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Arado Ar 196 reconnaissance seaplane

Ar 196A-3

 

Modification Purpose Deliveries Number of commissioned Discarding Differences from the previous modification
Ar 196A-1 recon 11/1938 - 1939 20 5/1945 2 7.9mm MG
Ar 196A-3 1940 - summer 1944 415 (together with Ar 196A-2) strengthened construction, 2 20mm guns, 2 7.9mm MG
Ar 196A-4 radio
Ar 196A-5 1943 - summer 1944 91 2 20mm guns, 3 7.9mm MG, radar

 

Modification

Ar 196A-3

Wing span, m

12.40

Length, m

11.00

Height, m

4.45

Wings area, m2

28.40

Empty mass, kg

2990

Full flying-off mass, kg

3730

Engine BMW 132K
Power, h. p. 960
Maximal speed, km/h 310
Cruise speed, km/h 265
Flying range, km 1070
Vertical speed, m/s 5
Maximal altitude, m 7020
Complement 2
Armament 2 x 20 MG FF guns, 1 x 7.9 MG15, 1 x 7.9 MG17, 100 kg bombs (2 x 50-kg)

Ar 196A-2 were not equipped by catapult gear.

 

Ar 196A-3

 

© Ivan Gogin, 2008