Arado Ar 68

Fighter

Service Data

In Service: November 1933

Production Data

First Flight: November 1933
Manufacturer: Arado
Number built:

Technical Data

Type: Fighter biplane

Crew: 1 man
Length: 9.5 m
Wingspan: 11 m
Wing area: 27.3 m²
Height: 3.3 m
Empty: 1,600 kg
Loaded: 2020 kg
Engine: 1 × Junkers Jumo 210Ea 12 cylinder supercharged liquid cooled inverted Vee engine producing up to 671 hp
Maximum speed: 306 km/h
Range: 415
Service ceiling: 8,100 m
Armament:
2 × 7.92 mm MG 17 machine guns mounted above engine
Bomb load up to 6 × 50 kg on external wing racks
Electronics:
Operators: Luftwaffe
Variants:
Ar 68 V-1
Ar 68 V-2
Ar 68 V-3
Ar 68a
Ar 68b
Ar 68c
Ar 68d
Ar 68e
Ar 68E
Ar 68F
Ar 68G
Ar 68H

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History

The Arado Ar 68 was a single seat single engine biplane fighter of the 1930's

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Sources

The Warplanes of the Third Reich.
ISBN-10: 0385057822

German Aircraft of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0370000242

Hitler's Luftwaffe.
ISBN-10: 051718771X

For a complete list of sources