North American P-51 Mustang vs Focke-Wulf Fw 190 (Wurger) Comparison

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Subjects

North American P-51D Mustang
Single-Seat, Single-Engine Fighter / Fighter-Bomber Aircraft

Focke-Wulf Fw 190D-9 (Dora)
Single-Seat Fighter / Fighter-Bomber Aircraft

Basics

ORIGIN
United States

ORIGIN
Nazi Germany

YEAR
1942 [Diff.+1 yrs]

YEAR
1941 [Diff.-1 yrs]

CREW
1

PRODUCTION
15,586 units [Diff.-4,414]

PRODUCTION
20,000 units [Diff.+4,414]

Dimensions

LENGTH
32.3 ft (9.9 m) [Diff.-1.1 ft]

LENGTH
33.5 ft (10.2 m) [Diff.+1.1 ft]

WIDTH/SPAN
37.0 ft (11.3 m) [Diff.+2.6 ft]

WIDTH/SPAN
34.4 ft (10.5 m) [Diff.-2.6 ft]

HEIGHT
13.6 ft (4.2 m) [Diff.+2.7 ft]

HEIGHT
11.0 ft (3.4 m) [Diff.-2.7 ft]

Relative Size Comparison

Shapes below depict aircraft from wingtip-to-wingtip / nose-to-tail assuming aircraft are being viewed from overhead perspective (the nose pointing towards the top of the screen). Helicopter widths include main rotor diameter. If any dimensional values are "NA" in the database then the presented shapes may appear skewed.

North American P-51D Mustang

Focke-Wulf Fw 190D-9 (Dora)

Weights

EMPTY WT.
7,121 lb (3,230 kg) [Diff.-573 lb]

EMPTY WT.
7,694 lb (3,490 kg) [Diff.+573 lb]

M.T.O.W.
11,601 lb (5,262 kg) [Diff.+913 lb]

M.T.O.W.
10,688 lb (4,848 kg) [Diff.-913 lb]

Installed Power

1 x Packard V-1650-7 Merlin liquid-cooled inline piston engine developing 1,590 horsepower driving four-bladed propeller unit at the nose.

1 x Junkers Jumo 213A-1 inverted V piston engine developing 1,776 horsepower driving a three-bladed propeller unit at the nose.

Performance

SPEED
437 mph (703 kph) [Diff.+11 mph]

SPEED
426 mph (685 kph) [Diff.-11 mph]

RANGE
951 miles (1,530 km) [Diff.+432 miles]

RANGE
519 miles (835 km) [Diff.-432 miles]

CEILING
41,900 ft (12,771 m) [Diff.+2,530 feet]

CEILING
39,370 ft (12,000 m) [Diff.-2,530 feet]

RATE-OF-CLIMB
3,475 ft/min [Diff.+663 feet]

RATE-OF-CLIMB
2,812 ft/min [Diff.-663 feet]

Armament

Dependent upon model, includes any of the following:

4 x 20mm long-barrel Hispano-Suiza cannons in wings (two guns to a wing).
2 x 0.50 caliber Browning M2 heavy machine guns in nose (A-36).
4 x 0.50 caliber Browning M2 heavy machine guns in wings (two guns to a wing).

P-51D:
6 x 0.50 cal Browning M2 Heavy Machine Guns (HMGs) in wings (three guns to a wing).

OPTIONAL:
Up to 1,000 lb (454kg) of conventional drop bombs, rockets, or fuel drop tanks carried under wing.

STANDARD (Model Dependent):
2 x 13mm MG 131 machine guns in engine cowling.
2 x 20mm MG 151 cannons in wing roots.

OPTIONAL:
External payload of up to 1,102lb (500kg).
2 x Machine guns OR 20mm cannons in outboard wing positions.
2 x Cannons in underwing gunpods.
1 x Bomb under fuselage centerline.
2 OR 4 x Underwing bombs
Underwing aerial rockets.
1 x 30mm cannon firing through the propeller hub.
6 x Cannons (two in cowling, two in wing roots, two in wings).

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