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HEINKEL He 177
Specifications - He 177 A-5/R2

Type:
  Long range heavy bomber
Origin: Heinkel Flugzeugwerke
Designer: Siegfried Gunter
Crew: Six
First Flight: November 1939
Service Delivery: 1942
Retirement: 1945
Production:
    Prototypes: 8
    He 177 A-0: 35
    He 177 A-1: 130 (Produced from January 1942 - January 1943)
    He 177 A-3: 615 (Produced from November 1942 - June 1944)
    He 177 A-5: 349 (Produced from December 1943 - August 1944)
    Total: 1,137

Engine:
Model: Daimler-Benz DB 610
Type:
24-cylinder liquid-cooled inline piston engines
Number: Two        Horsepower: N/A

Dimensions:
Length: 22 m (72 ft 2 in)
Wingspan: 31.44 m (103 ft 1¾ in)
Height: 6.67 m (21 ft 10 in)
Wing area: 100.00 m² (1,076.40 ft²)

Weights:
Empty weight: 16,800 kg (37,038 lb)
Loaded weight: 32,000 kg (70,548 lb)

Performance:
Maximum Speed:
– 565 kph (351 mph) at 6,000 (19,685 ft)
Stall speed: 135 kph (84 mph)
Combat radius: 1,540 km (957 mi)
Ferry range: 5,600 km (3,480 mi)
Service ceiling: 8,000 m (26,246 ft)
Rate of climb: 190 m/min (623 ft/min)
Wing loading: 303.9 kg/m² (62.247 lb/ft²)
  Armament:
1 × 7.92 mm MG 81 machine gun in nose

1 × 20 mm MG 151 cannon in forward ventral Bola gondola position

1 × 13 mm MG 131 machine gun in rear ventral Bola gondola position

2 × 13 mm MG 131 machine guns in FDL 131Z remotely operated forward dorsal turret, full 360° traverse

1 × 13 mm MG 131 machine gun in manned Hydraulische Drehlafette HDL 131I aft dorsal turret

1 × 20 mm MG 151/20 cannon in tail position

Bombload:
Up to 6,000 kg (13,227 lb) of ordnance internally/7,200 kg (15,873 lb) externally or up to 3 Fritz X or Henschel Hs 293 PGMs (w/FuG 203 Kehl MCLOS transmitter installed)




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