Type: Single-seat reconaissance bomber
Origin: Arado Handelsgesellschaft Warnedmunde
Models: Ar 234B & Ar 234C
First Flight:

• Ar 234B-0: June 8, 1944

Service Delivery: September 1944
Final Delivery: N/A
Number Produced: 214

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Powerplant:

Ar 234B:

• Model: Junkers Jumo 004B
• Type: Axial Turbojets
• Number: Two
• Thrust: 900kg (1,980lb) thrust

Ar 234C:

• Model: BMW 003
• Type: Axial Turbojets
• Number: Four
• Thrust: N/A

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Dimensions:

• Span: 14.2m (46 ft. 3.5 in.)
• Length: 12.65m (41 ft. 5.5 in.)
• Height: 4.3m (14 ft. 1.25 in.)

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Weights:

• Empty: 5200kg (11,464 lbs.)
• Loaded: 8410kg (18,541 lbs.)
• Maximum with rocket take-off boost: 9850kg (21,715 lb.)

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Performance:

• Maximum speed: 742kph (461mph)
• Ceiling: 10,000m (32,800 ft.)
• Range on internal fuel (clean): 1630km (1,013 Miles)
• Range with 3,300lb bomb load: 1,100km (684 Miles)

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Armament:

Two fixed MG 151 20mm cannon in rear fuselage, firing to the rear and sighted by periscope (there is some speculation that this was never fitted to production models

Bomb Load:

various combinations of bombs slung under fuselage and/or engines to maximum of 1500kg (3,300lb)

Sources:
Gunston, Bill - The Encyclodepia of the Worlds Combat aircraft, 1976, Chartwell Books, Inc., New York
Brown, Eric, Captain - Wings of the Luftwaffe, 1979, Airlife Publishing Ltd., Shrewsbury
Gunston, Bill & Wood, Tony - Hitler's Luftwaffe, 1977, Salamander Books Ltd., London
Donald, David - The Complete Encyclopedia Of World Aircraft, 1997, Brown Packaging Books Ltd., London
Wikipedia - Arado Ar 234