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Arado Ar 195

Prototype torpedo bomber by Arado

Field	Value
name	Ar 195 first prototype
image	File:Ar 195 V3 43933224.jpg
type	Torpedo bomber
manufacturer	Arado Flugzeugwerke
first_flight	1937
status	Prototype
primary_user	Luftwaffe
number_built	3
developed_from	Arado Ar 95

The Arado Ar 195 was a single-engine prototype carrier-based torpedo bomber, built by the German firm Arado for service on the , during World War II. Due to performance issues and a lack of aircraft carrier construction, only three prototype units were produced and the aircraft never entered service.

Design and development

The Arado Ar 195 was designed as a derivative of the Ar 95, which had been designed as a torpedo and reconnaissance aircraft. It was a two-seat biplane powered by an 880-hp BMW 132 9-cylinder radial piston engine that could produce a range of 650 km and a top speed of 290 kph. The weapons included a forward-facing synchronized 7.92-mm MG 17 machine gun, a manually-aimed MG 15 in the rear cockpit, and a bomb capacity of 700 kg. Wingspan was 12.5 m and total length was 10 m.

The Ar 195 was intended as a torpedo bomber to equip Nazi Germany's first aircraft carrier, the Graf Zeppelin, which was named after Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin, of dirigible fame. Construction of the carrier had begun in 1938, but over the course of the war, aircraft carriers were seen as less of a priority for the navy and construction was still complete in 1945 and never saw action. The Ar 195 was fitted with an arrestor hook and catapult equipment as well as a taller canopy than the Ar 95. Although three prototypes were flown in 1937, the design did not meet the requirements of the specification. It suffered an excess of drag which was detrimental to its flyability, and so was rejected in 1938 in favour of the Fieseler Fi 167, which was considered superior.

Operator

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Luftwaffe

Specifications (Ar 195)

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Powerplant

Performance

Armament

1 x 7.9 mm MG 15 machine-gun with 600 rounds flexibly mounted in the rear cockpit

- 1x 250 kg SC250 bomb - 4 x 50 kg SC50 bombs ::or - 1 x 700 kg torpedo ## References ## References 1. Lepage, Jean-Denis G.G.. (2009). "Aircraft of the Luftwaffe, 1935-1945". *McFarland & Company, Inc*. 2. Green, William. (2010). "Aircraft of the Third Reich". *Aerospace Publishing Limited*. 3. Munson, Kenneth. (1978). "German Aircraft Of World War 2 in colour". *Blandford Press*. 4. ["Luftwaffe Resource Center - Bombers - A Warbirds Resource Group Site"](http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/ar195.html). ::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arado_Ar_195) and is available under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the [article history page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arado_Ar_195?action=history). ::

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