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| Country:
German |
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Type: Reconnaissance |
| Manufacturer:
Focke-Wulf |
| Service:
1940 - 1945 |
| First
Flight: July 1938 |
| Production:
846 |
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The Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu (Owl) was a German twin-engine twin-boom three-seat tactical reconnaissance and army cooperation aircraft. It first flew in 1938 (Fw 189 V1), entered service in 1940, and was produced until mid-1944. The Fw 189 was used extensively on the Eastern Front with great success.
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| TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS ( Fw 189 A-1) |
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General characteristics
- Crew: 3
- Length: 12 m (39 ft 4 in)
- Wingspan: 18.4 m (60 ft 4 in)
- Height: 3.7 m (12 ft 0 in)
- Wing area: 38 m (409 ft)
- Empty weight: 2,680 kg (5,920 lb)
- Loaded weight: 3,950 kg (8,708 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 x Argus As 410, 350 kW (465 hp) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 357 km/h at 2,600 m (222 mph at 8,530 ft)
- Range: 670 km (416 miles)
- Service ceiling 8,400 m (27,550 ft)
- Rate of climb: 8.3 m/s (1,640 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 103.9 kg/m (21.3 lb/ft)
- Power/mass: 177 W/kg (0.107 hp/lb)
Armament
- 2 x 7.92 mm MG 17 machine guns mounted in the wing roots, firing forward
- 1 x 7.92 mm MG 15 machine gun in dorsal position, flexible mount, firing rearwards
- 1 x 7.92 mm MG 15 in rear cone, flexible mount, firing rearwards (optional)
- In later versions MG 15 were replaced with 7.92 mm MG 81Z twin-barrel machine gun
- 4 x 50 kg (110 lb) bombs
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