Messerschmitt Me-210C-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-210C-1 | Fighter, identical to A-1 but DB 605B engines. | ||
| Me-210C-2 | Bomber, identical to A-2 but DB 605B engines. | ||
| Me-210Ca-1 | Hungarian-licensed production version of the Me 210C with Daimler-Benz DB 605A-1 engine. | ||
| Me-210Ca (40mm) | Some Hungian Ca-1 plane were modified to carry 40 mm
Bofors autocannon in the lower fuselage in order to destroy allied
bombers. In addition, these aircraft could carry 152 mm rockets (modified version of the Hungarian copy of Nebelwerfer 41) for ground attack. |
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| 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 605B |
Type & Displacement | supercharged inverted V12 engine,
35.7 L |
| Horsepower (maximum) | 2
x 1775 hp |
Power/Weight Ratio | 365 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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