FW 200C-3 Condor, long range German bomber
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In the early years of World War II, the long range Focke-Wulf Condor was a far greater threat to Allied shipping then the German U-boats, which were not fully deployed.
Originally developed to meet an unfulfilled Japanese requirement, the Focke Wulf FW 200 Condor was a maritime bomber/reconnaissance version of the pre-war civil airliner, production of which has been taken over by the Luftwaffe. The first unit to receive the production FW-200C-1 was the Luftwaffe's Long-Range Reconnaissance Squadron (Fernaufklarungsstaffel), which began operations in April 1940 and was redesigned I/KG 40 later in the month.
The next variant, the FW-200C-2, differed from the C-1 in having two bomb racks of improved design under each wing. A structurally strengthened version, the FW 200C-3, was placed in production by mid 1941, and this variant of the Condor was produced in greater numbers then its predecessors.
AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSLE (AH2 will never see, but the bomber would be great without it.)
The final operational version of the Condor was the Fw 200 C-6, developed from the C-3 to carry a Henschel Hs 293B air to surface missle under each outer nacelle, the underwing bomb racks being removed. The combination of Hs 293 and Fw 200 was the first used operationally on December 28, 1943. The total number of Condors produced during the war years was 252 aircraft. Many were relegated to transport duties n 1942, nine being lost in attempts to resupply the German garrison at Stalingrad.
Technical information for Fw 200C-3
Powerplant: Four 895kW (1200hp) BMW-Bramo 323R-2 Fafnir nine-cylinder radial engines (FW 200C-3/U4)
Performance: makimum speed 360km/h (224mph) at 4700m (15,420ft). Service ceiling 6000m (19,685ft). Range 4440km (2759 miles)
Weights: Empty 17,005kg (37,496lbs), maximum take-off 22,700kg (50,044lb)
Dimensions: Wing span 32.84m (107ft 8in), length 23.85m (78ft 3in), height 6.30m (20ft 8in)
Armament: Two 7.92mm machine guns, three 12.7mm machine guns and one 20mm machine gun, plus an maximum internal and enternal bomb load of 2100kg (4630lb)
The forward firing 7.92 (0.31 in) MG 15 in the fully enclosed forward cupola (below) was manned by the co-pilot when the aircraft was threatened by frontal attack. The rear fuselage area was used as a storage for small stores like flares, light buoys, and direction finding buoys. These were dropped through a hatch in the fuselage underside.
The forward gondola gun position (above) mounted an Oerlikon 20mm FF cannon. The protruding object on the bottom of the forward gondola gun (below) is a Lofte 7D bomb sight.
The condors weapons bay was situated in the ventral gondola (above); the rear gun position immediately behind it was manned by the flight engineer. On armed reconnaissance missions, however, four 250kg bombs were normally carried. Two on the outboard engine nacelles and two on the wing racks.
