Arado Ar 76

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name=Ar 76


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type=Fighter
manufacturer=Arado
designer=Walter Blume
first flight=1934
introduced=1936
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primary user=Luftwaffe
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variants with their own articles=The Arado Ar 76 was a German aircraft of the 1930s, designed as a light fighter with a secondary role as an advanced trainer in mind. It was Arado's response to a requirement by the "Reichsluftfahrtministerium" for such an aircraft, and in 1935 was evaluated against the He 74, Fw 56, Hs 121, and Hs 125. Although the Fw 56 was selected for the main production contract, the RLM was sufficiently impressed by the Ar 76 to order a small number of these as well.

The Ar 76 was a parasol-wing monoplane with fixed, tailwheel undercarriage. The wings were fabric over wood, and the fuselage was fabric over steel tube.

Variants

;Ar 76a:First prototype.;Ar 76 V2:Second prototype.;Ar 76 V3:third prototype.;Ar 76A:Single-seat advanced trainer, lightweight fighter aircraft. Built in small numbers.

Operators

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** Luftwaffe

pecifications (Ar 76A-1)

aircraft specifications
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crew= one, pilot
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length main= 7.20 m
length alt= 23 ft 7 in
span main= 9.5 m
span alt= 31 ft 2 in
height main= 2.55 m
height alt= 8 ft 4 in
area main= 13.4 m²
area alt= 144 ft²
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empty weight main= 750 kg
empty weight alt= 1,840 lb
loaded weight main= 1,070 kg
loaded weight alt= 2,360 lb
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engine (prop)= Argus As 10C
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number of props= 1
power main= 180 kW
power alt= 240 hp
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max speed main= 267 km/h
max speed alt= 144 knots, 166 mph
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range main= 470 km
range alt= 254 nm, 292 mi
ceiling main= 6,400 m
ceiling alt= 21,000 ft
climb rate main= 7.2 m/s
climb rate alt= 1,417 ft/min
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armament=
* 2 × MG 17 machine guns with 250 rounds each
* 2 × 10 kg (22 lb) bombs
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ee also

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* List of military aircraft of Germany
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References

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* "World Aircraft Information Files". Brightstar Aerospace Publishing, London. File 889 Sheet 69.