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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:
BMW 132Dc 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

Weights:
Empty (Seaplane): 2535kg (5,588 lbs.)
Maximum: 3558kg (7,843 lbs.)

Performance:
Maximum 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

Comments:
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