Arado Ar 195 Torpedo Bomber - History, Specs and Pictures

The Arado Ar 195 was prototype design intended for operations from Germany's first aircraft carrier known as the Graf Zeppelin. The aircraft was developed to a requirement for a carrier-based torpedo bomber, to which some three total prototypes are produced, only to have the system under perform. As such, the Ar 195's development was short-lived and passed on in favor of the Fieseler-designed Fi 167 system.

The Ar 195 was based on an earlier Arado design in the form of the Ar 95. Major differences between the two systems centered mainly on making the Ar 195 useful in carrier operations, in particular, fielding the system with a tail arrestor hook and other carrier friendly equipment. The Ar 195 featured a single BMW brand 819 horsepower radial engine at front. Wings were of a biplane design, straddling either side of the enclosed cockpit, to which a pilot and rear gunner were situated. Landing gears were fixed and a single vertical tail surface adorned the rear. Armament consisted of a single 7.92mm machine gun in a forward fixed firing position for the pilot and an additional 7.92mm machine gun in a trainable flexible rear gun mount. The aircraft's real bread and butter armament was to feature a single bomb or torpedo in an underfuselage rail mount.

Though the Ar 195 prototype was flying by 1937, the system was not a success. Similarly, the German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin made it out of port, becoming Germany's only carrier of World War 2. The system - like the Ar 195 itself - would never see combat. Text ©2003-2013 www.MilitaryFactory.com • All Rights Reserved • No Reproduction Permitted
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Specifications for the
Arado Ar 195
Torpedo Bomber

Country of Origin: Nazi Germany
Manufacturer: Arado Flugzeugwerke - Germany
Initial Year of Service: 1937
Production: 3

Focus Model: Arado Ar 195
Crew: 2

Length: 34.45ft (10.5m)
Width: 41.01ft (12.50m)
Height: 11.81ft (3.60m)
Weight (Empty): 5,247lbs (2,380kg)
Weight (MTOW): 8,256lbs (3,745kg)

Powerplant: 1 x BMW 132 M radial engine delivering 819hp.

Maximum Speed: 175mph (282kmh; 152kts)
Maximum Range: 404miles (650km)
Service Ceiling: 19,685ft (6,000m; 3.7miles)
Rate-of-Climb: 0 feet per minute (0m/min)

Hardpoints: 1
Armament Suite:
1 x 7.92mm MG17 machine gun in fixed forwared firing position
1 x 7.92mm MG17 machine gun in flexible rear cockpit mount.
1 x torpedo OR bomb under fuselage

Variants:
Ar 95 - Initial Production Model on which the Ar 195 is derived from.

Ar 195 - Prototype Series Designation of which three examples were produced.

Operators: Nazi Germany

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