Messerschmitt Me 410
Designed by: Messerschmitt
Manufacturer:
- Messerschmitt Augsburg
- Dornier München
Introduction: 1943
Retired: 1945
Primary users:
- Luftwaffe
- Hungarian Air Force
Number built: 1,189
Crew: 2 (pilot and gunner)
Powerplant:
- Me 410A:
- Model: Daimler-Benz DB 603A
- Type: Liquid-cooled inverted V12 engine
- Horsepower: 1,726 hp
- Number: Two
- Me 410B: (Proposed)
- Model: Daimler-Benz DB 603G
- Type: Liquid-cooled inverted V12 engine
- Horsepower: 1,900 hp
- Number: Two
Dimensions:
- Length: 12.4 m (40 ft 8-3/16 in)
- Wingspan: 16.39 m (53 ft 9-1/4 in)
- Height: 3.7 m (12 ft 2-5/8 in)
- Wing area: 36.20 m² (390 ft²)
Weights:
- Empty weight: 6,150 kg (13,558 lb)
- Max. takeoff weight: 10,760 kg (23,721 lb)
Performance:
- Maximum speed: 624 km/h (388 mph)
- Range: 2,300 km (1,400 mi) combat radius
- Service ceiling: 10,000 m (32,800 ft)
- Climb to 6,000 m (19,680 ft): 10.7 min
Armament:
- Guns:
- 2 × 7.92 mm MG 17 machine guns with 1,000 rpg, firing forward
- 2 × 20 mm MG 151/20 cannon with 350 rpg, firing forward
- 2 × 13 mm MG 131 machine guns with 500 rpg, each firing rearward from FDSL 131/1B remote-operated turret, one per side
- Rockets:
- 4 x 21 cm (8 in) Werfer-Granate 21 rockets
- Bombs:
- up to 1,000 kg (2,204 lb) of disposable stores
- Optional:
- 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.
Sources:
Gunston, Bill & Wood, Tony - Hitler's Luftwaffe
, 1977, Salamander
Books Ltd., London
Wikipedia - Me 410
Gunston, Bill & Wood, Tony - Hitler's Luftwaffe
, 1977, Salamander
Books Ltd., LondonWikipedia - Me 410
