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Ar 234
Type: Single-seat reconaissance bomber
Origin: Arado Handelsgesellschaft Warnedmunde
Models: B, C
First Flight:
    Ar 234B-0: June 8, 1944
Service Delivery: September 1944
Final Delivery: N/A
Number Produced: N/A
Engine:
Ar 234B:
Two Junkers Jumo 004B axial Turbojets
Thrust: 900kg (1,980lb) thrust

Ar 234C:
Four BMW 003 axial Turbojets
Thrust: N/A

Dimensions:
Span: 14.2m (46 ft. 3.5 in.)
Length: 12.65m (41 ft. 5.5 in.)
Height: 4.3m (14 ft. 1.25 in.)
   Weights:
Empty: 5200kg (11,464 lbs.)
Loaded: 8410kg (18,541 lbs.)
Maximum with rocket take-off boost: 9850kg (21,715 lb.)
Performance:
Maximum speed: 742km/h (461mph)
Ceiling: 10,000m (32,800 ft.)
Range on internal fuel (clean): 1630km (1,013 Miles
Range with 3,300lb bomb load: 1,100km (684 Miles)
Armament:
Two fixed MG 151 20mm cannon in rear fuselage, firing to the rear and sighted by periscope (there is some speculation that this was never fitted to production models)

Bomb Load:
various combinations of bombs slung under fuselage and/or engines to maximum of 1500kg (3,300lb)
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Sources:
Gunston, Bill & Wood, Tony - Hitler's Luftwaffe, 1977, Salamander Books Ltd., London