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Focke-Wulf Fw 191

Prototype






Service Data

In Service: 1942

Production Data

First Flight: 1942
Manufacturer: Focke-Wulf
Number built: 3

Technical Data

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
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History

The Focke-Wulf Fw 191 was a twin engines shoulder mounted wing advanced medium bomber only three prototypes built

Gallery

Focke-Wulf Fw 191 Prototype bomber picture 2

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Sources

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

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