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Ar 240

Germany

First flight

1940

ROLE

Fighter

info

Crashed

Total in database

0

info

Land Leased

Displays

info

Design country

Germany

Variant
First Flight
Max Speed
Max Range
Max Weght
Max Celling:
Wing Span
length
height
Ar 240 C-3
410
Ar 240 B-1
410
Ar 240 C-1
410
Ar 240 C-2
410
Ar 240 B-2
410
Ar 240 V2
01/01/1940
388
1100
27800
32800
48.3
45.4
13.1
Ar 240 V1
01/01/1940
386
1100
27600
32800
48.3
45.4
13.1
Ar 240 V4
01/01/1941
395
1150
28000
32800
48.3
45.4
13.1
Ar 240 V5
01/01/1941
395
1150
28000
32800
48.3
45.4
13.1
Ar 240 V3
01/01/1941
392
1150
28000
32800
48.3
45.4
13.1
Ar 240 V6
01/01/1942
395
1150
28000
32800
48.3
45.4
13.1
Ar 240 A-0
01/01/1942
402
1250
28200
33000
48.3
45.4
13.1
Ar 240 B-0
01/01/1942
410
1300
28400
33000
48.3
45.4
13.1

A specialized variant designed for intercepting Allied bombers, the C-3 would have featured obliquely-mounted upward-firing 20mm or 30mm cannons—a configuration known as Schräge Musik. These would have allowed the Ar 240 to attack bombers from below, outside the range of defensive gunners. While promising on paper, no known examples were constructed.

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