Origin: Focke-Wulfe Flugzeugbau GmbH
Designer: Kurt Tank
Models: Ta 154V1 to V15, A and C series
Type: Night and All-weather fighter
Crew: 2
First flight: July 1, 1943

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Powerplant:

• Model: Junkers Jumo 213E
• Type: V-12 inverted liquid-cooled piston engine
• Take-Off power:
• 984 kW (1,320 hp) at 10,000 m (33,000 ft)
• Propellers:
  
• 2-bladed Junkers VS-9 wooden constant-speed propellers
• Fuel capacity:
• 1,500 l (400 US gal; 330 imp gal) in two fuselage tanks

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Dimensions:

• Length: 12.45 m (40 ft 10 in) (without radar antennae)
• Wingspan: 16 m (52 ft 6 in)
• Height: 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in)
• Wing area: 32.4 m2 (349 sq ft)

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Weights:

• Empty weight: 6,600 kg (14,551 lb)
• Gross weight: 8,930 kg (19,687 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 9,550 kg (21,054 lb)

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Performance:

• Maximum speed:
• 400 mph (650 kph) at 23,260 ft (7,090m)
• 332 mph (534kph) at sea level
• Range:
• 848 mi (1,365 km) at 23,000 ft (7,000m)
• 1,160 mi (1,860km) with two 300 liter (79 US gal; 66 imp gal)
• Service ceiling: 10,900 m (35,800 ft)
• Rate of climb: 15 m/s (3,000 ft/min)
• Time to altitude: 8,000 m (26,000 ft) in 14 minutes 30 seconds

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Armament:

• Guns: (Typical)
• 2 × 20 mm MG 151/20 cannon 200 rpg.
• 2 × 30 mm nose-mounted MK 108 cannon 110 rpg.


• Guns: (Ta 154C)
• 2 × 20 mm MG 151/20 cannon 200 rpg.
• 2 × 30 mm nose-mounted MK 108 cannon 110 rpg.
• 2 × fuselage-mounted Schräge Musik 20 mm MK 108 cannon

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Avionics: Variously fitted

• FuG 218 Neptun radar
• FuG 212 Lichtenstein C-1
• FuG 220 Lichtenstein SN-2
• FuG 350 Naxos Z H2S detector
• Revi 16B gunsight
• FuG 10P HF comms
• FuG 16ZY VHF radio
• FuG 25a IFF
• FuG 101a radio altimeter
• FuBl 2 blind approach receiver
• PeGe 6 radio compass

Sources:
Gunston, Bill & Wood, Tony - Hitler's Luftwaffe, 1977, Salamander Books Ltd., London
Wikipedia - Ta 154