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Hornisse "Hornet"
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Type: Tactical aircraft for fighter, attack and recon duties. Origin: Messerschmitt AG Crew: Two Models: Me 410A and B series First Flight: December 1942 Service Delivery: N/A Final Delivery: N/A Powerplant: Me 410A: Model: Daimler-Benz DB 603A Type: Liquid Cooled Inverted V12 Number: Two Horsepower: 1,750hp Me 410B: Model: Daimler-Benz DB 603G Type: Liquid Cooled Inverted V12 Number: Two Horsepower: 1,900hp Dimensions: Wing span: 53 ft. 7¾ in. (16.4m) Length: 40 ft. 10 in. (12.45m) Height: 14 ft. ½ in. (3.10m) Wing Surface Area: N/A Weights: Empty: 6,150kg (13,560 lbs.) Maximum: 10,650kg (23,483 lbs.) Performance: Maximum Speed: 620kph (385 mph) Initial climb: 2,133ft/min (650m/min) Range (with full bomb load): 1,447 miles (2330 km) Service Ceiling: 32,800 ft. (10,000m) |
Armament: Two remotely controlled powered barbettes on sides of fuselage each housing one 13mm MG 131 And Internal weapons bay housing various combinations of weapons ranging from 7.92mm MG 17 machine guns, MG 151's, Mk 108 30mm cannon, BK5 50mm cannon with 21 rounds all the way up to 210mm rockets in a rotary tube configuration (tested, but poor results prevented front-line use). Or Two 1,102 lb. (500kg) Bombs And External Racks for two 1,102 lb. (500kg) Bombs Plus Two Ruestatz external packs housing Mg 151, Mk 108 or Mk 103 cannons were fitted to some variants Avionics: SN-2 Lichtenstein Radar on Me 410A-2/U-2 Night Fighter FuG 200 Hohentwiel ASV (air/surface vessel) Radar on Me 410B-6 Anti-Shipping variant. |
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Comment: Rarely does any aircraft show a versatility in armament arrangements equal to the Me 410, which had over 140 different permutations in arrangement involving nearly every weapon in the Luftwaffe's arsenal. |
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Gunston, Bill & Wood, Tony - Hitler's Luftwaffe
, 1977, Salamander
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