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Germany's Messerschmitt Bf 110A, Bf 110C fighter, Zerstörer (destroyer)^1,2,3

Messerschmitt Bf. 110C fighter:

Messerschmitt Bf. 110C-4 fighter:

Variants

• Bf 110A-0: Pre production.² Had Junkers Jumo 210B (210Da³) engines.²
• Bf 110B-0: Pre production.³ Had Junkers Jumo 210G engines (710 HP).³ Nose contours modified.³
• Bf 110B: First production version.² Had Jumo 210G engines.²
• Bf 110C-0: Pre production.³ First appeared in January 1939.³
• Bf 110C: Had Daimler-Benz DB 601A engine.^2,3 Delivered in 1939.² Used in Poland.²
• Bf 110C-1: First flew in January 1939.³
• Bf 110C-2: Different radio equipment.³
• Bf 110C-3: Improved cannon.³
• Bf 110C-4: Additional crew armor.³
• Bf 110C-4/B: Fighter bomber.³ Used Daimler-Benz DB 601N engines.³
• Bf 110C-5: Reconnaissance variant.^2,3
• Bf 110C-5/N: Used Daimler-Benz DB 601N engines.³
• Bf 110C-6: Heavy fighter with two 20 mm and one 30 mm cannons.³
• Bf 110C-7: Fighter bomber.³ Used Daimler-Benz DB 601N engines.³ Bomb load was increased.³

	Messerschmitt Bf 110C-13	Messerschmitt Bf 110C-23	Messerschmitt Bf 110C-33	Messerschmitt Bf 110C-42,3	Messerschmitt Bf 110C-4/B1,3	Messerschmitt Bf 110C-5N3	Messerschmitt Bf 110C-73
Type	Fighter bomber3	Fighter bomber3	Fighter bomber3	Fighter bomber3 Heavy fighter2	Fighter bomber1,3 Reconnaissance fighter1	Fighter bomber3	Fighter bomber3
Crew	23	23	23	22,3	21,3	23	23
Engine (Type)	2: Daimler-Benz DB 601A-13	2: Daimler-Benz DB 601A-13	2: Daimler-Benz DB 601A-13	2: Daimler-Benz DB 601A piston2 2: Daimler-Benz DB 601A-13	2: Daimler-Benz DB 601N piston1,3	2: Daimler-Benz DB 601N3	2: Daimler-Benz DB 601N3
Cylinders	Inverted V 123	Inverted V 123	Inverted V 123	Inline2, Inverted V 123	Inverted V-121
Cooling
HP	1,100 each3	1,100 each3	1,100 each3	1,100 each2,3	1,200 each1,3	1,200 each3	1,200 each3
Propeller blades	3 each3	3 each3	3 each3	3 each3	3 each1,3	3 each3	3 each3
Dimensions
Span				53' 4.75"2,3 16.27 m2,3	53'1 16.25 m1
Length				39' 8.5"3, 41' 6.75"2 12.1 m3, 12.65 m2	40'1 12.1 m1
Height				11' 6"2,3 3.5 m2,3	11'1 3.5 m1
Wing area				413.3 ft2 2 38.4 m2 2	424 ft2 1 39.4 m2 1
Weight
Empty				9,920 lb3, 11,464 lb2 4,500 kg3, 5,200 kg2	9,900 lb1 4,500 kg1
Loaded				14,881 lb2, 15,300 lb3 6,750 kg2, 6,940 kg3	15,400 lb1 7,000 kg1
Performance
Speed at sea level				294 mph3 473 kph3
Speed @ 22,960' / 7,000 m					348 mph1 562 kph1
Speed @ 22,965' / 7,000 m				349 mph2,3 560 kph2, 561 kph3
Cruising speed				217 - 262 mph3 349 - 422 kph3
Climb				2,165'/minute2 660 m/minute2
Climb to 18,045' / 5,500 m				8 minutes3
Service ceiling				32,000'3, 32,810'2 9,754 m3, 10,000 m2	33,000'1 10,000 m1
Range				482 miles2, 565 miles3 775 km2, 909 km3	527 miles1 850 km1
Armament
Belly					2: 20 mm Oerlikon MG FF1
Nose	2: 20 mm3 4: 7.9 mm MG3	2: 20 mm3 4: 7.9 mm MG3	2: 20 mm3 4: 7.9 mm MG3	2: 20 mm3 2: 20 mm MG 1512 4: 7.9 mm MG3 4: 7.92 mm MG 172	4: 7.62 mm MG 171
Rear cockpit	1: 7.9 mm MG3	1: 7.9 mm MG3	1: 7.9 mm MG3	1: 7.9 mm MG3 1: 7.92 mm MG 81Z2	1: 7.92 mm MG 151
Bombs - under center section					4: 550 lb1 1,102 lb3 4: 250 kg1 500 kg3		2,205 lb3 1,000 kg3

Sources:

1. Aircraft of WWII, General Editor: Jim Winchester, 2004
2. Fighting Aircraft of World War II, Editor: Karen Leverington, 1995
3. Aircraft of WWII, Stewart Wilson, 1998

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