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Messerschmitt ME 410
Rarely does any aircraft show a versatility in armament arrangements equal to the Me 410, which had over 140 different permutations in arrangement involving nearly every weapon in the Luftwaffe's arsenal.
Type: Two-seat tactical aircraft for fighter, attack and recon duties plus specialized variants
Engine:
Engine:2
Daimler-Benz DB 603A inverted liquid cooled V12
1,750 hp ea.
Dimensions:
Wing span: 16.4m (53 ft. 7.75 in.)
Length: 12.45m (40 ft. 10 in.)
Height: 3.10m (14 ft. 0.5 in.)
Weight:
10,650kg (23,483 lbs.)
Performance:
Speed: 620km/h (385 mph)
Range: 1,447 miles (2330 km)
Ceiling: 32,800 ft. (10,000m)
Armament:
Two remotely controlled powered barbettes on sides of fuselage each housing one 13mm MG 131
Internal weapons bay housing various combinations of weapons ranging from 7.92mm MG 17 machine guns, MG 151's, Mk 108 30mm cannon, BK5 50mm cannon with 21 rounds all the way up to 210mm rockets in a rotary tube configuration (tested, but poor results prevented front-line use).
Two 1,102 lb. (500kg) Bombs
External Racks for two 1,102 lb. (500kg) Bombs
Two Ruestatz external packs housing Mg 151, Mk 108 or Mk 103 cannons were fitted to some variants