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Junkers Ju 52
Military Variants

Ju 52/3mg3e
Improved military version, powered by three 541 kW (725 hp) BMW 132A-3 (improved version of the Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet) radial engines, equipped with an improved radio and bomb-release mechanism. Later versions had a tailwheel that replaced the tailskid.

Ju 52/3mg4e
Military transport version, the tailskid was replaced by a tailwheel.

Ju 52/3mg5e
Similar to g4e, but powered by three 619 kW (830 hp) BMW 132T-2 engines, it could be fitted with interchangeable floats, skis, and wheeled landing gear.

Ju 52/3mg6e
Transport version equipped with extra radio gear and autopilot, could also be fitted with a degaussing ring

Ju 52/3mg7e
Transport version, capable of carrying 18 troops or 12 stretchers, featured autopilot and larger cargo doors

Ju 52/3mg8e
Similar to g6e, but with improved radio and direction finding gear, a few were fitted with floats.

Ju 52/3mg9e
Tropical version of g4e for service in North Africa, fitted with glider towing gear and strengthened undercarriage

Ju 52/3mg10e
Similar to g9e, but could be fitted with floats or wheels, lacked deicing equipment

Ju 52/3mg11e
Similar to g10e, but fitted with deicing equipment

Ju 52/3mg12e
Land transport version, powered by three BMW 132L engines

Ju 52/3mg13e
No details are known.

Ju 52/3mg14e
Similar to g8e, but with improved armor, last German production version

A.A.C. 1 Toucan
Postwar French version of g11e, 415 built

CASA 352
Postwar Spanish version, 106 built

CASA 352L
Spanish version with Spanish 578 kW (775 hp) ENMA Beta B-4 (license-built BMW 132) engines, 64 built

C-79
Designation assigned to a single example operated by the United States Army Air Forces

D52
Designation used by the Czechoslovak Air Force

T2B
Designation used by the Spanish Air Force

Tp 5
Designation used by the Swedish Air Force

K 45c
A single Ju 52/1mce (c/n 4004) was delivered to the Junkers factory at Limhamn in Sweden, where it was converted to a torpedo bomber as the K 45c.

Sources:
Gunston, Bill & Wood, Tony - Hitler's Luftwaffe, 1977, Salamander Books Ltd., London
Gunston, Bill - The Encyclodepia of the Worlds Combat aircraft, 1976, Chartwell Books, Inc., New York
Wikipedia: Junkers Ju 52
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