |
| Secondary Guns | Side turrets (2) | 2 × 13 mm (.51 in) MG 131 (2) |
Ammunition Carried | 2 x 500 |
| Nose | 2 × 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 17 (3) |
2 x 1000 |
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| Bombs/Fuel tanks | 2 × 500 kg or 250 kg or 8×
50 kg internal |
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| Rockets | - |
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(1) firing forward, (2) firing rearward
from FDSL 131/1B remote-operated fuselage barbettes, (3) firing forward
| POWERPLANT | |||
| Engine | 2 ×
Daimler-Benz DB 601F |
Type & Displacement | supercharged inverted V12 engine,
33.93 L |
| Horsepower (maximum) | 2
x 1332 hp |
Power/Weight Ratio | 274.5 hp / ton * |
| Fuel Capacity | 2420
L (internal, six wing tanks)
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(*) with max takeoff weight
| PERFORMANCES | |||
| Maximum Speed | 564 km/h
at 5400 m |
Cruise Speed | ? km/h |
| Stall Speed * | 200 km/h |
Service Ceiling | 8900 m |
| Rate of Climb | 47.7 m/s |
Range | 1820 km, 2400 km (ferry range) |
(*) vitesse de décrochage
| Sources | |||
| Wikipédia | historyofwar | - |
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