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Messerschmitt Me 262
Variants
Me 262 A-0 -
Pre-production aircraft fitted with two Jumo 004B turbojet engines, 23 built.
Me 262 A-1a "Schwalbe" -
Production version, fighter and fighter/bomber.
Me 262 A-1a/R-1 -
Equipped with provisions for R4M air-to-air rockets
Me 262 A-1a/U1 -
Single prototype with a total of six nose mounted guns, two 20 mm MG 151/20 cannons, two 30 mm (1.18 in) MK 103 cannons, and two 30 mm (1.18 in) MK 108 cannons.
Me 262 A-1a/U2 -
Single prototype with FuG 220 Lichtenstein SN-2 90 MHz radar transceiver and Hirschgeweih antenna array, for trials as a night-fighter.
Me 262 A-1a/U3 -
Reconnaissance version modified in small numbers, with Reihenbilder RB 20/30 cameras mounted in the nose (sometimes one RB 20/20 and one RB 75/30). Some retained one 30 mm (1.18 in) cannon, but most were unarmed.
A photographic reconaissance Me 262A-1a/U3 of NAGe6, crashed, Lechefeld.
Source: J.V. Crow
Me 262 A-1a/U4 -
Bomber destroyer version, two prototypes with an adapted 50 mm (2 in) MK 214 (or BK-5) anti-tank gun in nose.
A captured Me 262A-1a/U4 with a 50mm Mk 214 cannon.
Me 262 A-1a/U5 -
Heavy jet fighter with six 30 mm (1.18 in) MK 108s in the nose
Me 262 A-1b -
As A-1a but powered with BMW 003 engines. Few were built, two are known to have existed at experimental establishments; maximum speed of 800 kph (500 mph).
Me 262 A-2a "Sturmvogel"
Definitive bomber version retaining only the two lower 30 mm (1.18 in) MK 108s.
Me 262 A-2a/U1 -
Single prototype with advanced bombsight.
Me 262 A-2a/U2 -
Two prototypes with glazed nose for accommodating a bombardier.
Me 262 A-3a -
Proposed ground-attack version.
Me 262 A-4a -
Reconnaissance version.
Me 262 A-5a -
Definitive reconnaissance version used in small numbers at end of the war.
Me 262 B-1a -
Two-seat trainer.
Me 262 B-1a/U1 -
Me 262 B-1a trainers converted into provisional night fighters, FuG 218 Neptun radar, with Hirschgeweih antenna array.
Me 262 B-2 -
Proposed night fighter version with stretched fuselage.
Me 262 C-1a -
Single prototype (made from Me 262A Werknummer 130186) of rocket-boosted interceptor (Heimatschützer I) with Walter HWK 109-509 rocket in tail, first flown with combined jet/rocket power on 27 February 1945.
Me 262 C-2b
Single prototype (made from Me 262A Werknummer 170074) of rocket-boosted interceptor (Heimatschützer II) with two BMW 003R "combined" powerplants (BMW 003 jet, with a single 1000 kg thrust BMW 718 rocket engine mounted atop the rear of each jet exhaust) for boosted thrust, only flown once with combined jet/rocket power on 26 March 1945.
Me 262 C-3a -
Never-completed. possible Heimatschützer III prototype of rocket-boosted interceptor with Walter rocket motor in belly pack.
Me 262 D-1 -
Proposed variant to carry Jagdfaust mortars.
Me 262 E-1 -
Proposed cannon-armed variant based on A-1a/U4.
Me 262 E-2 -
Proposed rocket-armed variant carrying up to 48 x R4M rockets.
Me 262 S -
Zero-series model for Me 262 A-1a
Me 262 W -
Provisional designation for Me 262 with pulse jet engines
Postwar variants
Avia S-92 -
Czech-built Me 262 A-1a (fighter)
Avia CS-92 -
Czech-built Me 262 B-1a (fighter trainer, two seats)
Sources:
Wikipedia
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