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Messerschmitt Me 163C
Fighter
In Service:
First Flight:
Manufacturer: Messerschmitt
Number built: 500 All variants
Type: Fighter interceptor
Crew: 1 man
Length: 7.35 m
Wingspan: 9.8 m
Wing area: 20.7 m²
Height: 2.74 m
Empty: 2,500 kg
Loaded: 5,125 kg
Engine: 1 × Walter
HWK 109-509A-2 liquid fuel bipropellant rocket engine
producing up to 1,700 kg of thrust
Maximum speed: 590 km/h
Range: 125 km
Service ceiling: 16,000 m
Armament:
2 × 30 mm Mk
108 cannons in wing roots
Bomb load up to
Electronics:
Operators: Luftwaffe
Variants:
DFS 194
Me
163A
Me 163B
Me 163C
Me
163S
Other: Fighters
Articles:
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
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