Arado Ar 196

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World War II aircraft military aircraft reconnaissance floatplane seaplane shipboard aircraft

The Arado Ar 196 was a German World War II shipboard reconnaissance floatplane widely used by the Kriegsmarine for maritime patrol and spotting duties.

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Label Occurrences
Arado Ar 196 canonical 7
Arado Ar 196 seaplanes 7
Arado Ar 196 floatplanes 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II aircraft ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
reconnaissance floatplane ⓘ
seaplane ⓘ
shipboard aircraft ⓘ
aircraftType floatplane ⓘ
low-wing monoplane ⓘ
single-engine ⓘ
armament 2 × 20 mm MG FF cannon ⓘ
2 × 50 kg bombs ⓘ
3 × 7.92 mm MG 17 or MG 15 machine guns ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
crew 2 ⓘ
emptyWeight about 3200 kg ⓘ
engineType BMW 132 radial engine ⓘ
surface form: BMW 132K radial engine
firstFlight 1937-05-01 ⓘ
floatConfiguration twin main floats ⓘ
height 4.45 m ⓘ
introduced 1938 ⓘ
launchMethod catapult-launched from warships ⓘ
length 11 m ⓘ
manufacturer Arado Flugzeugwerke ⓘ
maximumSpeed 320 km/h ⓘ
approximately 200 mph ⓘ
maximumTakeoffWeight about 4000 kg ⓘ
notableOperator German battleship Bismarck ⓘ
surface form: battleship Bismarck

Tirpitz ⓘ
surface form: battleship Tirpitz

German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper ⓘ
surface form: heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper

pocket battleship Admiral Scheer ⓘ
numberBuilt over 500 ⓘ
operatedFrom German battleships ⓘ
German cruisers ⓘ
coastal bases ⓘ
powerplantCount 1 ⓘ
primaryRole artillery spotting ⓘ
maritime patrol ⓘ
maritime reconnaissance ⓘ
productionPeriod 1939–1944 ⓘ
range 1070 km ⓘ
serviceCeiling 7000 m ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
successorTo Heinkel He 60 ⓘ
tailConfiguration conventional tailwheel ⓘ
usedBy Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Luftwaffe ⓘ
usedFor air-sea rescue ⓘ
anti-submarine warfare patrols ⓘ
convoy escort ⓘ
usedInConflict World War II ⓘ
wingspan 12.4 m ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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BMW 132 → usedInAircraft → Arado Ar 196 ⓘ
German battleship Scharnhorst → airGroup → Arado Ar 196 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arado Ar 196 seaplanes
German battleship Gneisenau → carriedAircraft → Arado Ar 196 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arado Ar 196 seaplanes
Arado Ar 196 seaplane → category → Arado Ar 196 ⓘ
subject surface form: Arado Ar 196
this entity surface form: Arado aircraft
Arado Flugzeugwerke → developed → Arado Ar 196 ⓘ
Arado Flugzeugwerke → developed → Arado Ar 196 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arado Ar 196A-3
Arado Flugzeugwerke → designed → Arado Ar 196 ⓘ
Arado Flugzeugwerke → knownFor → Arado Ar 196 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arado Ar 196 shipboard reconnaissance seaplane
Bismarck → aircraftCarried → Arado Ar 196 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arado Ar 196 seaplanes
Admiral Scheer → aircraftCarried → Arado Ar 196 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arado Ar 196 seaplanes
German battleship Bismarck → aircraftCarried → Arado Ar 196 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arado Ar 196 floatplanes
Walter Blume → designed → Arado Ar 196 ⓘ
Heinkel He 60 → successor → Arado Ar 196 ⓘ
Focke-Wulf Fw 62 → successorOrCompetitor → Arado Ar 196 ⓘ
Heinkel He 114 → replacedBy → Arado Ar 196 ⓘ
German heavy cruiser Blücher → aircraftCarried → Arado Ar 196 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arado Ar 196 seaplanes
pocket battleship Admiral Scheer → aircraftCarried → Arado Ar 196 ⓘ
subject surface form: Admiral Scheer
this entity surface form: Arado Ar 196 seaplanes
German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper → aircraftCarried → Arado Ar 196 ⓘ
subject surface form: Admiral Hipper
this entity surface form: Arado Ar 196 seaplanes