Due to a relatively short fuselage and an extended twin tail boom this aircraft type could accommodate a heavy attack and defense armament. The latter consisted of two revolving turrets on the upper and lower fuselage, each equipped with two 20 mm guns. The upper turret would be manually operated by a gunner, while the second gunner, located on the fuselage underside in a trough, aimed it via a periscope installation. The third gunner operated the fixed weapons in the nose of the machine. It had a twin tail.[1]
Arado developed a 1:1 mock-up; however, it did not find the interest of the Technical Office of the Ministry of Aviation. The project was subsequently discontinued.
^ Jörg Armin Kranzhoff (1997). "Arado+E.500"&dq="Arado+E.500" Arado: History of an Aircraft Company. Schiffer Book for Collectors. pp. 105, 107. ISBN9780764302930.
^Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage (2009), Aircraft of the Luftwaffe, 1935–1945: An Illustrated Guide, Koblenz: McFarland, ISBN978-0-7864-5280-4
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arado, concept, heavy, fighter, created, arado, flugzeugwerke, 1936, role, heavy, fighternational, origin, german, reich, nazi, period, deutsches, reichmanufacturer, arado, flugzeugwerkefirst, flight, introduction, produced, number, built, produceddescription,. The Arado E 500 was a concept for a heavy fighter created by Arado Flugzeugwerke in 1936 Arado E 500Role Heavy fighterNational origin German Reich Nazi period Deutsches ReichManufacturer Arado FlugzeugwerkeFirst flight Introduction Produced Number built Not producedDescription editDue to a relatively short fuselage and an extended twin tail boom this aircraft type could accommodate a heavy attack and defense armament The latter consisted of two revolving turrets on the upper and lower fuselage each equipped with two 20 mm guns The upper turret would be manually operated by a gunner while the second gunner located on the fuselage underside in a trough aimed it via a periscope installation The third gunner operated the fixed weapons in the nose of the machine It had a twin tail 1 Arado developed a 1 1 mock up however it did not find the interest of the Technical Office of the Ministry of Aviation The project was subsequently discontinued Specifications editGeneral characteristics Crew Four Powerplant 2 DB 603Performance Armament Guns Two Rh LB 202 20 mm cannons in dorsal turretTwo Rh LB 202 20 mm cannons in ventral gun position controlled by periscope 2 References edit Jorg Armin Kranzhoff 1997 Arado E 500 amp dq Arado E 500 Arado History of an Aircraft Company Schiffer Book for Collectors pp 105 107 ISBN 9780764302930 Jean Denis G G Lepage 2009 Aircraft of the Luftwaffe 1935 1945 An Illustrated Guide Koblenz McFarland ISBN 978 0 7864 5280 4 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Arado E 500 amp oldid 1013498241, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
