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Arado Ar 95
Type: Torpedo/Recon Seaplane
(Later landplane)
Origin: Arado
Handelsgesellschaft Warnemünde
Models: Prototypes
and A-1
First Flight:
N/A
Service Delivery:
N/A
Final Delivery: 1939
Engine:
Model: BMW 132Dc
Type: 9-Cylinder Radial
Horsepower: 880hp
Dimensions:
Wing span: 12.50m (41 ft.)
Length: 11.10m (35 ft. 5 in.)
Height (Seaplane): 5.20m (17 ft. ¾ in.)
Wing Surface Area: N/A
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Weights:
Empty (Seaplane): 2535kg (5,588 lbs.)
Maximum: 3558kg (7,843 lbs.)
Performance:
Max. Speed (Seaplane): 300km/h (187 mph)
Initial climb: N/A
Service Ceiling: N/A
Range: 680 Miles (1094 km)
Armament: (Ar 95A-1)
One 7.92mm manually aimed MG 15 mounted in rear cockpit
One synchronized 7.92mm MG 17 in fuselage
Bomb load:
1,540 lb (700kg) torpedo or various loads of bombs/mines/depth charges
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This aircraft was originally designed to serve on the Graf Zepplin
aircraft carrier either as a float plane or with fixed trousered landing gear.
Unfortunately, the five prototypes proved disappointing and led to the
specification being reworked, eventually leading to the Fi 167. Six examples of
the Ar 95A-0 were built for the Legion Kondor in Marjorca with half of these
airframes later being transferred to Nationalist Spain. An additional six were
built to fulfill an export order with Chile, half the airframes had floats
while the remainder had fixed gear. The final production run comprissed roughly
a dozen examples being built for the Luftwaffe and assigned to 3/SAGr 125 in
the Baltic and south Finland after the invasion of Russia.
Sources:
Gunston, Bill & Wood, Tony - Hitler's Luftwaffe , 1977, Salamander
Books Ltd., London
The Complete Encyclodepia of World Aircraft, 1997, Barnes & Nobles
Books, ISBN: 0 7607 0592 5
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