In Service: 1942
First Flight: 1942
Manufacturer: Focke-Wulf
Number built: 3
Type: Prototype bomber
Crew: 4 men
Length: 18.45 m
Wingspan: 25 m
Wing area: 70.5 m²
Height: 4.80 m
Empty: 11,970 kg
Loaded: 19,575 kg
Engine: 2 ×
Junkers
Jumo 222A 24 cylinder supercharged liquid cooled engine
producing up to 2,500 hp
Maximum speed: 620 km/h
Range: 3,600 km
Service ceiling: 9,700 m
Armament:
2 ×
7.92 mm
MG 81 machine guns in chin turret
2 ×
7.92 mm
MG 81 machine guns in remote controlled turret at rear
of each engine nacelle
1 ×
20 mm
MG 151/20 machine gun in dorsal turret
2 ×
13 mm MG
131 machine guns in dorsal turret
1 ×
20 mm
MG 151/20 machine gun in ventral turret
2 ×
13 mm MG
131 machine guns in ventral turret
Bomb load up to 4,200 kg carried internally
Electronics:
Operators: Luftwaffe
Variants:
Other: Prototypes
Articles:
The Focke-Wulf Fw 191 was a twin engines shoulder mounted
wing advanced medium bomber only three prototypes built
The Warplanes of the Third Reich.
ISBN-10: 0385057822
German Aircraft of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0370000242
Hitler's Luftwaffe.
ISBN-10: 051718771X
For a complete list of
sources