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Do 19

General characteristics

Crew:

Length: 25.4 m (83 ft 6 in)

Wingspan: 35.00 m (114 ft 10 in)

Height: 5.77 m (19 ft 0 in)

Wing area: 162 mâ² (1,744 ftâ²)

Empty: 11,865 kg (26,158 lb)

Loaded: 18,500 kg (40,785 lb)

Maximum takeoff: kg ( lb)

Powerplant: 4x BMW 132F radials, 604 kW (810 hp) each

Maximum speed: 315 km/h (196 mph)

Range: 1,600 km (994 miles)

Service ceiling: 5,600 m (18,370 ft)

Rate of climb: m/min ( ft/min)

Wing loading: 114 kg/mâ² (23 lb/ftâ²)

Power/Mass: 0.13 kW/kg (0.08 hp/lb)

These are specs for an aircraft that flew in October 1936. The Do 19 was slightly larger than the B17 and possessed great potential for further development.
Dornier Do 19
 
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The Dornier Do 19 was a four-engined heavy bomber designed and flown for the Luftwaffe in 1936 as part of the "Ural Bomber" requirement, which called for a long-range strategic bomber aircraft that could attack Soviet factories east of Moscow from bases in Germany in case of war with the Soviet Union. It was of primarily metal construction, with a rectangular fuselage cross-section, a twin tail, and retractable landing gear. The aircraft could carry a bombload of up to 1,600kg of bombs and was defended from attack by four turrets, mounting single 7.92mm machine guns in the nose and tail turrets and hard-hitting 20mm cannons in the dorsal and ventral turrets. The Do 19 did well in flight testing, but lacked the required range for the Ural bomber project. The program suffered another blow when General Walther Wever, chief of staff of the Luftwaffe and primary proponent of a German strategic bomber program, died in an aircraft crash in 1936. Wever's successor decided to focus resources on designing and building twin-engined tactical bombers, such as the Do 17, Ju 88, and He 111. The program was cancelled and the prototypes were turned into transports or scrapped.
Germany has a lack of heavy bomber aircraft at low tiers, and I think that the Ural bomber designs would be perfect additions to fill this gap!
Specifications:
Engines: Four BMW 132F 9-cylinder radial engines, 810 hp each
Length: 25.4m
Wingspan: 35m
Height: 5.77m
Empty Weight: 11,865 kg (26,158 lb)
Loaded Weight: 18,500 kg (40,785 lb)
Maximum Speed: 315 kmh (196 mph)
Crew: 9 (Pilot, Copilot, Bombardier, Navigator, Radio Operator, Nose Gunner, Tail Gunner, Dorsal Gunner, Ventral Gunner)
Armament: One 7.92mm MG 15 machine gun each in nose and tail turrets, one 20mm MG FF cannon each in dorsal and ventral turrets (unknown rpg)
Bombload: Up to 1,600 kg
Number Built: 3

 
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Me-321/323

Me 321B Me 323V-1 Me 323D Me 323E Me 323E/WT Me 323V-16
Crew 6 8 10 12 17 12
Dimensions
Length, m 28.15 28.15 28.15 28.15 28.15 28.15
Wing span, m 55 55 55 55 55 55
Height, m 10.15 9.6 9.6 9.65 9.6 9.6
Wing area, m² 300 300 300 300 300 300
Weight
Empty weight, kg 1220 25400 27330 29000 32000 32000
Normal takeoff weight, kg 34400 34000 43000 48000 40000 48000
Maximum takeoff weigh, kg 39400 36000 45000 50500 42000 54000
Loaded weight, kg 22000 8000 12000 10000 - 18200
Wing loading, kg/m² 114,7 113,3 143,3 160 133,3 160
Powerplant
Engine - 6 x G-R 14N 6 x G-R 14N 6 x G-R 14N 6 x G-R 14N 6 x Jumo 211RN
Power, hp - 6 x 1140 6 x 1140 6 x 1140 6 x 1140 6 x 1140
Performance
Maximum speed, km/h (without loading) - 220 280 252 255 285
Cruise speed, km/h at altitude H=1500m - 170 186 208 225 220
Landing Speed, km/h 120 115 120 120 120 130
Ceiling, m - 2000 4500 4200 4500 5000
Range at altitude H=2000m, km - 1100 1100 1200 1100 1100
Take-off run, m 1200 900 850 800 800 900
Landing field length, m 400 500 600 700 600 700
Transported Soldiers 200 - 130 120 - 130
Armament
Pcs Cannon - - - 2 x 20 mm 11 x 20 mm 2 x 20 mm
Machine guns 2-4 x
7.92 mm - 4-6 x
7.92, 13 5 x
7.92 mm 4 x
7.92 mm 5 x
 
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