General characteristics
Crew: 5 (pilot, navigator/bombardier, nose gunner, ventral gunner, dorsal gunner) 
Length: 16.4 m (54 ft 6 in) 
Wingspan: 22.5 m (74 ft 3 in) 
Height: 3.9 m (13 ft 9 in) 
Wing area: 86.5 m² (942 ft²) 
Empty weight: 7,720 kg (17,000 lb) 
Loaded weight: 12,030 kg (26,500 lb) 
Max takeoff weight: 14,075 kg (31,000 lb) 
Powerplant: 2× Jumo 211F-1 liquid-cooled inverted V-12, 986 kW (1,300 hp) each 
Performance
Maximum speed: 400 km/h (250 mph) 
Range: 2,800 km with max fuel (1,750 mi) 
Service ceiling 8,390 m (27,500 ft) 
Rate of climb: 20 minutes to 5,185 m (17,000 ft) 
Wing loading: 137 kg/m² (28.1 lb/ft²) 
Power/mass: .082 kW/kg (.049 hp/lb) 
Armament
Guns: 
up to seven 7.92 mm MG 15 or MG 81 machine guns, some of them replaced or augmented by 
1× 20 mm MG FF cannon (central nose mount or forward ventral position) 
1× 13 mm MG 131 machine gun (mounted dorsal and/or ventral rear positions) 
Bombs:**
up to 2,000 kg (4,409 lb) carried internally (eight 250 kg max), or: 
up to 2,500 kg (5,512 lb) on two external racks