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The Fw200 was designed in 1936 as an airliner for Lufthansa. It was of a low-winged, mainly all-metal construction first flight was July 1937. Although originally a commercial aircraft, converted to military use, it was as a maritime patrol bomber that the Fw200C-3/4 Con dor made its mark during the Second World War. In this capacity, acting in co-operation with U-boat packs, it for med one of the most effective Luftwaffe combination s of the war, and many a con voy was to rue themoment it first spied a Con dor above the horizon . Meantime, the airline Fw 200Bs and the few pre production C-0s were pressed into service as transports. Production continued until early I944 through sub types C-1, -2, -3, -4 and -6, a total of 263 Con dors of all version s being built. Towards the end of the war, when the Fw 200 marauding tactics had been largely mitigated, several Con dors were diverted to transport duties for the use of Hitler and his staff. A projected development, the Fw 300, with enlarged wing span and inline engines of greater power, did not progress beyon d the design stage. Type: Fw 200C-4 Function : Maritime Recon naissance Engines: Four 1000hp BMW 323R-2 radials Armament: MG 15 7.9mm machine guns 5 MG FF 20mm cannon 1 Span: 32.84m Length: 23.85m Height: 6.30m Empty weight: 17005kg Max. weight24520kg Max. speed: 224mph Service ceiling: 28700ft Range: 3950 miles
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